World’s 1st Titanium Coin 1999 PF UNC Gibraltar 5 Pounds 2000 Millennium A FIRST

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Do you like to collect numismatic legal tender
"firsts"
?
See my eBay store or auction list for other world coin and paper money firsts, such as the world's first titanium coin, world's first mint-colored coin,
world's first mint-colored SILVER coin,
world's first 5 ounce silver coin, world's first modern ringed bimetallic coin,
world's first modern ringed TRImetallic coin, world's first wooden coin,
and world's first polymer plastic banknote....
World’s 1st Titanium Coin 1999 Gibraltar 5 Pounds Y2K Millennium Proof M=25K
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Own a part of world coin history!
Note: The coin pictured is representative. The one you will receive is as nice or better. It is a pristine brilliant uncirculated proof that has never been touched by human hands.
This is the World’s 1
st
Titanium
Legal Tender Coin, and it was quite a feat when issued because titanium is not an easy metal to work with, numismatically. More than a few other nations have now minted titanium coins but this was the first one, a millennium issue from Gibraltar dated 1999. It has a lovely silvery-white proof color and weighs only 10 grams, incredibly light and strong.
Only 25 thousand of these beauties were made
. Just gorgeous! Titanium is incredibly strong but also a very lightweight metal.
Gibraltar made three identical versions of this coin in silver, titanium, and virenium (an alloy containing metals like nickel, copper, and zinc). It can be difficult to tell them apart unless you weigh them. The titanium version is the lightest of the three at 10 grams.
This special and unique coin has both intrinsic value and collectible value.
It will come with a photocopy of the original COA that is full of fascinating information about this coin.
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