Tag: Commemorative
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1930 Uruguay 10 Centésimos
A coin commemorating the 100th. Anniversary from Constitution Pledge Uruguay Uruguay means “river of the painted birds” in the native Guaraní language. With just 176.215 km2 / 68,037mi2, Uruguay is the second smallest country in South America (Suriname is the smallest, not counting French Guiana and the Falkland Islands). Uruguay is on the east coast…
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2003 Slovenia 500 Tolarjev
An abstract design to mark the European Year of the Disabled Slovenia The Republic of Slovenia, in southern-Central Europe, is bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and the Adriatic Sea. A mountainous country of 20,271 Km2 (7,827 Mi2), it has a population of 2.1 million. Inhabited since prehistoric times, a 60,000 year old bear bone…
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Constantivs II Ivnior, VOT X, 321-324
An early commemorative coin When I think of commemorative coins, I tend to think of modern designs, made as much to sell collector items as anything else. The pieces issued on the 70th jubilee, then passing of the late Queen Elizabeth, and at crowning of Charles III all come to mind. These things should be…