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WORLD'S FIRST ECCENTRIC BIMETALLIC COIN
Here's a word I didn't realize applies to numismatics: eccentric. Sure, it applies to a lot of us crazy collectors, but coins? This Coin Update article by Michael Alexander discusses the "World's First Eccentric Bimetallic Coin".
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The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have launched their latest collector coin which marks both Portugal's anniversary as a Republic and 100 years since the country's first commemorative coin was issued. The inventive coin has a range of unique technical and visual features which includes a gold disc set into the rim of a larger silver disc using an innovative minting process. Due to the specific way in which the two discs fit together, the smaller disc protrudes over the perimeter of the larger one, resulting in the world's first eccentric (not placed centrally) bimetallic coin. Designed by Nuno Caetano, the obverse of the silver portion is a faithful copy of the obverse design of the coin issued in 1914, the first to bear the face value of 1 escudo. A reproduction of the last commemorative escudo coin (1 gold escudo) is found in the gold area on the obverse, resulting in a single face containing two images. The reverse bears an image of the old Casa da Moeda mint facility where the 1914 coin was minted, along with a detailed view of the entrance of the modern day Casa da Moeda where the 2001 coin was minted. On the right-hand side is its face value of 2.50 Euros. The gold part visible on the reverse bears the legend “1914 – 2014″.
Nice concept, and I think it's well executed. Another fine "coin-like object."
-Editor
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