Re: Astrolabe on coin

[Mike Cowham]

>On the Chech coin of 20 Crowns is a picture of an astrolabe.
>Is this a copy of an existing one or is it a design made only for the coin?

I was in Brno, Czech Republic last year and got one of these in
my change.  I went back again later for a vacation and asked at our
hotel to see if they had any because I would have liked a few extra.
The receptionist was very obliging, opening 2, 3 or more bags of 20
Korunna coins and in over 100 coins she only found one more.  (She had
not even noticed them before). These were issued for the Millennium.  I
have a picture of one if you need it.  
I asked on the RETE network if anyone else had seen one and I
got a couple of replies.  It seems that the coin depicts a typical early
astrolabe, (possibly one in a Prague museum, but as it has no star
pointers, it is just a simple depiction of such a device.  Even so, it
is a cheap astrolabe that anyone can own - if they can find one.  

Good hunting!
Regards,
Mike Cowham.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cambridge, UK.

RE: Astrolabe on coin

[Martha A. Villegas]

On the James E. Morrison site about astrolabes, there is a very nice picture
of this coin

http://www.astrolabes.org/links.htm

Martha A. Villegas

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Asunto: Astrolabe on coin


On the Chech coin of 20 Crowns is a picture of an astrolabe.
Is this a copy of an existing one or is it a design made only for the coin?

Thibaud Chabot

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RE: Astrolabe on coin

[Richard Langley]

See also:

-- Richard Langley

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Martha A. Villegas wrote:

>On the James E. Morrison site about astrolabes, there is a very nice picture
>of this coin
>
>http://www.astrolabes.org/links.htm
>
>Martha A. Villegas
>
>-Mensaje original-
>De: Thibaud Taudin-Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Para: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de 
>Fecha: Martes, 17 de Abril de 2001 01:07 p.m.
>Asunto: Astrolabe on coin
>
>
>On the Chech coin of 20 Crowns is a picture of an astrolabe.
>Is this a copy of an existing one or is it a design made only for the coin?
>
>Thibaud Chabot
>
>-
>Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
>52?18'19.85" North  04?51'09.45" East
>home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(attachments max. 500kB; for larger attachments contact me first)
>
>


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RE: Astrolabe on coin

[Dave Bell]

Very nice site! It was interesting to see how downright
LOGICALLY the dimensions, material, shape, and finish of 
the various denominations are layed out. US and UK could 
take some lessons here...

Dave
37.3 N 121.9 W

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Richard Langley wrote:

> See also:
> 
> -- Richard Langley
> 
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Martha A. Villegas wrote:
> 
> >On the James E. Morrison site about astrolabes, there is a very nice picture
> >of this coin
> >
> >http://www.astrolabes.org/links.htm
> >
> >Martha A. Villegas
> >
> >-Mensaje original-
> >De: Thibaud Taudin-Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Para: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de 
> >Fecha: Martes, 17 de Abril de 2001 01:07 p.m.
> >Asunto: Astrolabe on coin
> >
> >
> >On the Chech coin of 20 Crowns is a picture of an astrolabe.
> >Is this a copy of an existing one or is it a design made only for the coin?
> >
> >Thibaud Chabot
> >
> >-
> >Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
> >52?18'19.85" North  04?51'09.45" East
> >home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >(attachments max. 500kB; for larger attachments contact me first)
> >
> >
> 
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>   
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>  Geodetic Research Laboratory  Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
>  Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics EngineeringPhone:+1 506 453-5142  
>  University of New Brunswick   Fax:  +1 506 453-4943  
>  Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3
>  Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
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