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2 Euro (50th Anniversary of launched satellite ESRO - 2B)
- Country:
- Belgium
- Series:
- 1999~Today - (Euro) - 2€ Commemoratives
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Planets | Scientists | Spacecraft
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Circulating Commemorative
- Mints:
- Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Edge:
- Lettered-Signs-Numbers (reeded)
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 8.5 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.75 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.2 mm
- Face value:
- 2 € - Euro
- Known mintage:
- 260,000
- Composition Details:
- Ring: 75% Cu, 25% Ni. Core: 75% Cu, 20% Zn 5% NiRing: 75% Cu, 25% Ni. Core: 75% Cu, 20% Zn 5% Ni
- Score:
- 60% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Obverse: European side, value "2" left of currency "EURO", in front of European map on 6 vertical lines, twelve ★ 5-pointed stars pointed upwards, designer right "LL" Luc Luycx.
Reverse: Shows the "ESRO 2B"(sometimes IRIS) satellite, the first satellite of the European Organization for Space Research, launched in May 1968, circling around the planet Earth. Once in orbit, it concentrated on solar X-rays, cosmic radiation and the Earth's radiation belts. Dates "1968 / 2018", at the bottom, the country abbreviation "BE" divides the mintmarks, shield (Ingrid van Herzele) and ☤ staff of Mercury (Utrech), and the initials "LL" that refer to the designer of the coin, Luc Lucycx.
Reverse: European side, value "2" left of currency "EURO", in front of European map on 6 vertical lines, twelve ★ 5-pointed stars pointed upwards, designer right "LL" Luc Luycx.
Edge: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 **
NOTE: We show the reverse side as the front picture as multiple coins exist with the same depiction on the obverse side. - Buy Now:
200 CFA Francs (The Role of Women in Society)
- Country:
- Central African States
- Series:
- 2024~Today - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Themes:
- Antelopes | Scientists | Women
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Last issue date:
- iInfringe
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 8.1 grams
- Diameter:
- 27 mm
- Thickness:
- 2 mm
- Face value:
- 200 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Composition Details:
- Aluminium bronze centre in Stainless steel ringAluminium bronze centre in Stainless steel ring
- Score:
- 75% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- Obverse: Face value at center, large number 200, currency below FCFA, date at bottom 2024 until ~Today. In semicircles at sides, three busts of Kudu. Issuer ↷ at top in spanish BANCO DE LOS ESTADOS DE AFRICA CENTRAL and in english ⤻ at bottom BANK OF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES (Bank of Central African States).
Reverse: A researcher woman examining a microscope, face value at top 500 𝄓 FRANCS. Issuer ↷ at top in french BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, spacer dotts at sides, and issuer in arab ⤻ at bottom بنك دول إفريقيا الوسطى.
Note: Dated in 2024, Issued in April 2025 - Buy Now:
2 Euro (30 years of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics)
- Country:
- Cyprus
- Series:
- 2008~Today - Republic (Euro) Commemorative 2€
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Medical Science | Neurologists | Science | Scientists
- Issued on:
- 2020-12-14
- Last issue date:
- 2020-12-14
- Distribution:
- Circulating Commemorative
- Mints:
- Hellenic Nomismatocopy, Athens, Greece
- Edge:
- Lettered-Signs-Numbers (reeded)
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 8.5 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.75 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.2 mm
- Face value:
- 2 € - Euro
- Known mintage:
- 412,000
- Composition Details:
- Ring: 75% Cu, 25% Ni. Core: 75% Cu, 20% Zn, 5% NiRing: 75% Cu, 25% Ni. Core: 75% Cu, 20% Zn, 5% Ni
- Score:
- 37% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Obverse: A neuron appears with its synopsis in reference to the activities carried out by the Institute of Neurology and Genetics, the name of the issuing country "ΚΥΠΡΟΣ KIBRIS" and the phrase "INETITOYTO NEYPOAORIAΣ & RENETIKHΣ KIMPOY 1990-2020" (Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics)
Designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos
Reverse: European side; face value 2 left of currency EURO, in front of European map on 6 vertical lines, twelve ★ 5-pointed stars pointed upwards, designer at right LL (Luc Luycx).
NOTE: We show the reverse side as the front picture as multiple coins exist with the same depiction on the obverse side. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 4.13
1,000 Sucres
- Country:
- Ecuador
- Series:
- 1988~2000 - 2nd Sucre Series
- Catalog codes:
- VisitColnectCom
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Heroes | Journalists | Lawyers - Advocates | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Physicians | Politicians | Scientists
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Last issue date:
- ColnectIsBest
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Casa de Moneda de Quito, Ecuador
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 6.64 grams
- Diameter:
- 23.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 2 mm
- Face value:
- 1,000 S/. - Ecuadorian sucre
- Composition Details:
- Stainless Steel (ring) and Brass (center)Stainless Steel (ring) and Brass (center)
- Score:
- 27% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Front (core): Bust medical pioneer Eugenio Espejo
(front-right) a Writer, lawyer, physician and satirist
* 21 February 1747, Quito, Spanish Empire
+ dysentery, 28 December 1795 (aged 48) Quito, Spanish
Empire left of (small) coat of arms (31 October 1900)
legend (core): (left, name) EUGENIO ESPEJO
legend (ring): (top/bottom, value) 1000
(left/right, texted value between spacers/dots) •MIL SUCRES•
Back (core): 5th Coat of arms (31 October 1900)
legend (ring): (above, publisher) BANCO CENTRAL
DEL ECUADOR (bottom, year) 1996
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
(back) decorated: dotted sircle (beads) - Buy Now:
1,000 Sucres (70th Anniversary - Central Bank)
- Country:
- Ecuador
- Series:
- 1988~2000 - 2nd Sucre Series
- Catalog codes:
- Col:EC-000053, WCC:km103
- Themes:
- Heroes | Journalists | Lawyers - Advocates | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Medical Science | Physicians | Plants (Flora) | Scientists
- Issued on:
- 1997
- Last issue date:
- 1997
- Distribution:
- Circulating Commemorative
- Mints:
- Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 7.19 grams
- Diameter:
- 23.9 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.35 mm
- Face value:
- 1,000 S/. - Ecuadorian sucre
- Composition Details:
- ring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: ~ 81-63% copper, 9-27% tin, 10% aluminiumring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: ~ 81-63% copper, 9-27% tin, 10% aluminium
- Score:
- 24% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Front (core): (value) 1000
legend (ring): (top/bottom, texted value) MIL SUCRES
(left/right) short branches with (2x4-2x4) 16 leaves
Back (core): Bust medical pioneer Eugenio Espejo (front-right)
a Writer, lawyer, physician and satirist
* 21 February 1747, Quito, Spanish Empire
+ dysentery, 28 December 1795 (aged 48) Quito, Spanish Empire
left of (small) coat of arms (31 October 1900)
mint mark: (lower-right) crowned S
with small o (Santiago, Chile)
legend (core): (left, name) EUGENIO ESPEJO
legend (ring): (publisher) BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR
(bottom, period years between spacers/dots)
• 1927-1997 •
Edge: G - grained, type: bars - Buy Now:
3 Euro (Janez Puhar)
- Country:
- Slovenia
- Series:
- 2007~Today - Euro (Commemorative 3 €)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:SI-000093, WCC:km118
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Artists | Clergy | Inventors | Photographers | Photography | Scientists | Windows
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Last issue date:
- VisitColnectCom
- Distribution:
- Circulating Commemorative
- Mints:
- Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 15 grams
- Diameter:
- 32 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.4 mm
- Face value:
- 3 € - Euro
- Known mintage:
- 150,000
- Composition Details:
- ring: 78% copper, 20% zinc and 2% nickel, core: 75% copper, 25% nickelring: 78% copper, 20% zinc and 2% nickel, core: 75% copper, 25% nickel
- Score:
- 42% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 2 (See)
- Description:
- 200th anniversary of the birth of the photographer Janez Puhar
- Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 9.31