RFI: 2007 Belarus 1 Rouble?
pendragon1998
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The other night I succumbed to a total impulse buy and picked up a nice 2007 Belarus 1 rouble proof-like Nightingale. I know absolutely nothing about the coin (My Krause only covers 20th century coins), but it's a beautiful design with a bird on it, so I'm hoping it'll be a nice addition to my birds on coins collection when it gets here. I bought it from a Portuguese seller, so heaven knows when it will arrive. Until then, here's the eBay photo.
Anyone got mintage figures or any additional info on what the coin says on it? What program was the coin released in?
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I've done a little wikipedia sleuthing and I see that the writing on the right side of the image (the reverse?) says:
Republic of Belarus ( Рэспубліка Беларусь ) and underneath that 1 rouble ( рубель ). I assume that the word 'Nightingale' is somewhere on the obverse?
And, since I'm not just a coin nerd, but a bird nerd as well (Me: "Hello, my name is Michael and I'm a birder." Support Group: "Hello Michael."), for your educational pleasure:
Wikipedia:
The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (formerly colloquially known as Sprosser), is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.
It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest in Europe and Asia . The distribution is more northerly than the very closely related Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos. It nests low in dense bushes. It winters in Africa.
The Thrush Nightingale is similar in size to the European Robin. It is plain grey brown above and grey to white below. Its greyer tones, giving a cloudy appearance to the underside, and lack of the Nightingale's obvious red tail side patches are the clearest plumage differences from that species. Sexes are similar.
Anyone got mintage figures or any additional info on what the coin says on it? What program was the coin released in?
edit:
I've done a little wikipedia sleuthing and I see that the writing on the right side of the image (the reverse?) says:
Republic of Belarus ( Рэспубліка Беларусь ) and underneath that 1 rouble ( рубель ). I assume that the word 'Nightingale' is somewhere on the obverse?
And, since I'm not just a coin nerd, but a bird nerd as well (Me: "Hello, my name is Michael and I'm a birder." Support Group: "Hello Michael."), for your educational pleasure:
Wikipedia:
The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (formerly colloquially known as Sprosser), is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.
It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest in Europe and Asia . The distribution is more northerly than the very closely related Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos. It nests low in dense bushes. It winters in Africa.
The Thrush Nightingale is similar in size to the European Robin. It is plain grey brown above and grey to white below. Its greyer tones, giving a cloudy appearance to the underside, and lack of the Nightingale's obvious red tail side patches are the clearest plumage differences from that species. Sexes are similar.
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A bird on each side, what a bonus....
I only have the 2007 Krause and am lucky when it shows much of anything after the millennium, so I fear I'm of no help here.
But I can see why you're all a-twitter over that one.
I'm afraid to be alive without being aware of it
Man! That's what I get for impulse buying without an up to date Krause - the coin I bought is the Cu-Ni version, not the silver one. D'oh! I was wondering why the one I BINed was so much cheaper than the one that auctioned off (~$25 difference). I figured it was because the one I bought was from a seller in Portugal and folks were less willing to buy from an overseas seller. Well, I still picked up a pretty coin for a decent price. I can live with that. 5000 piece mintage, still not that bad. I guess I learned a lesson!
10 Rouble silver coin:
1 Rouble Cu-Ni coin (very similar):
Ooh...I just saw this one on their website as well. This is the Great White Egret (Same reverse)