This is certainly a good news for all Commemorative coins collector. Malaysia launch a commemorative coins to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) yesterday. This commemoratice coins come in three version; RM1 Nordic-Gold Brilliant Uncirculated, RM10 Silver and RM100 gold. I try to find if any picture is available for viewing this coins but I cannot find any. Look like the mintage for the gold and silver coins is limited. Here is the original news I found in Bernama News agency.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on Tuesday launched commemorative coins to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). Launched by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Datuk Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili, the coins are available in three versions, namely the gold, silver and Nordic-Gold brilliant uncirculated commemorative coin.
The gold commemorative coin has a face value of RM100 and is being sold at RM1,200, with the mintage quantity limited to 100 pieces, the central bank said in a statement. With a face value of RM10, the silver commemorative coin is made of sterling silver with only 350 pieces available. Meanwhile, the Nordic Gold brilliant coin has a face value of RM1 and will be sold at RM10 each. The mintage quantity is 10,000 pieces.
The coins will be available at BNM's headquarters and its branches in Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching starting today.
Source: Bernama news agency
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