2023 €2 Slovakia – 100th anniversary of the first blood transfusion
- May 06, 2022
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- Pierre
In December 2021, the National Bank of Slovakia announced an anonymous public competition for the design of the €2 coin issued on the 100th anniversary of the first blood transfusion in Slovakia.
Fourteen designs from nine authors were submitted to the competition. In March 2022, the Commission for the Evaluation of Designs of Commemorative Coins and Collector Coins evaluated them. under the chairmanship of László Kiss (medical historian).
The first prize was awarded to Maria Poldaufová. Her design is based on a balanced circular composition with a repetition of circles. In the...
Estonia 2022: €2 commemorative coin dedicated to UKRAINE
- May 06, 2022
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- Pierre
The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) plans to put into circulation a €2 coin dedicated to Ukraine and freedom. It was designed by a young Ukrainian refugee studying at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The coin should be in circulation by the end of this year. The income from the sale of the €2 coins will be donated to the Ukrainian Central Bank. This coin has been submitted to the European authorities for approval on 05/05/2022.
The supervisory board of Eesti Pank approved the design of the coin at an extraordinary...
New 2023 euro croatian coin unveiled by the government
- May 05, 2022
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- Pierre
After the episode of the plagiarized design (see here the article of NUMISMAG on the subject), the design of the national side of the 2023 croatian one euro coin, selected within the framework of the new call for tenders, was presented on Wednesday at the 15th session of the National Council for the introduction of the euro as official currency in the Republic of Croatia.
The design was selected in an open competition for the selection of designs. The author of the selected design is the student Jagor Šunde.
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2022 new canadian coins series called “OPULENCE”
- May 04, 2022
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- Pierre
The Royal Canadian Mint launches the Opulence Collection. The coins in this collection demonstrate proven craftsmanship and feature some of the rarest gemstones in the world: pink diamonds from the Argyle mine. These gems, which adorn pure gold and platinum coins, truly redefine rarity. Featuring the one-of-a-kind Summum, a one-of-a-kind one kilogram piece struck in pure platinum and set with pink diamonds, this new collection was unveiled at the Ottawa Art Gallery.
“The Royal Canadian Mint is known by collectors around the world for producing coins of exceptional refinement and artistry,”...
2022 Austrian €3 coin – Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
- May 03, 2022
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Pachycephalosaurus means “thick-headed lizard” in Greek, a particularly apt name given that the prehistoric herbivore that features on the penultimate coin in the Supersaurs series had a skull roof up to 25 cm thick. As the second part of its name implies, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis lived in what is now the north-western United States and the province of Alberta in Canada during the late Cretaceous period, some 70 million years ago.
Unusually curved and with short, blunt spines protruding along its edge, the skull of Pachycephalosaurs was unique among dinosaurs. Towards the...
Floriade 2022 coincard by KNM
- May 01, 2022
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To commemorate the exhibition “Floriade 2022”, the Royal Netherlands Mint will issue a special coincard with two Dutch 20 cent coins and one Dutch 2 cent coin, with 2022 yearmark. Part of the proceeds of this coincard will be used for a forest planting. The coincard contains three Dutch 2022 euro coins in BU quality, two 20 cent coins and one 2 cent coin. 2 cent coins have not been minted for circulation in the Netherlands since 2005, when the voluntary rounding of retail prices was adopted by the Dutch...
New £100 banknote on sale at SPINK UK auction, on MAY 05th
- April 30, 2022
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- Pierre
The Bank of Scotland has announced the release of the new 100 pound bill. It is dedicated to two people who have marked the Scottish civil society, Dr. Flora Murray, pioneer of medicine and Sir Walter Scott, great Scottish writer. The new polymer banknote will be officially put into circulation on May 09, 2022.
On 05 May 2022, a special auction will take place at the specialist auctioneer SPINK UK. During this sale, 94 copies of this banknote will be put on sale. The proceeds will be donated to English charities.
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Exhibition MONEY and WONDERS, from MAY 12th to SEPTEMBER 25th 2022
- April 29, 2022
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PRESENTED IN THE HISTORIC SALONS OF THE PARIS MINT, THE “COINS AND WONDERS” EXHIBITION IS AN INVITATION TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE INFINITE VARIETY OF FORMS, MATERIALS AND USES OF MONEY.
Gold, silver, feathers, mother-of-pearl, pearls, iron… money is surprisingly diverse. Many are the forms invented by men and women to materialize commercial transactions inside and outside the group, to express rank, prestige and wealth, to ensure the balance and survival of the community. Exhibited or kept secret, invested with social or sacred symbolism, these instruments of sociability and exchange take on...
2022 City Views coins series – London collection by Royal Mint
- April 28, 2022
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The Royal Mint has released a new City Views London collection of gold and silver coins with a design which features the Tower of London, the ancestral home of the original maker of UK coins.
The coin is the first of new City Views series which celebrates urban landmarks on official UK coin. Based on a long-held numismatic tradition, artists have skilfully rendered intricate details of civic buildings and sprawling suburbs for hundreds of years. Featuring views of landmarks that characterise the world’s greatest cities, they serve as an...
€10 silver coin – fifth centenary of the death of Antonio de Nebrija
- April 26, 2022
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2022 marks the fifth centenary of the death of Antonio de Nebrija. He was born in Lebrija (Seville) in 1441 and died in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) on July 2, 1522. He was the first Hispanic humanist. Famous for his Gramática castellana (1492), the first grammar in a modern European language, he was the main introducer of the Italian Renaissance in the Iberian Peninsula, starting in 1470.
His fields of activity were not limited to the philology of the Castilian language and the classical languages (Latin, Greek and Hebrew) but encompassed...