Global Warming Commem?

Yeah I was wondering if there were any commemoratives that represent global warming. As I find this an interesting subject, I would like to find one.

 

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I heard the us mint made one, but i think it was just a myth.

 

Nah just fantasy tokens

 

If anyone makes one, the Climate Outreach Information Network (COIN) should do it. TC

http://coinet.org.uk/

 

It's coming out right after the Britney Spears
(A Tribute Career To Alvin And The Chipmunks)
commen. :devil:

 

I heard they did, it has a polar bear lying on a beach getting a sun tan wearing sunglasses and drinking a Corona with CLIMATEGATE in the lettering.

 

I don't really think that is something worth celebrating...

 

The first attempt was made of ice. It is now a puddle.

 

Molten metal doesn't last too long. Maybe mercury?

 

Commemorate is different than celebrate. Because they've made 9/11 commemorative's and that's definitely something one should not celebrate but rather commemorate.

 

we don't hear too much from him anymore do we...

 

I agree, my typo, should have been commemorate. The Civil War Commems. also aren't too great of a national history. I still don't think that Global Warming can even be commemorated or remembered as a national over global commemoration. It isn't a national event.

 

they should make a commemorative coin to commemorate commemorative coins.

 

'coinception' we could call it

 

Yeah, I agree. It'd be like commemorating gravity sort of.. it's there and it's happening.

 

I'm willing to bet the U.S. Mint would be ballsy enough to do this.

Most I think consider the 1892 Columbus Half Dollar to be the first commemorative, so we should expect the Mint to make the commemorative coin to commemorate commemorative coins in 2015 with the 125th Anniversary of the First Commemorative Coin Commemorating the Commemorative Coins Era in U.S. History. :thumb:

 

You know what's ironic if they were to feature global warming on coins?

Mining ore from the ground contributes to global warming - lots of diesel used.
Extracting minerals could require chemicals which contributes to global warming.
To raise the purity of metal, lots of heat is required, which contributes to global warming.
To rail it from a mine site to some planchet companies, uses fuel / electricity, contributes to global warming.
Sending it to a mint to strike "coins" - mint uses fair amount of electricity, hence more global warming.
Packaging has to come with "coins", therefore more contribution to global warming.

Oh wait, did you hear Australia has passed the carbon tax? Wow, coins will be more expensive here - imagine a carbon tax commemorative coin. *ironic* - wait that's taxable. Pun intended.

That said, there appearently seems to be a NCLT issued for Somalia related to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which does relate to global warming.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOMALIA-SIL...6103058?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item3379299f92


Can't get any funnier than that.

 

But for the idea to really 'take' and seem genuine, we'd need to go 4 levels down!

 

Why does everyone assume he's only interested in coins/commemoratives from the USA? The Redbook is obviously only useful for US commems. Afterall, this thread was posted in the "Coin Chat" forum, not the "US Coins" forum.

Anywa, you may very well be able to find something that fits this bill among world coins. Much of world coinage is minted with a "commemorative" feel -- AND, the topics can get pretty esoteric/obscure. Consider the coins from San Marino in 1983. The designs are outright odd, and the topic was "The Threat of Nuclear War". While the coins are not formally "commemoratives," they are conceptually commemorative-type issues whose designs change every year.

Two world coins you may want to check out that fit the bill are:

http://www.coinnews.net/2010/03/12/...le-energy-bimetallic-silver-and-niobium-coin/

and

http://www.worldcoins.ws/coinshop_details.php?cid=38