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The NEPAD Council has begun publication of a quarterly magazine concerning issues of interest to the
African Union business community. As of June 2009, the inaugural edition
was to feature prominently a cover story on the SWANsat project. Click on the links below to
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The AUric gold
coin design, the numismatic term of descriptive art "AUric", and the AUric
currency symbol device are claimed as trademarks by SWANsat Holdings, LLC.
Copyright © 2007 and Trademark ™ 2007 by SWANsat Holdings, LLC. ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Trademark ® Registrations for the AUric gold coin
design, the numismatic term of descriptive art "AUric", and the AUric
currency symbol device are pending 2008. All rights are pledged for transfer
to the African Union upon: (1) execution of a planned Note Verbale and
Memorandum of Understanding between SWANsat Holdings, LLC and the African
Union regarding Landing Rights for SWANsat, (2) exercise of a funding
participation option described therein, and (3) actual receipt of funding for
the SWANsat System proceeding therefrom.
High-Tech Project for African Union Proposes
Innovative Design to Stabilize African Economy
Mariposa Graphic Artist Designs Coin
Prototype
Mariposa, CA —
Larry Vilott, of Vilott Creative Services of Mariposa, California, has been
commissioned to design the 100 AUric gold coin, a prototype 1 oz. gold coin
for presentation to the African Union as a new gold- and silver-based
currency proposed for use by the emerging 53-member economic confederacy.
Vilott's design
will be introduced to the
African Union at the
ICT Africa 2008 telecommunications
conference scheduled to take place from February 13-15, 2008 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, the African Union's capital.
Specially struck
over-size commemorative medallions of the 100 AUric coin will be presented
to Her Excellency Amina Salum Ali, the African Union's ambassador to the
United States, to Dr. Jabulani Dhliwayo, Senior Vice President of the
NEPAD Council, the African Union's official ICT advocacy
non-profit organization, and to a number of specially designated officials
of the African Union.
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The design for
the 100 AUric coin was commissioned by Dr. William Welty, Chief Executive
Officer of SWANsat LLC, developer and provider of the Super-Wide Area
Network Satellite (SWANsat) System.
"The name AUric
is a deliberate numismatic pun," explains Dr. Welty. "The chemical symbol
for gold — AU — contains the same two letters that comprise the abbreviation
for 'African Union'. By naming the new proposed coin AUric, we're
deliberately tying the new coin's content to the African Union's economy."
SWANsat, a planned constellation of high-powered telecommunications
satellites, is part of what the telecom licensee calls a modern Marshall
Plan for the African Union. SWANsat is intended to aid in the continent's
economic development by providing very low cost, satellite network-based
high-speed internet, computer, media, and VoIP service access throughout the
continent.
As part of its
contribution to the emerging African Union, SWANsat has offered to develop
and help implement a continent-wide gold- and silver-based economy. As
initially proposed, at current international spot gold prices approaching
$900 per ounce, a single AUric will be worth about $9.Trademarks to the
AUric design and currency symbol will be assigned to the African Union as
part of a formal agreement between the African Union and SWANsat Holdings.
Vilott's
design for the candidate AUric gold coin will be struck exclusively from
gold obtained from African-based precious metals dealers, providing an
exceptionally stable foundation for the economy of all of Africa.
Vilott has
produced a design for the "obverse" (heads) side. Vilott's design is
intended for use on all 1 oz. 100 AUric coins (see photo).
Artisans
indigenous to each of the 53 members of the African Union will be invited to
contribute "reverse" (tails) side designs for the AUric, with one different
design representing each member nation.
Additional coins
in smaller denominations of the AUric are planned for issuance in silver.
That way, unlike other modern gold and silver coins being produced
internationally, the AUric won't remain merely a numismatic collector's
item. Instead, it's planned to be used in everyday commerce.
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