2021 €20 silver coin “Milky Way” from austrian mint
- April 02, 2021
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- Pierre
Consisting of three coins, the new austrian coins series will also contain a black holes and even a neutron stars coins, planned to be issued in 2022 and 2023.
The S-shaped first coin in the series, The Milky Way, is curved in a similar way to our home galaxy. The story it tells about the cosmos also features surprising twists and turns.
The ancient Greeks associated the milky band of light that we see when we look into the clear night sky with Heracles, who as a baby sucked on the goddess Hera’s breast so hard that...
JAPAN MINT’s engraver SAKUI Tomoko – exclusive interview
- March 31, 2021
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- Pierre
Japan has a long tradition of coins and medals engraving since over one century and a half. NUMISMAG wanted to make you discover the JAPAN MINT, where KANO Natsuo, first modern japanese engraver did work. Today it is a woman, SAKUI Tomoko, who is the chief engraver and head of design at JAPAN MINT. She granted us an interview.
NUMISMAG: What is the basic training of the Mint of Japan’s engravers?
JAPAN MINT: Firstly, we learn to make own engraving tools for modeling by ourselves. We make a wide variety of tools in...
2021 Finland numismatic program
- March 28, 2021
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- Pierre
Last update 09/19/2021
The following commemorative and special coins will be issued in 2021.
This article will regularly be updated in time.
Commemorative coins
Journalism and free press supporting Finnish democracy
100 euro gold coin
Issue date: 28.3.2021
Mintage: 950 coins (including 300 numbered coins)
Obverse: simplified male and female symbols
Reverse: information networks that flow like a ribbon and reflect the open communication of information in Finnish journalism.
Engraver’s mark is represented by the letter “V”, the first letter of designer Hannu Jasoni Veijalainen’s last name.
Coin specifications:
2021 National Money Week coincard from the Netherlands
- March 28, 2021
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- Pierre
The Dutch National Money Week celebrates its 10-year anniversary. The National Money Week is an initiative of the platform Moneywise, which is part of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, to improve financial literacy in the educational system. By gaining financial awareness at a young age, children and young adults lay the groundworks for financial self-reliance later in life. Because of the corona crisis, the 10-year anniversary of the National Money Week was postponed until 22-26 March 2021.
The Royal Dutch Mint is the only producer of Dutch euro coins. It is...
2021 Japan Mint Medals – “Cherry Blossoms”
- March 27, 2021
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- Pierre
To commemorate the 2021 Cherry Blossom Viewing, Japan Mint releases gold, silver, and red brass medals. Designs of the three medals are common. obverse shows a nymph watching over Yokihi cherry blossoms as they open, while reverse depicts the Blossom of the Year, “Yokihi.”
Especially, on the reverse of the Gold medal, the character “桜 (Sakura)” is treated with the frosting finish p rocessing technique. In addition, on the reverse sides of the Silver and Red Brass medals, the Blossom of the Year, “Yokihi,” are printed in color.
Sources: Japan Mint and NUMISMAG.
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2021 numismatic program of Portugal
- March 26, 2021
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- Pierre
Due to COVID19 pandemy, the 2021 portuguese numismatic program is a little bit shorter than past year. Two €2 commemorative coins will be issued during the year. The first one is dedicated to the Olympics of TOKYO, delayed last year. The second one is dedicated to a topic that regularly cross over euro numismatics. This year Portugal celebrates its EU presidency with a €2 commemorative coin. This coin was engraved by Eduardo AIRES, a well known designer for portuguese euro coins. This year, as well, is the ending year of...
The 2021 south african mint’s Buffalo coins
- March 26, 2021
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- Pierre
The South African Mint has released two new coin ranges for 2021 including the highly anticipated Big Five African buffalo coin. Coin collectors keenly waiting to complete their Big Five range can now heave a sigh of relief.
Introduced in 2019, the Elephant, Lion, Rhinoceros and the Leopard have already been issued as part of the Big Five coin series.
The exquisite range, issued twice annually, six months apart, sees each of the majestic creatures issued in the following variations – a brilliant uncirculated coin struck from...
2021 €2 spanish proof Commemorative Coin is unveiled by FNMT
- March 25, 2021
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- Pierre
In 2010 the Real Casa de la Moneda started a series of 2 Euro commemorative coins dedicated to the Spanish sites in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
The 2021 issue is dedicated to the Old Town of Toledo.
In 555 Toledo became the capital of the Visigothic kingdom. It is known as “the imperial city” for having been the capital city of the Holy Roman Empire of Charles V and also as “the city of the three cultures”, for having been populated for centuries by Christians, Jews and Muslims who,...
High Tech: Holographic latent pictures on japan mint tokens
- March 23, 2021
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- Pierre
Conservation and preservation activities for natural monuments have begun in Japan and 2019 marked their 100th anniversary. The Japan Mint released a BU coin set and a proof coin set, containing special medals with the design of Special Natural Monuments of Japan, to celebrate the anniversary.
A special technology is applied on the silver medal contained in the proof coin set and a kanji character “天”, an initial letter of Natural Monuments in Japanese, appears as a holographic latent image on the obverse side when you shine an LED light (ex:...
Andorra: coins mintages and market value since 2014
- March 21, 2021
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- Pierre
The Principality of Andorra signed a monetary agreement with the European Union on June 30, 2011, in order to join the euro zone. The Principality has the status of an associated state. It is not part of the EU (European Union) but as it is co-managed by France and Spain, two EU member states, it seemed legitimate to the European authorities to closely associate it to EU.
From a practical point of view, French and Spanish euro coins have been used in the Principality since January 1st 2002. In fact, the...