2023 australian bullion coins
- April 07, 2023
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- Pierre
The Royal Australian Mint’s Australia’s Coat of Arms investment coin series is characterized by uintessentially Australian designs that tells a unique Australian story. Each coin in the series features reimagined elements of the Coat of Arms of Australia, and its States and Territories.
In 2023, the Royal Australian Mint is proud to present a reimagining of the Queensland Coat of Arms, with a
new 2023 $100 1 oz Gold Investment Coin and 2023 $1 1 oz Silver Investment Coin, the third in the
Australian Coat of Arms Investment Coin Series.
Queensland’s Coat...
New 1000 dirhams polymer banknote from the United Arab Emirates
- April 05, 2023
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- Pierre
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is issuing a new polymer banknote with a face value of 1000 dirhams for circulation. The new banknote will be available in banks and exchange offices from April 10, 2023.
In designing the new banknote, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) was keen to highlight the success of the UAE, using images as well as cultural and developmental symbols that reflect the pioneering global achievements of the UAE, which has strengthened its position among developed countries in record time. The...
CHIARA PRINCIPE designer of the latest Luxembourg €2 coin
- April 01, 2023
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- Pierre
In the article devoted to the 2023 Luxembourg numismatic program (clic here), we indicated that the artist Chiara Principe, an engraver well known to euro collectors, had produced several coins for the BCL ( Central Bank of Luxembourg). NUMISMAG wanted to ask her about these different creations and how this new collaboration between the artist and the Luxembourg financial institution came about.
Chiara PRINCIPE, artist and coin designer
NUMISMAG: How did you get in touch with the BCL?
CHIARA PRINCIPE: I was contacted by BCL in October. They came to me...
2023 €2 commemorative coins from SAINT MARIN
- April 01, 2023
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- Pierre
The San Marino Mint has unveiled the designs of the two 2023 commemorative 2 euro coins. The first one is about the commemoration of the death of Perugino. Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Perugino (il Perugino), born around 1448 in Città della Pieve, near Perugia in the Papal States. He died in 1523 in Fontignano (frazione of Perugia). He was an Italian Renaissance painter belonging to the Umbrian school and was one of the masters of Raphael. He painted mainly religious pictures, multiplying elegant Madonnas and melancholic angels.
2024 numismatic program of Luxembourg
- March 30, 2023
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- Pierre
Central bank of Luxembourg unveiled today some topics of its 2024 coin collection, including those of the two 2024 €2 commemorative coins:
€2 commemorative coin “175th anniversary of the death of the Grand Duke Guillaume II” €2 commemorative coin “100th anniversary of theintroduction of luxembourg franc coins bearing the image of the Feierstëppler”Auguste Trémont (1892-1980), one of Luxembourg’s most significant painters and sculptors, left Paris during the First World War for Luxembourg where, at the request of the management of the Dudelange steelworks, he produced a series of works depicting workers at...
2023 €2 commemorative coin celebrating 60th anniversary of Cyprus central bank
- March 30, 2023
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- Pierre
Central Bank of Cyuprus unveiled today the design of the future 2023 cyprus 2023 €2 commémorative coin. The national side of the coin depicts tools on a microchip symbolising the stability of economy in a industrial and digital era secured by Central Bank of Cyprus wich celebrates its 60th anniversary. Different words are engraved on this side. The name of the issuing country « KIBRIS » for Cyprus in greek and the dates « 1963-2023 » and the motto « 60 years since foudation of the cebtral bank of Cyprus...
2023 spanish Bullion gold coin dedicated to the Bull
- March 29, 2023
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- Pierre
The Real Casa de la Moneda is issuing to the public the Spanish 999.9 ‰ gold bullion coin, weighing one tenth (1/10th) troy ounce, 3.111 grams, with a face value of 15 euro cent, and a maximum mintage of 50,000 units, dedicated to the bull, as a continuation of the first 1/10th Spanish bullion coin issued in 2022, which was dedicated to the iberian Lynx.
This coin presents, compared to other collector coins, a retail price adjusted and close to the value of the metal it contains.
The aim of...
2023 silver austrian coin Neutron Star
- March 28, 2023
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- Pierre
The “Unchartered Universe” series includes three pieces that have never existed before. This series allows the collector to travel into the depths of the universe and observe three breathtaking astronomical phenomena up close, the first of which is the Milky Way (2021). The second piece, The Black Hole, takes you beyond the “event horizon” of this unique phenomenon (2022). The Neutron Star, the third and final piece in the series, shows how a massive star, combined with gravitational collapse, becomes one of the densest stellar objects in the universe (2023).
In...
€2.5 Cycling experience in Belgium 2023
- March 24, 2023
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- Pierre
Belgium issued a €2.5 coin this week commemorating cycling in Belgium. In Belgium, respondents to the FietsDNA 2022 survey indicate that they find cycling financially attractive, flexible and fast. Improving (local) cycling infrastructure also contributes to the climate goals of several municipalities. But cycling is no longer just an ecological and sporty mode of transport. The difference between functional and recreational cycling is rapidly disappearing.
Weight : 10,5g
Diameter: 25 65mm
Quality : BU
Print run : 30 000 coins
engraver : Iris BRUIJNS
The obverse...
2023 €25 silver and nobium “global warming” Coin of Austria
- March 22, 2023
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- Pierre
How to stop global warming? It is getting hotter and hotter. The temperature increase caused by man since the middle of the 19th century has already exceeded 1°C. This is not a new finding. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, the international community had already agreed to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. In 2021, this goal was confirmed at the Glasgow climate summit. However, the Paris goals cannot be achieved with current measures. By 2100, a temperature increase of more than 3°C is to be feared, which would have dramatic...