Isle of Man 20 th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Palladium

[Guest davidke]

A great new Palladium coin at market

ISLE OF MAN 1 CROWN

"20 th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall"

First Day: Oct. 2009

1 Oz. Palladium 999 Proof

Diameter: 32, 70 mm

Mintage: 1000 pieces

comes with lovely presentation box and COA

Mint: Pobjoy Mint

It's a Legal Tender Coinage and an official issue by the Isle of Man Government

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was one of the pivotal events of the 20th century. A symbol of division and mistrust, its fall not only hastened the reunification of Germany but ushered in a new era of peace and democracy throughout Europe. Now, to celebrate the historic 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Isle of Man has issued a stunning new commemorative coin. It depicts a portion of the Berlin Wall which has been torn down to reveal the Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of Berlin’s resurrection. Best of all, the precious metal coin is displayed in a custom presentation case along with a genuine piece of the original Berlin Wall.

[Chris Perkins]

Whoopee!

I hate all of the modern IOM not circulation commemorative issues with a passion! That little country, in conjunction with the Pobjoy mint, churns out more commemorative rubbish than China....and look how big China is (and they churn out a lot of rubbish too)!

In 2 or 3 years that palladium coin will be worth exactly the same as all the other IOM issues = Bullion value.

[Red Riley]

I'll put it with my limited edition 37th anniversary of the first staging of the Outer Hebrides Amateur Wife Beating Championships commemorative plates.

Edited October 31, 2009 by Red Riley

[1949threepence]

I'm not terrribly enthusiastic either, although it is a nice design. Needless to say, I won't be buying it.

Surely such a commemorative event is best left to Germany itself ?

[£400 for a Penny ?]

Nothing is outside their remit, they can celebrate anything.

Being of a Nautical disposition, I discover that one of the conditions of the Royal Mail packet being allowed to moor off St Helena, is that a St Helenian is allowed to come aboard and sell coins and stamps to the passengers, minted by guess who......

I had a nice one a few years ago, crown sized with a pair of tropic birds on, can't remember which country 'sponsored' it, and of course there were those silver proof £1's with the ships on out of Jersey which were quite interesting, but aside from the occasional nice artwork, I'm going with the flow, I don't like them.

Does the Westminster Collection, or whatever, still exist ?

These things are not coins, they are items of jewellery when made from precious metal, and things for seeing how many times you can get them to skip across the duckpond when not.

[Chris Perkins]

Surely such a commemorative event is best left to Germany itself ?

I'm pretty sure Germany is doing commemorative '20th aniversary of the Berlin Wall junk'......no doubt called something like Der Berlinermauerzwanzigstejahrestagscheisse, but I suppose it can also be seen as an event of international significance too, even if it had no effect whatsoever on the Isle of Man.

At least plates can be used as plates!

I bet, as usual, that none of the 1000 coins that they make (if they can find 1000 mugs to buy them) will have ever been on the Isle of Man!

I get rather annoyed when people mistake this crud for some form of coin collecting or numismatic persuit.

[VickySilver]

Interesting thing about all of these offerings (sacrifices?) put out by the Isle of Man is that it has turned off most numismatists. That has left something of a vacuum for those who collect true currency offerings. I have noted some years ago that the 1972-1974 years saw the minting of VERY limited currency issues of types made in quantitiy in other years - about 1000 minted of each. There seems to be no interest in these, though in truth the are offered understandably with infrequency.

I have seen them sell for as little as 20 USD to less than 25 pounds. All had been bagged and none offered in collector sets of any type. Poor little orphans, and an example of what a lot of NCLT junk will do to true collector interest in a country.

[1949threepence]

Surely such a commemorative event is best left to Germany itself ?

I'm pretty sure Germany is doing commemorative '20th aniversary of the Berlin Wall junk'......no doubt called something like Der Berlinermauerzwanzigstejahrestagscheisse, but I suppose it can also be seen as an event of international significance too, even if it had no effect whatsoever on the Isle of Man.

At least plates can be used as plates!

I bet, as usual, that none of the 1000 coins that they make (if they can find 1000 mugs to buy them) will have ever been on the Isle of Man!

I get rather annoyed when people mistake this crud for some form of coin collecting or numismatic persuit.

"Scheisse" being the operative word lol