20 Crediti
Features
| Location |
Federation of Damanhur
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens |
| Years | 1999-2003 |
| Value | 20 Crediti |
| Currency | Credito |
| Composition | Bimetallic: bronzital (Cu-Al-Ti) ring (Probably the material of the centre is copper-nickel, see Comments) |
| Weight | 8.7 g |
| Diameter | 27.1 mm |
| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 374921 |
Obverse
(en) Artistic medley of ancient looking symbols surrounding the value of the coin, with on the left a Sun symbol and on the right a Moon symbol. This is surrounded with text, as well as a medley of ancient looking symbols.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
XXIV - 1999
20
CREDITI
Federazione di DAMANHUR
Reverse
(en) Three nude people making gestures with some spiritual meaning, above them some ancient looking symbols and below them a lemniscate (infinity sign). This is surrounded with text, as well as a medley of symbols similar to those near the edge on the obverse.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
TE TUJL
DAMANHUR
Edge
Zwykły
Comments
(en) People living in and doing paid work for the Damanhur community get paid in Crediti. The value of 1 Credito equals 1 Euro. The coins are used within the community as money, one can pay with either Euros or Crediti in all the shops and restaurants.
Even within the community it is not easy to find this coin, the cash registers of the Damanhur supermarket and restaurants tend to mostly contain coins worth less.
Probably the material is nickel-silver (which is non-magnetic). The webpage www.taedivm.org/damanhur1.html lists both the 10 crediti and the 20 crediti cores as made of nickel-silver. This source may not be reliable though, as the 10 crediti coins are non-magnetic, while the 20 crediti cores are magnetic (personal observation).
Even within the community it is not easy to find this coin, the cash registers of the Damanhur supermarket and restaurants tend to mostly contain coins worth less.
Probably the material is nickel-silver (which is non-magnetic). The webpage www.taedivm.org/damanhur1.html lists both the 10 crediti and the 20 crediti cores as made of nickel-silver. This source may not be reliable though, as the 10 crediti coins are non-magnetic, while the 20 crediti cores are magnetic (personal observation).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1999 | (en) XXIV (24 in Roman numerals) represents the number of years since Damanhur was founded, in 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | (en) The webpage taedivm.org/damanhur1.html mentions 2003 as a confirmed year, extra reconfirmation with a picture is useful. | ||||||||||||||
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