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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1567324, member: 39"]Hmm, the September 2001 pieces are medals rather than coins. Whether Spain will issue anything in two years (10th anniversary of March 2004) I don't know. Maybe ten years are still "too close" for commems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few commemorative/collector coins that may fit in. The first one is a Belgian piece issued in 2006 to commemorate the 1956 Bois du Cazier mine disaster in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcinelle#Mining_accident_of_Marcinelle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcinelle#Mining_accident_of_Marcinelle" rel="nofollow">Marcinelle</a>:</p><p><a href="http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1633.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1633.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1633.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1634.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1634.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1634.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is a 5M coin from the GDR that reminds of the 40th anniversary of the Dresden bombing. The ruins of the depicted church were a memorial until about 20 years ago (the church was rebuilt a few years after the end of the GDR):</p><p><a href="http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/ddr/5-mark-frauenkirche-dresden-1985.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/ddr/5-mark-frauenkirche-dresden-1985.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/ddr/5-mark-frauenkirche-dresden-1985.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Poland has issued several coins that commemorate disasters and attacks. Here are two (of four) coins, issued in 2011, that remind of the 2010 Smolensk plane crash:</p><p>2 zl <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_r.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_r.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_r.gif</a> / <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_a.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_a.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_a.gif</a></p><p>20 zl <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_r.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_r.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_r.gif</a> / <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_a.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_a.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_a.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In 2009 they commemorated the German attack in 1939 that was the beginning of WW2, and the Soviet attack in the same year. Here are two of the three issues:</p><p>2 zl <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_rewers.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_rewers.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_rewers.gif</a> / <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_awers.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_awers.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_awers.gif</a></p><p>10 zl <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_rewers.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_rewers.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_rewers.gif</a> / <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_awers.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_awers.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_awers.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the motivations, well, the Belgian piece for example may combine the mourning and the idea of learning from the disaster (investing more in safety etc.). The Dresden Frauenkirche ruins, and the GDR coin, commemorated the attack but also conveyed the communist regime's anti-nazi message. And those Polish coins, well, the plane crash was sure a tragedy. The WW2 related pieces, apart from the obvious, also seem to say, look, we were attacked but we still (or again) stand ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1567324, member: 39"]Hmm, the September 2001 pieces are medals rather than coins. Whether Spain will issue anything in two years (10th anniversary of March 2004) I don't know. Maybe ten years are still "too close" for commems. Here are a few commemorative/collector coins that may fit in. The first one is a Belgian piece issued in 2006 to commemorate the 1956 Bois du Cazier mine disaster in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcinelle#Mining_accident_of_Marcinelle]Marcinelle[/url]: [url]http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1633.jpg[/url] [url]http://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/belgique/g1634.jpg[/url] Then there is a 5M coin from the GDR that reminds of the 40th anniversary of the Dresden bombing. The ruins of the depicted church were a memorial until about 20 years ago (the church was rebuilt a few years after the end of the GDR): [url]http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/ddr/5-mark-frauenkirche-dresden-1985.jpg[/url] Poland has issued several coins that commemorate disasters and attacks. Here are two (of four) coins, issued in 2011, that remind of the 2010 Smolensk plane crash: 2 zl [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_r.gif[/url] / [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_2_zl_a.gif[/url] 20 zl [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_r.gif[/url] / [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/2011_04___smolensk-pamieci_ofiar_10_kwietnia_2010_20_zl_a.gif[/url] In 2009 they commemorated the German attack in 1939 that was the beginning of WW2, and the Soviet attack in the same year. Here are two of the three issues: 2 zl [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_rewers.gif[/url] / [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_2zl_awers.gif[/url] 10 zl [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_rewers.gif[/url] / [url]http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2009/2009_10___wrzesien_1939_10zl_awers.gif[/url] As for the motivations, well, the Belgian piece for example may combine the mourning and the idea of learning from the disaster (investing more in safety etc.). The Dresden Frauenkirche ruins, and the GDR coin, commemorated the attack but also conveyed the communist regime's anti-nazi message. And those Polish coins, well, the plane crash was sure a tragedy. The WW2 related pieces, apart from the obvious, also seem to say, look, we were attacked but we still (or again) stand ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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