Hallo, my friends! Do you like a soccer? I like it very much, 'cos it is very interesting sport. As I know, soccer's team of USA is rather strong. Russian soccer's team is a strong too. So I thought: "lets go, Eugene! You must to make an interesting thread about a coins that devoted to soccer". And I hope that you'll help me to make that thread and share your coins:hail:
San Marino. 500 lire 1986, silver .835, weight - 11 g., mintage - 45000 pcs. (but 5212 pcs was melted then). "World Championship in Mexico".
Democratic Republic of Congo. 50 centimes 2002, size - 26,97, weight - 2,2 g., mintage - unknown. "Player in a soccer".
as england is the birthplace of the game of course i am a football fanatic, my favourite team is liverpool, unfortunately the uk has only released 1 football related coin so far it was for the 1996 european championships which were held in england.
Well, England is where is became more organized. The chinese actually played football 3000 years ago...
Nice collection Evgeney. I was going to post this Argentina coin but you have a nicer example. Mine is struck off-center. There is a USA commemorative half dollar with soccer on it. It is from when World Cup Soccer was in Chicago. If nobody posts it sooner, then I will take a photograph of mine tonight.
There are waaaay too many football related coins. Well, here is a Portuguese one that I find interesting. Issued for the Euro 2004 Cup in Portugal. It shows a goalkeeper who holds a caught ball in his hands: (Image: muenzen.org) Christian
Another one, issued in the same year but "advertising" the 2006 World Cup. A football orbiting the planet Earth. (Image: German Numismatic Office) Christian
Side note: This year the Women's World Cup is in Germany ... This coin has not been issued yet. Christian