Though professional Sumo
tournaments have been going on in Japan for over 300 years, this Tuvalu
50 cent coin is the first coin that I know of to honor the traditional
Japanese sport. The coin commemorates the Grand Sumo
Tournament held in Hawaii in 2007. The object of
the sport is to force an opponent outside of the ring or to have him
touch the ground with some part of his body other than his
feet. As might be expected, Sumo wrestlers tend to be very
large. The coin, struck by the Perth Mint, features an
unusual reverse frosting, so that the devices are bright and the fields
are frosted. The reverse features a large wrestler, and the
Japanese and Hawaiian flags. The obverse pictures Queen
Elizabeth. The 2007 dated coin is 38.74mm in diameter and
comes sealed in a special mint card.
MULTI-COLOR TUVULU TURTLE COIN
Canada honored the
100th
anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens Ice
Hockey Team on this 2009 one dollar coin. It is the oldest continuously
operating professional ice hockey team. The club logo, a
large number “100” and the dates “1909”and “2009”are on the
reverse. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse. The 26.6mm
multi-sided coin is made from aureate-bronze plated nickel. It is one
of the only circulating coins to commemorate a professional sports
team.
The
Soviet dominated Democratic Republic of Afghanistan authorized this
38mm .999 fine silver 500 Afghani coin in 1991 to commemorate the 15th
World Cup Soccer games to held in the United States in 1994.
A pair of players going after the ball is on the reverse and the Afghan
arms are on the obverse. At the time the coin was issued the
United States was supporting tribal militias in hopes of overthrowing
the Democratic Republic. By the time the games took place in
1994 the Democratic Republic indeed was overthrown, due in part to some
covert actions by the United States, - and the Taliban took over. It is
an attractive sports coin with an unusual political story.
The coin is Brilliant Uncirculated.


The
Congo Republic issued this silver Proof 1000 Franc coin in 2001 to
commemorate Germany's 1980 World Cup Soccer Championship win in
Rome.
The coin pictures two players and the Coliseum on the reverse and the
woman holding a tablet on the obverse. The 35mm coin is
struck in
.999
fine silver. It was produced to sell in a promotion in
Europe. We
picked up a small group of these attractive pieces that were left
unsold so can offer them at a substantial discount from their original
issue price and their current $40 catalog value.
The
Congo Democratic Republic issued
this 2002 aluminum 50 Centimes coin to honor the World Cup Soccer
Championship. The coin shows a player
heading the ball on one side. The other side features a
standing
lion. Both coins are Brilliant Uncirculated.
Two
racing eight man crew sculls are featured on this 38mm .999
fine silver1000 Franc coin from Benin. The obverse features
arms if Benin. The coin is dated 1999 and was struck to honor
the 2000 Sydney Olympics. It has a mintage of only 5000
pieces and is Proof. 
Belarus
has
issued an extensive and very popular series of commemorative coins for
sale to collectors, most with very limited mintages. Belarus
has
not issued any coins for general circulation. Paper money,
rather
than coins, is used in commerce. These two sterling silver
Belarus 20 Ruble coins are 38.6mm in diameter. The 2005 issue
features two Ice Hockey players and was issued for the 2006 Winter
Olympics. It has a mintage of 15,000 pieces. The
2006 issue
has an unusual design that features runners running around the coin in
a circular fashion. It was issued for the 2008 Summer
Olympics
and has an authorized mintage of up to 20,000 pieces. The
national arms is on the obverse of each coin.
SILVER
PROOF OLYMPIC
GYMNASTICS COIN FROM UKRAINE
OLYMPIC
BOXERS ON KAZAKHSTAN SILVER PROOF COIN
RARE
BIRDS ON RARE KAZAKHSTAN SILVER PROOF
COINS
Poland
this gold-plated
sterling silver Proof 10 Zlotych in 2006 to commemorate the World Cup
Soccer games. One side features a player kicking the
ball. The other features the Polish arms set against a goalkeeper’s
net. The center portion of the coin is plated in .999 fine
gold.
The coin is 32mm in diameter and has a mintage of 80,500 pieces.
GREEN
LIZARDS ON 2009 POLISH WILDLIFE COINS
POLAND
HONORS THEIR POPE
YELLOW
TITANIUM BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COIN
HONORS BEIJING OLYMPICS
A
SMELLY SURFER COIN FROM PALAU
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