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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1253202, member: 6229"]<font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">In 2010 the Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoir) minted silver Proof 1000 Franc coins. Each proof contains a real piece of a prehistoric fossilized Mammoth tooth! The coin features an extinct African Mammoth on one side and the arms of the Ivory coast on the other. The 38.6mm (crown-sized) sterling silver Proof coin has a mintage of just 2500 pieces. Ironically, it is illegal to sell a coin that contains elephant ivory, however it is perfectly legal to sell a coin containing a piece of ivory from of an extinct mammoth.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000">Obverse:</span></font></span></font></u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"> </span></font></span></font></u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"> </span></font></span></font></u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></font></span></font></u></b><font size="4">(Photo courtesy of Joels Coins)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/ivorycoastmam.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/ivorycoastmam.jpg" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/ivorycoastmam.jpg</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"> </span></font></span></font></u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"> </span></font></span></font></u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><b><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></font></span></font></u></b><font size="4">The following link is a photo of the Coat-of-Arms of the Ivory Cost which is portrayed on the coin's reverse (photo courtesy of Wikipedia):</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">Hope this was interesting...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font><font size="4">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1253202, member: 6229"][FONT=arial][SIZE=4][SIZE=4]In 2010 the Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoir) minted silver Proof 1000 Franc coins. Each proof contains a real piece of a prehistoric fossilized Mammoth tooth! The coin features an extinct African Mammoth on one side and the arms of the Ivory coast on the other. The 38.6mm (crown-sized) sterling silver Proof coin has a mintage of just 2500 pieces. Ironically, it is illegal to sell a coin that contains elephant ivory, however it is perfectly legal to sell a coin containing a piece of ivory from of an extinct mammoth. [/SIZE][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]Obverse: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][/color][/size][/color][/size][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4](Photo courtesy of Joels Coins) [/SIZE][URL="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/ivorycoastmam.jpg"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.joelscoins.com/images/ivorycoastmam.jpg[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][/color][/size][/color][/size][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4]The following link is a photo of the Coat-of-Arms of the Ivory Cost which is portrayed on the coin's reverse (photo courtesy of Wikipedia): [/SIZE][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=4] Hope this was interesting... [/SIZE][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=4]Clinker [/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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