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2 Euro (Peace prize winner Bertha von Suttner - Europe map)
- Country:
- Austria
- Series:
- 2002~Today - 2nd Republic (Euro) Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AT-000172, WCC:km3143
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Authors | Maps | Nobel Laureates | Stars
- Issued on:
- 2008
- Last issue date:
- 2026
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich), Vienna, Austria | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Composition:
- Bimetallic
- 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:
- 240,440,000
- Composition Details:
- ring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickelring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickel
- Score:
- 21% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 35 (See)
- Description:
- Edge:
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: four times the sequence of the text "2 EURO" and three stars alternately upright and inverted
Lettering: 2 EURO *** 2 EURO *** 2 EURO *** 2 EURO ***
Designer: LL Luc Luycx / Josef Kaiser
1000 coins were minted by Royal Dutch Mint in 2009 for Dag van de Munt coin set. This is the only coins minted in 2009. In mint sets MS18 and PS60 was used commemorative 2 euro coin km3175. The coin wasn't also minted in 2016 and 2018. - Buy Now:
- 19 sale offers from US$ 2.74
100 Dollars (American seven-masted schooner "Thomas W. Lawson")
- Country:
- Cook Islands
- Series:
- 2008 - Tall Ships
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Themes:
- Authors | Businessman | Clouds | Coastal Areas | Queens | Ribbons | Sailing Ships | Ships
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Last issue date:
- VisitColnectCom
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 1,677.7215 grams
- Diameter:
- 130 mm
- Face value:
- 100 $ - Cook Islands dollar
- Known mintage:
- 400
- Score:
- 98% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- Front: Tiara collared head Queen Elizabeth II (right 1952-)
designer: Ian Rank-Broadley (IRB, sculptor , 1952-)
legend: (upper-left, ruler) ELIZABETH II
(upper-right, free association of New Zealand) COOK ISLANDS
(below, value) 100 DOLLARS
Back: American seven-masted, steel-hulled schooner (front-left, 1902)
near mountainous coast on a cloudy day
right of cameo with namegiver American businessman
Thomas W. Lawson (26.II.1857- 8.II.1925)
legend: (lower-left, name) THOMAS W> LAWSON (on a ribbon)
Edge: G - grained, type: bars - Buy Now:
10 Euro (100th Birthday anniversary - Writer Mika Waltari)
- Country:
- Finland
- Series:
- 1999~Today - Republic (Euro) Numismatic Products
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FI-000189, WCC:km142
- Themes:
- Authors | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Stylized Animals
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Last issue date:
- ColnectScrp
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 25.5 grams
- Diameter:
- 38.6 mm
- Face value:
- 10 € - Euro
- Known mintage:
- 20,000
- Composition Details:
- 925/1000 Silver 0.8148 oz. ASW 75/1000 copper925/1000 Silver 0.8148 oz. ASW 75/1000 copper
- Score:
- 85% Accuracy: Low
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1 New Sheqel (Nobel Prize in Literature - Shmuel Yosef Agnon)
- Country:
- Israel
- Series:
- 1985~Today - Numismatic Products
- Catalog codes:
- Col:IL-000474, WCC:km439
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Authors | Coats of Arms | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Literature | Nobel Laureates | Stars
- Issued on:
- 2008
- Last issue date:
- 2008
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- Israel Government Coins and Medal Corporation, Jerusalem, Israel (j)
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 14.4 grams
- Diameter:
- 30 mm
- Face value:
- 1 ₪ - Israeli new shekel
- Known mintage:
- 666
- Composition Details:
- 925/1000 Silver 0.4282 oz. ASW, 75/1000 copper925/1000 Silver 0.4282 oz. ASW, 75/1000 copper
- Score:
- 94% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- Front: (value) 1 שקל חדש (s.d.h l.q.s ←)
(in English) NEW SHEQEL (shekel)
between (top) small coat of arms (10 February 1949)
(right, arced year) ١٩٦٦ (up-right, subject in Arabic) (جائزة نوبل في الأدب)
(b.d(a).l+'a.'a ī.f l.b(i).ū.n at.z.y(i).'a.j ←)
(below) profile of writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon
(low-left, mark) ✶ (6-pointed star)
legend: (upper-right, in Hebrew) ישראל (l.a'.r.s.y ←, Yisrā'el, Israel)
(up-right, in Arabic) اسرائيل (l.ī.a.r.s.'i ←, Isrāʼīl, Israel)
(right, state name in English) ISRAEL
(right, spacer/dot) •
(low-right, Hebrew year) התשס"ח (JE5768 - 8(no.)60+300+400+5M)
(lower-left, Western year) 2008
Back: Bust writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon (left)
* 17 July 1888 Buczacz, Austrian Poland
(current: Buchach, Ukraine)
⚭ (1920) Esther Marx (1889-1973, two children)
† 17 February 1970 (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel
buried: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
legend: (left, name) S.Y.AGNON
(up-left/right, spacers/dashes) -
(low-left, subject in English) NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
(top-right, year award) 1966
(upper-right, in Hebrew) פרס נובל לספרות
(t.v.r.p.s.l l.b.v.n s.r.p ←)
(right, name) ש"י עגנון (n.v→o.n.g.a 10(no.)300 ←)
Edge: P - plain, type: Π - Buy Now:
2 New Sheqalim (Nobel Prize in Literature - Shmuel Yosef Agnon)
- Country:
- Israel
- Series:
- 1985~Today - Numismatic Products
- Catalog codes:
- Col:IL-000475, WCC:km445
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Authors | Coats of Arms | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Literature | Nobel Laureates | Publishers | Stylized Figures / Persons
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Last issue date:
- from colnect.com
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- Israel Government Coins and Medal Corporation, Jerusalem, Israel (j)
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 28.8 grams
- Diameter:
- 38.7 mm
- Face value:
- 2 ₪ - Israeli new shekel
- Known mintage:
- 1,200
- Composition Details:
- 925/1000 Silver 0.8565 oz. ASW 75/1000 copper925/1000 Silver 0.8565 oz. ASW 75/1000 copper
- Score:
- 94% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- ColnectIsBest
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5 Dollars (German authors Grimm Brothers)
- Country:
- Nauru
- Series:
- 1993~Today - Numismatic Products
- Catalog codes:
- iInfringe
- Themes:
- Authors | Coats of Arms | Folklore
- Issued on:
- 2008
- Last issue date:
- 2008
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Composition:
- Gold
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 0.5 grams
- Diameter:
- 11 mm
- Face value:
- 5 $ - Nauruan dollar
- Composition Details:
- 999/1000 Silver 0.04xx oz. ASW999/1000 Silver 0.04xx oz. ASW
- Description:
- Front: Upper bodies of German Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (front)
legend: (above, subject) DIE GEBRÜDER GRIMM
(bottom, value) 5 DOLLARS (trough rim decoration)
Back: Coat of arms (1968)
with incuse texted ribbons (above, name) NAOERO
(below) GOD'S WILL FIRST
legend: (above, thick publisher) BANK OF NAURU
(low-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(bottom, thick year) (2008)
Edge: G - grained, type: bars - Buy Now:
2 Rubles (Children's literature writer Nosov 100th Birt...)
- Country:
- Russia
- Series:
- 1993~Today - Outstanding Personalities of Russia
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Themes:
- Authors | Famous People | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Literature
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Last issue date:
- from colnect.com
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- Saint Petersburg Mint of Goznak, St.Petersburg, Russia
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 17 grams
- Diameter:
- 33 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.4 mm
- Face value:
- 2 ₽ - Russian ruble
- Known mintage:
- 7,500
- Composition Details:
- 925/1000 Silver 0.5 Oz ASW925/1000 Silver 0.5 Oz ASW
- Score:
- 95% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- The obverse: in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle with wings down), lower – the semicircular inscription – «БАНК РОССИИ» (Bank of Russia) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (Two Rubles), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2008", to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
The reverse: above - the portrait of N.N. Nosov, below - facsimile signature of the writer in three lines with colored images of two playing children and dog inserted into it, to the right - dates in two lines: "1908" and "1976".
The artists: A.V. Baklanov, National Artist of Russia, Yu.S. Gogol, A.D. Shablykin.
The sculptors: Yu.S. Gogol, A.V. Baklanov.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations. - Buy Now:
200 Kronor (150th Ann. - birth of writer Selma Lagerlöf)
- Country:
- Sweden
- Series:
- 1973~Today - Carl XVI Gustaf (Numismatic Product)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:SE-000133, WCC:km925
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Anniversaries and Jubilees | Authors | Birds | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Nobel Laureates
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- AB Myntverket, Sweden
- Composition:
- Silver
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Lower circle. Both sides
- Weight:
- 27.03 grams
- Diameter:
- 36 mm
- Face value:
- 200 kr - Swedish krona
- Known mintage:
- 10,200
- Composition Details:
- 925/1000 Silver 0.8038 oz. ASW, 75/1000 copper925/1000 Silver 0.8038 oz. ASW, 75/1000 copper
- Score:
- 97% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
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2,000 Kronor (150th Ann. - birth of writer Selma Lagerlöf)
- Country:
- Sweden
- Series:
- 1973~Today - Carl XVI Gustaf (Numismatic Product)
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Themes:
- Authors | Flowers | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Nobel Laureates
- Issued on:
- 2008
- Last issue date:
- 2008
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- AB Myntverket, Sweden
- Composition:
- Gold
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 12 grams
- Diameter:
- 26 mm
- Face value:
- 2,000 kr - Swedish krona
- Known mintage:
- 2,495
- Composition Details:
- 900/1000 Gold 0.3472 oz. AGW. 100/1000 copper900/1000 Gold 0.3472 oz. AGW. 100/1000 copper
- Score:
- 100% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- Front: Arted head writer Selma Lagerlöf (front-left)
* 20 November 1858 Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden
✝ 16 March 1940 (aged 81) Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden
burried:
known for the famous The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
legend: (up-left, name) SELMA LAGERLÖF (upper-right, life years) 1858 - 1940
(lower-left
(low-left, name Riksbank Governor) SI (Stefan Ingves)
(low-right, Mint mmark) E (Eskilstuna Mint)
(lower-left, year) 2008
(lower-right, value) 2000KR (Kronor)
(bottom, state name) SVERIGE (Sweden)
Back: Stylized sunflower, symbolising Selma Lagerlöf’s
interest in nature
legend: (left-above, motto) DENNA JORDENS GRUNDVAL HETER RÄTTFÄRDIGHET
(translated: This earth basic choice is called Justice)
designer (center-below): JH (Jon Holm)
Edge: P - plain, type: Π - Buy Now:
2 Euro (500 Anni. of born of Primoz Trubar)
- Country:
- Slovenia
- Series:
- 2007~Today - Euro (Commemorative 2 €)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:SI-000038, WCC:km80
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Authors | Clergy | Protestant | Reformers
- Issued on:
- 2008-05-26
- Last issue date:
- 2008-05-26
- Distribution:
- Circulating Commemorative
- Mints:
- Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Composition:
- Bimetallic
- 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:
- 1,000,000
- Composition Details:
- ring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickelring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickel
- Score:
- 40% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Obverse: The coin shows an effigy of Primož Trubar in profile. The inscriptions ‘PRIMOŽ TRUBAR’ and ‘1508 • 1586’ appear on the left, and ‘SLOVENIJA 2008’ at bottom right. The 12 stars of the European Union are depicted on the outer ring.
Engraver: M., M. Licul
Reverse: Value "2 EURO", a map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders, engraver "LL" Luc Luycx
Edge: GiT – grained with incuse wide state name: S L O V E N I J A ●
NOTE: We show the reverse side as the front picture as multiple coins exist with the same depiction on the obverse side. - Buy Now: