PANAMA
1953 50th ANNIVERSARY CENTAVO
Panama celebrated the 50th
Anniversary of its
independence in 1953 with the striking of this commemorative 1 Centavo
coin. One side pictures native chief
Urraca, who helped Panama
gain its independence from Spain
in 1821, before it joined the Colombian Federation. The reverse
shows the date and denomination. Panama gained its independence from
Colombia in 1903 with the help of the United States, after Colombia
rejected a treaty with the United States to build a canal across the
isthmus. The bronze 1 Centavo has the
same composition and dimensions as the United States cent and has a
mintage of 1.5 Million. The coin is Uncirculated, though may be
slightly toned.
Item N-PA-17 PANAMA 1
CENTAVO 1953 KM17 UNC. $3.00
PHILIPPINES PEOPLE
POWER REVOLUTION COIN
This large size (36mm) pure nickel commemorative was
struck in 1988 to honor the massive non-violent uprising in the
Philippines on February 22-25 1986 which forced the corrupt Ferdinand
Marcos regime from power. It depicts the brave unarmed Filipinos
storming a military tank. The obverse depicts the Philippine
arms. The coin is Brilliant Uncirculated.
WWII
PHILIPPINE GUERILLA CURRENCYTHE
LAST JAPANESE INVASION NOTE FOR THE PHILIPPINES UNUSUAL
PHILIPPINE CURRENCYSAMOA HONORS ROBERT LEWIS
STEVENSON
When Western Samoa, now known as
Samoa, issued their first commemorative coin in 1969 they decided to
honor the 75th anniversary of the death of famed Scottish author Robert
Lewis Stevenson. Stevenson, famed for such stories as “Treasure
Island” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” spent his final years in Samoa,
dying there in 1894. The author, often in ill-health, is shown
writing in bed. The obverse features the arms of Western
Samoa. The copper-nickel 1 Tala coin is 38.8mm in diameter and
has a mintage of just 25,000 pieces. It comes in a hard plastic
case.2002 SAMOA COIN
SET FEATURES NATIVE PLANTS
The marriage of Prince Charles,
the Prince of Wales, to Lady Diana Spencer was called a fairy tale
wedding. Great Britain issued this 38.5mm copper-nickel 25 Pence coin
in 1981 to commemorate royal wedding of Prince Charles to Lady
Diana. Pictured on one side are the busts of Charles &
Diana. The other side pictures Queen Elizabeth. The
marriage, which started with such promise, ended in divorce and Diana’s
subsequent death in a tragic automobile accident. The coin has
always been popular with admirers of Lady Di as well as coin
collectors. We also have some sealed original mint bags of 20
Charles & Diana Royal Wedding coins.
After many years of discontent
under Dutch rule, the Belgian independence movement was ignited by a
riot that had been sparked by the performance of a patriotic opera on
the night of August 25, 1830. Belgium celebrated its 150th anniversary
of independence from the Netherlands in 1980 with these silver-clad 500
Franc coin. One side pictures the five kings that ruled the
country since gaining its independence. The other side features
the denomination and a map of the country. Because Belgium has
two official languages, French and Dutch (Flemish), there are two
versions of the coin, one with French legends and one with Dutch
legends (pictured).SCARCE MEXICAN PATTERN COIN
Due
to the collapse of the value of the Mexican Peso in the early 1990's
coins
of ever-higher denominations and smaller sizes were needed in order to
keep up with inflation. This pattern 1000 Peso coin was struck in
1991. The bronze coin is 22mm in diameter, about half the size of
the 1000 Peso then in circulation. One side has a picture of the
pre-Columbian
Atlan, the denomination "$1000" and the Mexico City Mintmark. The other
side has the Mexican arms featuring an eagle eating a snake. A
very
limited number of pieces were struck, however
the design was rejected. Instead Mexico revalued the Peso, with
one New
Peso equal to 1000 Old Pesos. Due to a fortunate purchase we are
able to offer the coin for much less than its Standard Catalog price of
$35.00
ATTRACTIVE
SOMALIA COIN SETMULTI-COLORED MOTORCYCLE COINS FROM
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
SOMALIAGUITAR
COINS FROM THE SOMALI REPUBLIC
SOMALILAND COIN SET
Argentina recently
issued a pair of coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary
the death of Eva Duarte Peron, popularly known as Evita..
As
wife of Argentine President Juan Peron
she worked tirelessly for
women's suffrage
and to provide assistance to the poor. She gained a major following
among
the lower classes before dying of cancer in 1952. The coins
issued
were a copper-nickel 2 Peso struck for general circulation and 39mm
silver
Proof 1 Peso. Due to the flat design and poor minting techniques, the 2
Peso
tends to show many nicks. Both coins show her profile on one side
and
a huge crowd carrying a sign reading "EVITA" on the other. 
In early 2007 the United
States Defense Department issued an espionage warning about Canadian
coins with suspicious "nano-technology" that contained radio frequency
transmitters were being used to track U.S. defense contractors.
The report turned out to be a major embarrassment to the
government. The coin in question turned out to be a regular issue
2004 Canadian colored Poppy quarter. The Poppy quarter was the
first colored coin issued for general circulation in the world.
Apparently the person filing the report was not familiar with the coin,
and the report was not properly investigated before the warning was
released. (It makes me wonder about intelligence reports about
terrorists.) The 25-cent coin commemorates the Veterans who
served in the Canadian armed forces. Featured on the reverse is a red
poppy. The Poppy is the symbol of remembrance, based on the
Lieut. Col. John McCrae timeless World War I poem "In Flanders
Fields" The Poppy is stamped in pressurized ink and has a
fluorescent security coating. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse
It is an attractive and historic coin, but I really doubt that a spy
would try to track someone from the United States with a Canadian coin
that would most likely soon be spent.
In 2006, Canada issued their
second colored coin for circulation. The 25 Cent coin is intended
to raise the awareness of breast cancer. The reverse of the coin
pictures a pink ribbon. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse. <-- PREVIOUS PAGE NEXT PAGE -->
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