Marquetten astronomy series dukesmarks
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The Marquetten Astronomy series is a semi-circulating commemorative issue of dukesmark notes and groz coinage. They celebrate the field of astronomy featuring primarily objects orbiting the sun and their natural satellites.
Coins
The astronomical groz coins generally feature moons however the 19/~ and 20/~ coins feature the first satellite and astronomical units of measure respectivley.
Astronomical Groschen coins | |||||||
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Denomonation | Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Thickness | composition | edge | |
1/~ | Selene | luna | 52pt | 4.5pt | Copper | Smooth | |
2/~ | corresponding deity(s) | phobos and deimos* | 60pt | 5pt | |||
3/~ | Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto* | 65pt | 6pt | milled | |||
4/~ | moons of saturn* | 65pt | 6pt | Nickel | |||
5/~ | moons of uranus* | 1in | 6pt | ||||
6/~ | moons of neptune* | 1in | 6.5pt | ||||
7/~ | Vanth | 1in | 6.5pt | ||||
8/~ | moons of pluto* | 1in | 6.5pt | Nordic gold | Nickel | ||
9/~ | Nereid Actaea | Actaea | 1in | 6.5pt | |||
10/~ | corresponding deity(s) | Namaka and Hi'iaka* | 1.2in | 7pt | |||
11/~ | Weywot* | 1.2in | 7pt | ||||
12/~ | Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, David Rabinowitz* | MK2† | 1.2in | 7pt | |||
13/~ | a Xiangliu wrapped around a octagram | Xiangliu | 1.2in | 7pt | Nickel | Nordic gold | beringgit |
14/~ | Dysnomia (daemon) | Dysnomia | 1.2in | 7pt | |||
15/~ | Vesta in a hexastyle temple with four steps | Vesta | 1.5in | 7pt | |||
16/~ | Pallas (titan) | Pallas | 1.5in | 7pt | |||
17/~ | corresponding deity | Hygiea | 1.5in | 7pt | |||
18/~ | Vulcan | 1.5in | 7.5pt | Nordic gold | |||
19/~ | Sergei Korolev | Sputnik 1 | 2in | 7.5pt | |||
20/~ | comparison of 1k AU, Ly, and pc | comparison of Pr, Δ🜨L, and AU | 2in | 8pt | Milled icosagon |
*depicted on separate coins
†moon of makemake
Banknotes
Planned Commemorative banknotes | |||||||||
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Image | value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of | ||||
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | watermark | Printing | Issue | |||
ℳ1 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Mercury (god) | Mercury from space | Astronomical symbol of Mercury | ||||
ℳ2 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Venus (godess) | View from orbit and surface of Venus | Astronomical symbol of Venus | ||||
ℳ3 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Gaia (godess) | Planet earth and voyager inscriptions | Astronomical symbol of Earth | ||||
ℳ4 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Mars (god) | View from orbit of Mars and rovers | Astronomical symbol of Mars | ||||
ℳ5 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Ceres (godess) and Giuseppe Piazzi | Ceres and the Dawn | Astronomical symbol of Ceres | ||||
ℳ6 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Jupiter (god) | Juiter and its moons | Astronomical symbol of Jupiter | ||||
ℳ7 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Saturn (god) | Saturn from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Saturn | ||||
ℳ8 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Uranus (god) and Herschel | Uranus from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Uranus | ||||
ℳ9 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Neptune (god) and Urbain Le Verrier | Neptune from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Neptune | ||||
ℳ10 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Orcus (god) and David R | Orcus from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Orcus | ||||
ℳ11 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Pluto (god) and Clyde Tombaugh | Pluto from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Pluto (bident) | ||||
ℳ12 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Haumea (godess) and Mike Brown | Haumea from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Haumea | ||||
ℳ13 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Quaoar (god) and Chad Trujillo | Quaoar from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Quaoar | ||||
ℳ14 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Makemake (god) | Makemake from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Makemake | ||||
ℳ15 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Gonggong (god) | Gonggong from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Gonggong | ||||
ℳ16 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Eris (godess) | Eris from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Eris | ||||
ℳ17 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Sedna (godess) | Sedna from orbit | Astronomical symbol of Sedna | ||||
ℳ18 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Sol (god) | Sun with planetary orbits as lines | Astronomical symbol of the sun | ||||
ℳ19 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias | Cosmic Microwave Background | 🟑 | ||||
ℳ20 | 5×3in | cosmic latte | Dr. Nancy Grace Roman and Hubble Space Telescope | Hubble eXtreme Deep Field | 🟄 |