2008 Austrian 25 Euro Silver and Niobium Coin - Very cool!!!!!

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• RonLJr Posts: 174

  March 28, 2008 9:06AM

  Daniel Carr is really DB Cooper

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• adamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭

  March 28, 2008 9:07AM

  Why does Austria make a coin with Yahoo Serious on it?
  
  
  
  
  
  And what is that giant green spot? Last I heard, Niobium was not green.
  
  Edit..."heat process and oxidation". Okay. Got it. I've done the heat damage thing before too.
  
  
  

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• CollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭

  March 28, 2008 9:42AM

  I agree, it is a cool-looking coin. I purchased one, just to throw into the overall collection. I'm really not that much into world coins, but ever once in a while, an oddity comes along that strikes my fancy. The Niobium metal, heated to a green oxidation, looks neat.

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• Mercury10c Posts: 2,958

  March 28, 2008 10:24AM

  I saw these in CW recently. There's a whole series of them with different colored niobium centers. Very cool coins.

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• coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭

  March 28, 2008 10:25AM

  did austria invent the light bulb? check out that reverse....
  
  it even has fluorescent and halogen bulbs on it

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• MrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭

  March 28, 2008 1:09PM

  I'm going to get one of the Latvia Coins of Time someday. Niobium/Silver with the Niobium anodized blue. I really like the design.
  
  

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• Goldbully Posts: 17,971 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2008 1:48PM

  
  
  << <i>I'm going to get one of the Latvia Coins of Time someday. Niobium/Silver with the Niobium anodized blue. I really like the design.
  
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  I love this heating/coloring process....never heard of Niobium until tonight.
  
  I love the deep blue Latvian coin.
  
  Surely the U.S. Mint can find a "profitable" use for this colorful metal/process!!!
  
  Looks like an international thing for now!!!!!
  
  Wonder if they can produce a jelly donut purple color for our resident Bear!!!
  
  

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• MrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭

  March 28, 2008 2:04PM

  Yeah, Niobium is really cool, only it isn't usually colored using heat, rather it is anodized using electricity which produces the colors. Niobium is kinda unique in that it can be easily anodized using electricity and you can control the color by applying different voltages. I believe you can get yellow, red, purple, blue and green using low to high voltage. Here's how it is done link I've thought of trying to do it myself and make MrsSpud rainbow colored jewelery or something. I think the idea of using a paintbrush as the anode (or is it the cathode?) would be cool. Imagine painting rainbows on metal.

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• Tootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭

  March 28, 2008 2:10PM

  
  
  << <i>Wonder if they can produce a jelly donut purple color for our resident Bear!!! >>
  
  
  
  [Homer Simpson voice on]
  Mmmmmmm... jelly donuts!
  [Homer Simpson voice off]
  
  
  
  

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• Bullish Posts: 374

  March 28, 2008 2:53PM

  How do i buy one of these?

  SEE the BULL!! BUY the BULL!! BE the BULL!! Do your homework first. And, you will learn alot!!

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• MrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭

  March 28, 2008 3:23PM

  This place sells a whole bunch of different ones in different colors, but some seem sold outLink to Niobium coins

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• jamakin Posts: 1,055

  March 28, 2008 3:38PM

  I bought an Austria 2004 25 Euro alpine railway coin graded ms68 by NGC a couple years back on ebay on a "buy it now " impulse buy. Paid $135
  I had buyer's remorse directly after so I put it in my bin of shame to gather dust .
  I now see they are fetching twice that on ebay.
  link to current auction(not mine)
  Sometimes you just gotta trust your first impression
  
  edited to add: I just double checked and it still remains the only NGC graded example. MY first and only population 1 of 1 coin!!!!

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• MrBear Posts: 379 ✭✭✭

  March 29, 2008 5:18AM

  Thanks a LOT guys...as if I don't spend ENOUGH money on coins, now you've got me buying this bi-metallic crap!
  
  Here's a titanium/silver ti/au one I found while searching for more of those Austrian coins last night...
  
  

  Occasionally successful coin collector.

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• RWB Posts: 8,082 ✭

  March 29, 2008 5:25AM

  They look like Mardi Gras tokens.

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• Goldbully Posts: 17,971 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2008 7:10AM

  
  
  << <i>Thanks a LOT guys...as if I don't spend ENOUGH money on coins, now you've got me buying this bi-metallic crap!
  
  Here's a titanium/silver ti/au one I found while searching for more of those Austrian coins last night...
  
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  Far out colors, Man!!!!!!!
  
  

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• NHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭

  March 29, 2008 7:33AM

  
  
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  << <i>Thanks a LOT guys...as if I don't spend ENOUGH money on coins, now you've got me buying this bi-metallic crap!
  
  Here's a titanium/silver ti/au one I found while searching for more of those Austrian coins last night...
  
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  Far out colors, Man!!!!!!!
  
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