Mint of Belgium will close january the 1st 2018
- August 29, 2017
- by
- Pierre
The Belgian Mint (MRB), or at least its workshop, will close down on January 1st, 2018. It is not known yet if there will remain some administrative services of the Mint. For sure it will be necessary to order the future minting programs to external subcontrators.
Belgian central administration board assured Mint unions that no one of the Mint staff will be fired but will get a job in another service of Belgium economy Ministery. This closing should result in no measurement of dry dismissal.
This closing of the MRB workshop is guided by economic imperatives of profitability. For a long time the European Commission seeks to rationalize the production euro coins. The national central...
When another AUSTEN was in banknotes production involved
- August 28, 2017
- by
- Pierre
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- July 08, 2017
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- Pierre
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Commemorative Panda medals Strucked for 45 Years of Sino-German Friendship
- July 07, 2017
- by
- Olivier
In 2017, the People’s Republic of China and the Federal Republic of Germany celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations....
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- June 25, 2017
- by
- Pierre
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The bullion coins, numismatic Eldorado for national Mints?
- June 09, 2017
- by
- Pierre
Bullion coins, according to its common definition, are struck to investors who wish to hoard strong value in a very small volume of precious...
10 CND banknote celebrating 150th birthday of Canada
- May 03, 2017
- by
- Pierre
Sir John A. Macdonald was a Father of Confederation and Canada’s first prime minister, 1867-73 and 1878-91.
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2017 “Spirit Of Saint Louis” french coin
- May 02, 2017
- by
- Pierre
The obverse of this coin presents the plane “Spirit of Saint Louis” flying over top of Paris. Statue of Liberty is represented as well, as starting point of this great crossing who took place in 1927 on May 20th, between New...
The annual Benelux coins set
- May 01, 2017
- by
- Pierre
The Mint of the Netherlands announces the sale of the annual Benelux coins set as well as the 2017 UNC coinset, dedicated to Amsterdam...
2017 latvian €5 coin – 1917 LATGALE CONGRESS
- April 30, 2017
- by
- Pierre
The official presentation of the new commemorative coin of €5 took place in REZEKNE, Thrisday, May 3rd 2017, just before a concert devoted to...
