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SOME NEW COINS DESIGNS: AUGUST 11, 2013
In addition to the new Royal Canadian Mint designs reported elsewhere in this issue, ultramodern numismatist Pabitra Saha forwarded a number of images of new coins over the last couple weeks. Here are some that caught my eye. Reader comments are welcome.
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Netherlands Waterloo Commemorative 
India Swami Vivekanand 5 Rupees 
Here's another one where it's the pose of the subject that caught my eye - the arms folded stance is unusual in coinage. Are there many others like this? Greece Pythagoras 5 Euros 
With my interest in the history of science and technology, I naturally liked this one with Pythagoras showing a visual proof of his famous Pythagorean Theorem stating that the sum of the squares of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. There. Never thought I'd get to use the word "hypotenuse" in The E-Sylum, but there it is. I guess everything IS connected back to numismatics in one way or another... Sealand Prince Roy Commemorative Pabitra Saha writes: The Treasury of the Principality of Sealand has launched a commemorative memorial coin paying tribute to its founder and first Sovereign, Prince Roy, who died on October 9, 2012 at the age of 91. In 1967, Prince Roy claimed a World War II-era decommissioned platform & defense tower located in International waters 6 miles off the southeast coast of the UK. The platform was declared sovereign territory by Roy who also proclaimed himself and his wife, Joan Bates as joint sovereign rulers on September 2 - his wife’s birthday. Prince Roy is succeeded by his only son, the Prince Regent – now Sovereign Prince Michael.
While I'm not a member, coins that would fall under the purview of the Unrecognized States Numismatic Society are always of interest to me. Ya gotta love the chutzpah of folks who decide to go off and declare their own sovereign nation.
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Austria Voralberg 10 Euro 
This one strikes me as a hideous abomination. Even forgetting that the reverse design is horribly busy, whatever is on or behind the woman's head on the obverse make it look like she's sporting a huge Afro. It's disturbing. Argentina Bimetallic 1 Peso Pabitra Saha writes: Argentina has issued a bimetallic 1 Peso coin on bicentenary of Provincias Del Rio de la Plata. 
Nothing really special about this one, but maybe that's why I like it. It's a simple design that seems to work well in the bimetallic format. I've always likes the sun motif and appreciate what looks to me like a Liberty Cap on a pole on the reverse. Czech Republic Benoit Blachut Commemorative Pabitra Saha writes: The Czech Republic has issued coin on 100 the birth Anniversary of opera singer Benoit Blachut.
The reverse design is another representative of the "words as a design element" school. Often it works, but I don't think it does here. Too much, too flat. Doesn't work.
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