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Battenberg Publishing House, 1st edition 2016, 192 pages, author(s): Albert M. Beck
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Olympic coins as contemporary witnesses and ambassadors of major sporting events
The
Author, Albert M. Beck, born in Switzerland on April 15, 1937, studied at
from the University of Basel with a focus on economics
Monetary theory and monetary policy. For 33 years he was a lecturer in language and
Literature at the School of Design in Basel. He founded the in 1969
international, numismatic specialist magazine MünzenRevue and later the
World Money Fair, the largest coin fair in the world. With the appearance
He discovered the commemorative coins for the Summer Olympics in Montreal in 1976
Fascination with Olympic coins. He soon realized that Olympic coins
are contemporary witnesses and ambassadors of major sporting events.
In 1993, the then IOC President J.-A. Samaranch founded a
passionate collector, a collector's commission with the aim of
Promote Olympic coins. He appointed the numismatist Albert M. Beck
the IOC Collector Commission, which he served for 22 years, from 1993 to 2015,
belonged.
The Olympic catalog is a historical review of the editions of
Olympic coins. He describes and evaluates all that have been published so far
official Olympic coins from the organizers of Olympics since 1952
(Helsinki) to 2016 (Rio).
The author, who has been around 40 years
Promotes Olympic coins and their issues with presentations and reports
and lectures, can be found in the new Olympic catalogue
Memories and experiences flow in with text and images. The
The Olympic catalog is a valuable standard work from the pens of one
professional connoisseur of Olympic coins.
Bilingual in German and English
