Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1416563, member: 39&quot;]Misunderstanding. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The piece is a Dutch collector coin; it was issued to commemorate the &quot;discovery&quot; of Australia (see here <a href="http://www.duyfken.com/original/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.duyfken.com/original/" rel="nofollow">http://www.duyfken.com/original/</a> for example). Similarly, the Manhattan coin (2009) commemorates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson&#039;s arrival in what later was called Downtown Manhattan. In the same year, another piece was issued that reminds of the origins of the Dutch-Japanese trade relations.</p><p><br /></p><p>This new coin is about 400 years of Dutch-Turkish relations: In 1612 the first Dutch ambassador arrived at the court in Constantinople/Istanbul. One &quot;result&quot; of these relations was that the tulip became popular in the Netherlands. (Side note: Shortly afterwards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania</a> the flower was in the center of an economic bubble <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .)</p><p><br /></p><p>Several mints in the euro area (notably the Dutch, Finnish and French) make coins for other countries too. But that is usually limited to countries that do not have a mint ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in