Soccer on coins

[bart]

2 Yuan coins, issued by the P. R. of China in 1991, commemorating the first Women's World Football Cup.

[bart]

Slovenia 500 tolarjev 2002

[Figleaf]

If you have this coin, could you check the reverse alignment, please? I wonder if the picture should not be turned 90° clockwise...

Peter

[bart]

It is a medal alignment coin. The date on the reverse stands in line with the  500 on the obverse.
It can also be turned 90° on both sides.

Bart

[bart]

I don't know what"s more natural.

[chrisild]

It is a medal alignment coin.

Amazing that people outside the US are still using such terms. Anyway, this is how the central bank depicts these coins:
http://www.bsi.si/en/banknotes-and-coins.asp?MapaId=565

Christian

[Coinsforever]

Alignment of coin rather design is impressive so that viewer or collector enjoy it in both ways.

BTW who is desginer of this coins ?

Cheers

[bart]

The alignment is not medal, nor coin, but something in between: you have to turn the coin 90° to get them in line. It is like the Dutch pre-euro coins with the effigy of queen Beatrix.

According to chrisild's link these are the designers:
Draft design: Primoz Gutman, Edin Okic, Urban Svegl, Matjaz Vodlan, Slovenia
Relief design: Jan Cernaj, State Mint, Kremnica, Slovakia

Bart

[<k>]

In my topic Which Countries' Coins Are Contra-Aligned?, I used the terms "parallel alignment" and "contra-alignment".

"Parallel alignment" (↑↑) is equivalent to medal alignment for Americans. With contra-alignment, you see the obverse design the right way up in your album - but you turn the page, then the reverse design is the wrong way up! 

[Bimat]

So do the other 500 Tolar commemorative coins also have same kind of alignment?

Aditya

[bart]

Another coin commemorating the World Championships soccer of 1982 in Spain is this Bulgarian 1 lev, issued in 1980. It shows the trophy.

[bart]

Another Bulgarian soccer coin from 1986.

[translateltd]

Poland - don't think I've seen this one mentioned earlier in the thread:

[chrisild]

Poland has just started a new series about Polish football clubs (similar to the French series that started in 2009). The first club featured is Polonia Warszawa, see the attached image. Larger pictures are here:

5 zl obv http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/polonia_warszawa_5zl_a.jpg
5 zl rev http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/polonia_warszawa_5zl_r.jpg
2 zl obv http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/polonia_warszawa_2zl_a.jpg
2 zl rev http://www.nbp.pl/banknoty_i_monety/monety_okolicznosciowe/2011/polonia_warszawa_2zl_r.jpg
Brochure (PDF, English) http://www.nbp.pl/en/banknoty/kolekcjonerskie/2011/2011_14___Polonia_Warszawa_en.pdf

And I am sure that more football related coins will soon follow, not "only" about clubs. Next year we have the UEFA Euro Cup in Poland and Ukraine, and Ukraine has just issued five (4x10, 1x20 hryvnias) pieces to commemorate or promote the cup. Have not seen images of those yet.

Christian

[gerard974]

hello
Is the coins that i have for Argentina in my collection.World cup 1978
Gerard