OSMIUM, an investment metal with great potential
- March 30, 2022
- by
- Pierre
OSMIUM is a metal that has recently been introduced to the investment metal market. According to Virginie GRONDIN, the director of the OSMIUM Institute FRANCE, this metal is the eighth precious metal. It joins gold, silver, rodhium and irridium.
OSMIUM comes from the transformation of platinum. The process to obtain OSMIUM consists of 160 different operations. At the end of the transformation process, the metal is obtained in a crystalline form. In its raw state, OSMIUM is indeed a poison for human beings.
This metal was discovered in the 19th century, but its commercial exploitation could...
HENRY III (1216-1272) – 1257 GOLD PENNY OF 20 PENCE
- January 23, 2022
- by
- Pierre
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- September 18, 2021
- by
- Pierre
Finland unveiled recently its last coin sets for year 2021. The two last sets consist in the annual proof set and a dedicated set...
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- September 15, 2021
- by
- Pierre
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- September 14, 2021
- by
- Pierre
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2021 silver colorfull and fluo coin “Hydropower” from SWISSMINT
- September 12, 2021
- by
- Pierre
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Belgian 2013 €2 – Tour of Flanders (not issued)
- July 21, 2021
- by
- Pierre
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MALTA €10 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIBLIOTHECA BUILDING (1796-2021)
- July 19, 2021
- by
- Pierre
MALTA will issue a silver coin depicting the Bibliotheca, which today houses the National Library of Malta, and marks the occasion that it will...
2020 lithuanian €5 coin celebrating Agriculture and dedicated science processes
- September 19, 2020
- by
- Pierre
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The obverse of the coin features an outline of Lithuania and...
A 2020 zero euro banknote dedicated to pope John Paul II
- July 09, 2020
- by
- Pierre
Born on May 18th 1920, son...
