do you have pictures of the 2004 coin the belgian from 2007 is great the french coins were ugly for tintin
This is the Belgian coin issued in 2004. The reason then was the 75th anniversary of the first Tintin story: http://www.muenzenplattform.com/images/catalog/large/37/637.jpg Europassion may be a little expensive, but I guess it depends on how badly one wants that Asterix coin. As for the Monnaie de Paris mintage policy, I assume nobody wants (or could afford) a complete collection anyway - so they issue dozens of coins (with low mintages each) every year, hoping that collectors may be interested in this or that issue ... However, the French mint got a new director (PDG) last year, and it seems that there are or will be a few subtle changes. For example, the mint plans to issue a "Marianne" silver €5 coin at face value this year. Whether the €15 silver and €100 gold pieces will also be available at face, I don't know. By the way, the cartoon characters series from the Monnaie de Paris will be continued this year, with another Belgian-French character - Spirou - who was "born" (well, created) 70 years ago. Christian
europassion doesnt have the 2004 coins or the 2007 one at least i couldnt find it. but they were nice enough to sell me the series of asterix coins
The 2007 coin is still available from the mint http://www.mijnwinkel.nl/shop20710/productlist1/ Tough to navigate their menus, and they take 3 months to deliver beware! For about the same price today (49 Euro was $67 when i ordered, now is $79!), you could get it from the Royal Scandinavian Mint in Colorado.... http://www.rsmint.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1159 The 2004 Tintin coins are tougher to find... Spirou was fun, but nothing ever compared to Asterix!!! I can still read an asterix book for the 50th time and find something I missed
ok its official now i got both the belgium tinin coins now and my tintin and asterix book and coin collection is complete and i am just waiting on a couple of stamps and that will be complete vry soon as well. thanksfully some sets have a completion date
