Lithuanian Bank 2021 Competition
- December 22, 2021
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- Pierre
As the year draws to a close, Bank of Lithuania traditionally invites you to participate in the election of the most beautiful collector coin. This time, it invites you to choose the coin you like the most from the series dedicated to science in Lithuania.
The first coin in the series dates back to 2012. It ended in 20221.
Vote on the Bank of Lithuania website and say which coin you voted for on the Bank of Lithuania facebook page.
Voting will run through December 31.
A BU coin set, 2021 edition, is...
2022 french €2 dedicated to head of State Jacques CHIRAC and euro changeover
- December 21, 2021
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- Pierre
The Monnaie de Paris (french mint) put online the first visual of the next €2 commemorative coin 2022 dedicated to Jacques CHIRAC and the twenty years of the changeover to the euro.
It will be available very soon in two versions for collectors, BU and PROOF, at the Monnaie de Paris (for the PROOF version, not before 02/15/2022 according to the Monnaie de Paris services).
The design features a solemn profile of President Jacques Chirac looking toward the future. He is surrounded by several symbols representing his action: a symbol of the...
2022 commemorative banknote of BoC dedicated to winter Olympics
- December 21, 2021
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- Pierre
Bank of China Hong Kong announced to issue a Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games commemorative banknote with a face value of HK$20.
The obverse of the banknote features the emblem of the Olympic Games and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, adorned with snowflakes, according to Dai Xiaodong, the bank’s general manager.
In a change from the traditional approach, already choosen by several countries like Russia or Switzerland, the reverse side is vertically designed, depicting the Great Wall of China...
Late 2021 latvian miracle coin
- December 20, 2021
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- Pierre
On Wednesday, 22 December, Latvijas Banka is issuing a silver collector coin “Miracle Coin”, which invites us to look at the world in the light of imagination, opening up a path to miracles and hope.
For the attention of the media and interested parties:
The coin will be available for purchase only on the website e-monetas.lv from 12.00 (noon) on 22 December. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the new numismatic products will not be available at the Cashier’s Office of Latvijas Banka. For the time being, it will be possible to receive the coins purchased...
2022 BERLIN WORLD MONEY FAIR POSTPONED
- December 19, 2021
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- Pierre
Dear Sir/Madam,
None of us thought that we would be confronted a second time with the decision of whether or not to organize the World Money Fair as planned. But our customers have shown us the way in the last few days. We have been given many reasons for the many cancellations of booths, boxes and merchant tables, and the natural consequence is the same in all cases: no exhibitors, no fair.
There are simply too many cancellations for the event to have any meaning. It is therefore with great regret that we...
New KNM’s mintmaster and privy mark for 2022
- December 17, 2021
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- Pierre
Last update 01/14/2022 – As of 1 January 2022, Bert van Ravenswaaij will be officially appointed Mint Master of KNM (dutch mint). Van Ravenswaaij has been active at the Royal Dutch Mint since 2017 and is responsible, among other things, for all issues for the collectors’ market, including commemorative coins and medals.
During this period, the Royal Dutch Mint started to tell more and more stories using the coin as a means of communication. His passion for coins, combined with his broad interest in subjects that affect society, make him perfectly...
New 2022 french €1 and €2 circulation coins
- December 09, 2021
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- Pierre
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EURO, THE PARIS MINT UNVEILS THE NEW FACE OF THE FRENCH €1 AND €2 COINS. The French President’s speech at the Élysée Palace on December 9th heralded a historic year for the Monnaie de Paris. On the occasion of a double event – the anniversary of 20 years of the euro and the French presidency of the European Union – the national sides of the €1 and €2 coins are getting a new look in 2022.
A RARE EVENT THAT INVOLVES...
Royal Mint unveiled 2022 €2 commemorative coins – Spain
- October 20, 2021
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- Pierre
Last update, 04/08/2022 – According ECB regulation, euro countries may each issue only two €2 commemorative coins per year. Exceptionally, they are allowed to issue a third one, provided that it is one issued jointly and that it commemorates events of Europewide importance. For 2022, The Royal Mint of Spain will issue three €2 commemorative coins.
Juan Sebastián de Elcano €2 coin
Royal Mint of Spain commemorates the 5th centenary of the arrival of the Nao Victoria in Spain in September 1522 leaded by the navigator Juan Sebastián de Elcano, with only...
2021 belgian proof €12.5 coin “ANTVERP, city of Diamonds”
- October 17, 2021
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- Pierre
As early as the 16th century, diamonds from India were brought directly to Antwerp. Within a short period of time, the local cutters gained an unparalleled reputation. But the real success story of the diamond city did not begin until the 19th century, when new sites were discovered in South Africa and many Jewish diamond dealers from Eastern Europe settled in the city. Since then, the diamond industry has definitely linked its economic destiny to the city of Rubens.
The Royal Mint of Belgium is issuing a 12½ euro gold mini-coin...
Last numismatic news from Slovakia
- October 16, 2021
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- Pierre
A BU set will be issued as part of the series “Castles of Slovakia”. It is dedicated to Bojnice Castle, one of the oldest and most important monuments in Slovakia.
It is issued in the amount of 3,000 sets. It contains the 8 coins of the 2021 divisional series and a medal.
History of BOJNICE Castle
Its history begins in 1113....