[Nfbf-l] FW: [Brl-coordinators] Other Louis Braille Commemoratives

[Sherri]

That's fascinating that others paid tribute to him in such interesting ways 
with such interesting coins.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net>
To: "NFBFL" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:43 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] FW: [Brl-coordinators] Other Louis Braille Commemoratives


> Hi everyone,
>
> I thought this was interesting, even if I don't purchase any of these 
> coins.
>
> Sherrill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brl-coordinators-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:brl-coordinators-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Dick Davis
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: 'Braille Readers are Leaders contest support list'
> Subject: [Brl-coordinators] Other Louis Braille Commemoratives
>
>
> Hi,
> Since I collect coins, I thought I'd tell you about the other Louis 
> Braille
> commemorative coins issued in 2009.  Belgium and Italy issued 2 Euro 
> (about
> $3 US) coins.  You can get them on Ebay for $4.50 to $4.99.  The Italian 
> one
> shows slender fingers reading a Braille book with really teeny dots. 
> Oddly
> enough, the only fingers in contact with the page are the ring and little
> finger.  The Belgian one has a portrait of Louis along with the letters l
> and b (no caps).  India issued a 2 Rupee coin (about 4 cents US.) that has 
> a
> portrait and "L. Braille" in capitalized Grade 2 Braille.  You can get one
> on Ebay for $2.99 and the shipping is free.  Although these coins are made
> of a base metal (the Euros are bimetallic) they're still attractive, and I
> like the idea of them being in regular circulation like the Abraham 
> Lincoln
> commemorative cents that the U.S. issued in 2009.  The island of Palau,
> which seems to do commemoratives as a way to raise money, did one with a
> pretty grim picture of Louis (bad looking eyes) and his name spelled out 
> in
> print letters constructed using dots, which implies that Braille is just
> print written with dots.  It's $49, which is pretty steep for an ugly and
> deceptive coin (at least it's silver) so I'm waiting for the cost to come
> down before I buy one.  Oddly enough, France didn't see fit to create one.
> I thought there was one from Slovakia, but there wasn't; it was just a
> labeling error by the seller.  Those are all I could find; if I see 
> others,
> I'll let you all know.
> Dick Davis
>
>
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