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.
SCARCE
HAITI WORLD CUP SOCCER SILVER COIN
Haiti issued this silver Proof 25
Gourdes in 1973 to commemorate the 1974 World Cup Soccer. It
was the first time Haiti qualified for the finals. One side displays
the logo for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and two cartoon mascots. The other
side features the Arms of Haiti with canons, flags and a palm
tree. The 29mm coin is struck in sterling silver,
contains .2974 troy oz. of silver and has a mintage of just 6430 pieces
in Proof.
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.
Italy
issued this attractive bi-metallic 2 Euro coin for to commeomorate the
2006 Winter Olympic
Games in Turino (Turin). The obverse of
the 2 Euro
coin features a downhill skier and
the landmark Mole Antonelliana of Turin. The reverse is the standard 2
Euro reverse used throughout the Euro zone. The Mole Antonelliana,
started in 1863, was intended to be a Jewish Synagogue, however the
architect got carried away. He made numerous changes that
substantially increasing the height, cost and construction time of the
building. After ten years of construction, the still
uncompleted
building was turned over to the City of Turin, which eventually
finished it. The building soars 167 meters (548 feet) over
Turin,
some two and a half times its original planned height. Unlike many
Olympic coins, this was a true circulating commemorative. It was issued
into general circulation and was available in banks at face
value. We managed to get some coins in Uncirculated condition
from their original mint rolls.
SILVER
PROOF OLYMPIC
GYMNASTICS COIN FROM UKRAINE
OLYMPIC
BOXERS ON KAZAKHSTAN SILVER PROOF COIN
RARE BIRDS ON RARE KAZAKHSTAN SILVER PROOF
COINS
Poland
issued this copper-nickel 20,000 Zlotych coin in 1993 to commemorate
the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillenhammer, Norway. The reverse features
a slalom skier coming down the hill, while the obverse features the
crowned eagle of Poland. The coin was issued shortly after
the
country
escaped Soviet domination and the economy was suffering from
significant inflation while it was undergoing a major
transformation.
The coin is 29.5 mm in diameter and is Brilliant Uncirculated.
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 WILDLIFE 2 ZLOTE COINS
POLAND HONORS THEIR POPE
YELLOW TITANIUM BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COIN
HONORS BEIJING OLYMPICS
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