2018 €10 silver coin commemorating end of PRAGUE SPRING – SLOVAKIA
- August 13, 2018
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- Pierre
Slovakia Mint, the Mincovna Kremnica, issued on August the 9th 2018 a coin commemorating the Prague Spring and its 50th anniversary. While in Western Europe several countries commemorated the events of May 1968, we must not forget the events that marked the former Eastern Bloc countries in that same year.
Causes of the Prague Spring
It was undoubtedly DUBCEK’s arrival at the head of the Czech Communist Party in January 1968 and his desire to set up a communism “with a human face”, marking a break with Stalinism, that was at the origin of...
€10 silver coin dedicated to 150th anniversary of Dušan Samuel Jurkovič birth – 2018
- August 12, 2018
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- Pierre
The Slovakian Mint, Mincovna Kremnica issued a new €10 silver coin dedicated to Slovakian architect Dušan Samuel Jurkovič (1868-1947). He studied in Vienna and...
Mini medal Two times champion of the world cup of football 1998-2018
- July 16, 2018
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- Olivier
In honor of the victory of the French team at the Football World Cup in Russia, the Monnaie de Paris issues a mini medal...
New 2018 €10 slovak commemorative coin dedicated to Steamer CAROLINA
- July 11, 2018
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- Pierre
The coin’s obverse design portrays technical parts of the Carolina, which in 1818 became the first steamboat to sail to Bratislava on the Danube.
Slovakia’s...
Elisabeth II 5$ Cook Islands Scarab Beetle – 3-Coin Set HR 1 oz Silver Proof
- June 14, 2018
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- Olivier
A new three-coin set will complement the elegant and exclusive Scarab Selection introduced in early 2017. Once again limited to 499 sets, the new...
Commemorative Coins – Captain COOK celebrated by Royal Mint silver and gold coins
- June 12, 2018
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- Pierre
The Royal Mint has embarked upon a new three-year series to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s epic Voyage of Discovery aboard HM...
2018 CANADA ROYAL COUPLE “WEDDING DAY” SILVER COIN
- May 11, 2018
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- Pierre
In honor of the upcoming wedding of HRH Prince Henry of Wales and Ms Meghan Markle, the Royal Canadian Mint is releasing a crafted...
2018 €5 silver and €10 gold Fanny Blankers-Koen commemorative coins
- April 26, 2018
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- Pierre
2018 Austrian numismatic new issues: Anthropocene and shark coins
- April 25, 2018
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- Pierre
ANTHROPOCENE
The footprint of humanity on the Earth is unfortunately a massive one. So big that experts now agree that humanity’s impact on the planet...
Austria issues a silver €20 coin dedicated to Maria Theresa
- March 17, 2018
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- Pierre
The third coin in Empress Maria Theresa series of Austrian Mint features the only ever female ruler of the Habsburg Empire wearing a widow’s...
