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Re: commEMOrative gold coin moon landing germany?

Posted by JeffK on March 08, 2008 at 13:58:22:

In Reply to: commerative gold coin moon landing germany? posted by Jim on March 07, 2008 at 14:41:55:

I think you mean "commEMOrative" (*)

I'm not directly familiar with this but it's almost certainly a bullion piece. I can interpret the wording a bit:

>> "21.7.1969" is the moon landing date 21 July 1969 written in international format(%).

>> "mez" is the abbreviation for "Mitteleuropazeit"(#), a German mouthful that means "central European time".

>> "999.9" is a fineness mark indicating that your commemorative is nearly pure gold. If you know its weight you can get an approximate idea of its metal value - gold is currently selling for about $975 an ounce.

(*) Shameless plug - I've switched to Firefox as my browser, mostly because it's UnMicrosoft, but as a side benefit it includes a halfway decent spelling checker.

(%) Like measuring in feet & pounds, the U.S. way of writing dates is pretty much unique in the world.

(#) FWIW, pronounced something like "MITT-ull oy-ROPE-a t'zite". German just LOVES to stick words together to form enormous compounds called "Bandwurmwörter", or "tapeworm words"!

: In 1970 my neighbor returned home from a trip in germany he brought back home small gold coins
: celebrating the moon landing 1969 the face has the 3 astronauts busts. surrounding the PERIMETER [preimiter] are there names and the "landing on the moon" inscribed.under their busts are these numbers 21.7.1969-356-20mez. On the reverse side is an astronaut erecting the US flag in the background is the lunar module and another astronaut surveying the landscape the earth is in the sky behind them. etched near the astronaut in very fine print is hh999.9.
: has anyone ever seen this or has info regarding it?

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• Re: commEMOrative gold coin moon landing germany? jim 09:15:57 03/10/08 (2)
  • Re: commEMOrative gold coin moon landing germany? Michael Schmidt 11:46:35 03/11/08 (1)
    • Re: commEMOrative gold coin moon landing germany? jim 08:58:23 03/14/08 (0)

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: I think you mean "commEMOrative" (*)

: I'm not directly familiar with this but it's almost certainly a bullion piece.  I can interpret the wording a bit:  

: >> "21.7.1969" is the moon landing date 21 July 1969 written in international format(%). 

: >> "mez" is the abbreviation for "Mitteleuropazeit"(#), a German mouthful that means "central European time".  

: >> "999.9" is a fineness mark indicating that your commemorative is nearly pure gold.  If you know its weight you can get an approximate idea of its metal value - gold is currently selling for about $975 an ounce.
:  

: 
: (*) Shameless plug - I've switched to Firefox as my browser, mostly because it's UnMicrosoft, but as a side benefit it includes a halfway decent spelling checker.

: (%) Like measuring in feet & pounds, the U.S. way of writing dates is pretty much unique in the world.

: (#) FWIW, pronounced something like "MITT-ull oy-ROPE-a t'zite".   German just LOVES to stick words together to form enormous compounds called "Bandwurmwörter", or "tapeworm words"!

: : In 1970 my neighbor returned home from a trip in germany  he brought back  home  small gold coins 
: : celebrating the moon landing 1969 the face has the 3 astronauts busts. surrounding the PERIMETER [preimiter] are there names and the "landing on the moon" inscribed.under their busts are these numbers 21.7.1969-356-20mez. On the reverse side is an astronaut erecting the US flag in the background is the lunar module and another astronaut surveying the landscape the earth is in the sky behind them. etched near the astronaut in very fine print is hh999.9.
: :  has anyone ever seen this or has info regarding it? 



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