Spain to launch 2014 ISSF World Championships Silver Coin
Coin | 2014-07-10 07:59:54
The Casa Real de la Moneda has decided to launch a new collector’s coin that depicts 51st ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Championship- will be held from the 6th to the 20th September in the city of Granada, Spain.
By Paul Ploumis
MADRID (Scrap Monster): The Casa Real de la Moneda has decided to launch a new collector’s coin that depicts 51st ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Championship- will be held from the 6th to the 20th September in the city of Granada, Spain.
The new coin carries an image of a competitor in action, aiming his rifle at a target point and the inscriptions “CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO DE TIRO 2014 along with the Casa Real’s own mintmark of a crowned “M” on its reverse.
The obverse of the coin bears the likeness of the shield of the Royal Spanish Federation of Olympic Shooting and the inscriptions “ESPANA” and the year 2014.
The denomination of the coin is 10 €URO and it would be struck in .925 silver. The mintage capacity of the coin is limited to 7500 pieces.
