50 pence Sherlock HOLMES struck by Royal Mint
- May 13, 2019
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- Pierre
The Royal Mint will be commemorating 160 years since the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with a coin dedicated to his most famous creation – the detective Sherlock Holmes.
The sleuth’s profile, complete with pipe and deerstalker will appear on a 50p piece surrounded by the names of his most popular adventures. The designer of the coin – Stephen Raw – chose to create a design that requires a magnifying glass to read the names of these famous cases, hoping to bring out the “inner detective” of anyone who finds the coin in their...
2011 50 pence swimmer coin – the rarest 50 pence coin, since 1969
- May 12, 2019
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- Pierre
We are back to the year 2011, the Royal Mint struck an early version of 50 pence swimmer coin that will become the “must...
NUMISMAG visits the swiss Mint facility, in BERNE
- May 08, 2019
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- Pierre
The Swiss Federal Mint, created in 1850, is a small structure in the world of coin issuing institutions in Europe. However, the context in...
Australia celebrates 50th anniversary of 50 cents with a special coin set
- May 08, 2019
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- Pierre
The 50th Anniversary of the introduction of the copper-nickel dodecagon 50 cent coin is celebrated today with a new limited edition collectible coin set...
With two New 5 Euro Commemoratives coins Italian Mint Commemorates Carabinieri and Alpine Corps
- May 07, 2019
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- Pierre
The Mint of Italy is issuing two coins to celebrate the Carabinieri and the Alpini. The first coin commemorates the 50th anniversary of the...
Commemorative 2 euro coins 2020
- May 04, 2019
- by
- Olivier
We present you the very first projects of the 2020 commemorative 2 euro coins. This article is set up to inform you about new...
Japan 500 yen coin 2021 – Circulation bimetallic type
- May 03, 2019
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- Antoine Bourg
On April 9, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced the issuance of three new bills and 500 yen coin. The new coin are...
Norway 20 krone 2019 – Gustav Vigeland
- May 02, 2019
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- Antoine Bourg
2019 €25 Audrey HEPBURN belgian commemorative coin
- May 01, 2019
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- Pierre
On 4 May 2019 Audrey Hepburn, ‘la Grande Dame’ of the silver screen, would have turned 90 years old. To commemorate her 90th birthday,...
New Chinese coins of 1 yuan, 0.5 yuan and 0.1 yuan – 2019
- April 30, 2019
- by
- Olivier
After more than a decade, China is releasing newly patterned coins. Starting Aug. 30, new coins of 1 yuan, 0.5 yuan, and 0.1 yuan,...
