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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2814608, member: 39&quot;]One of the collector coins that the Spanish Mint (FNMT-RCM) issued this year shows seven historic coins - pieces that have something to do with the &quot;genesis&quot; of the dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could be interesting, you think? Right, but think twice before buying one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That is a 1 kilo silver coin, with a diameter of 10 centimeters. The face value is €300 but it costs about 1,500 euro (plus VAT where applicable) ...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2017/02/11/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-1372.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2017/02/11/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-1372.pdf" rel="nofollow">Government Bulletin</a> (PDF) | <a href="http://www.fnmt.es/documents/10179/10616039/20170522-monedas-g/75af73b1-a6a5-4c84-b045-4a74d036a295?t=1495452668832" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fnmt.es/documents/10179/10616039/20170522-monedas-g/75af73b1-a6a5-4c84-b045-4a74d036a295?t=1495452668832" rel="nofollow">Image</a> (also see attachment)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]659514[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse (left) shows three coins:</p><p>- on the left, a Spanish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar" rel="nofollow">real de a ocho</a>,</p><p>- at the top, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowing_Hair_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowing_Hair_dollar" rel="nofollow">US dollar from 1794</a>,</p><p>- on the right, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#First_Bohemian_Thaler_from_Joachimsthal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#First_Bohemian_Thaler_from_Joachimsthal" rel="nofollow">Joachimsthaler</a>.</p><p>It also features the portrait of King Felipe; the inscriptions referring to the history of the dollar are in Spanish and English.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse (right) has images of four coins:</p><p>- at the top, a Dutch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#Dutch_daalder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#Dutch_daalder" rel="nofollow">Leeuwendaalder</a>,</p><p>- on the right, a Nordic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_speciedaler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_speciedaler" rel="nofollow">Speciedaler</a>,</p><p>- at the bottom, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler" rel="nofollow">Maria Theresia Thaler</a>,</p><p>- on the left, a Reichstaler with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_man#Early_modern_and_modern_depictions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_man#Early_modern_and_modern_depictions" rel="nofollow">Wild Man</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure how many would want to buy the piece, but it is an interesting compilation. Maybe a book with these images will do. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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