Royal Australian Mint CEO steps down after ten years
- September 13, 2020
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- Pierre
Ross MacDiarmid, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint), today announced that
after ten years at the helm he will be leaving the Mint on 4 December 2020.
As the first Mint CEO with a private sector background, the transformation the Mint has gone through under Ross’ leadership has been extraordinary. Drawing on his experiences in leading a number of corporate transformations in Melbourne and his work in the Public Sector, in both tourism and business development in Canberra, have given Ross the experience needed to transform the Mint into...
2020 second french €2 commemorative coin – medical research and COVID19
- September 13, 2020
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- Pierre
Monnaie de Paris (french mint) will release in October 2020 this new 2 euros commemorative coin dedicated to medical research.
Originally the second €2 coin was supposed to be dedicated to the 2024 Paris Olympics. But the french mint modified its 2020 program because of Covid 19 pandemy.
After having paid tribute to the health personnel with a medal to thank the professionals who were in great demand during this crisis, the purpose of this official numismatic issue is to celebrate scientists
On the obverse is represented a female face in a...
2020 Australian donation dollar invites to…donate
- September 07, 2020
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- Pierre
On 5th September 2020 the Royal Australian Mint will be launching Donation Dollar – the world’s first $1 coin designed to be given, not collected, creating millions of reminders to give.
If each Australian gave just one Donation Dollar a month, together we’d raise an additional $300 Million for charity each and every year.
The Royal Australian Mint to produce millions of coins.
2020 australian donation coin – first of the series
In the lead up to International Day of Charity (September 5th), the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) has released the...
Austrian mint flyes faster than sound with Concorde/ Bell X1 dedicated coin
- August 02, 2020
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- Pierre
The fourth and final coin in the “Reaching for the Sky” series – with the date of issue on September 9 – is dedicated to the undisputed star of commercial air travel, the supersonic airliner Concorde. The most iconic and glamorous airliner to ever grace the skies, Concorde was not only a triumph of engineering but, with its delta-wings and slightly bent nose, also a design classic. In service from 1976 to 2003, Concorde captured the public imagination like no other civil aircraft before or since.
With a maximum speed...
2020 €3 Ankylosaurus magniventris from austrian Mint
- August 01, 2020
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- Pierre
Ankylosaurus magniventris is a massive herbivore and was one of the last large non-avian dinosaurs to roam the earth. Looking like a four-legged tank with a broad torso covered in humps, spines and protected by a bone-plated corset, not to mention horns pointing backwards from the back of its head, ankylosaurus magniventris is brought to life in vivid detail on the fourth coloured coin in the Supersaurs series.
Only appearing a couple of million years before the extinction of non-flying dinosaurs, at the end of the cretaceous period some 68–66 million...
Malta celebrates 75th anniversary of the end of World War II
- July 23, 2020
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- Pierre
World War II, with its legacy of death, genocide and devastated landscapes, was the most destructive in human history. The war in Europe came to an end on 8 May 1945 and in Far East and the Pacific Ocean on 15 August 1945.
Coin specifications face value : €10 Mintage: 2,000 coins Mint : Royal Dutch Mint Metal : 925/1000 silver, Weight: 28.28g Diameter : 38.61mm Quality :...
2020 australian coins celebrating Olympic games national team
- July 20, 2020
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- Pierre
Australia issued several coins in 2020 to celebrate the australian national team of Olympic games.
The Olympics are reported in 2021, depending of COVID19 pandemy evolution in the next months.
2020 10oz Silver coin
The eyes of the world will be turned towards Tokyo Japan, as leading athletes gather to participate in a range of sporting events at the Olympic Games. The Royal Australian Mint supports the Australian Olympic Team, and the 2020 $5 silver domed coin celebrates athletes and their individual journeys towards Tokyo.
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2020 50 pence dedicated to scientist Rosalind FRANKLIN
- July 20, 2020
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Rosalind Franklin’s 100th birthday is commemorated by e 50 pence coin minted by Royal Mint. It has been produced in collaboration with King’s College London where Franklin’s DNA research took place. Best known today for her research into DNA, Franklin was a world authority on the three-dimensional structure of viruses, as well as coal and graphite.
Rosalind FRANKLIN’s live
Born in London on 25 July 1920, Rosalind Franklin attended and excelled at St Paul’s Girls’ School and was determined to become a scientist. In 1938, Franklin fulfilled...
Official presentation of world first digital collector’s coin “LBCOIN”
- July 09, 2020
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- Pierre
On Thursday, 9 July, at 10:30 AM, the Bank of Lithuania presented The world’s first digital collector coin – LBCOIN – and announce the launch and start of registration at lbcoin.lb.lt, a special e-shop dedicated to this project.
At the press conference, Marius Jurgilas, Member of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, presented the LBCOIN, while the challenges in developing the first digital collector coin was overviewed by Egidijus Paleckis, one of the LBCOIN project managers.
Bank of Lithuania team
Sources: Central Bank of Lithuania and NUMISMAG.
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A 2020 zero euro banknote dedicated to pope John Paul II
- July 09, 2020
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- Pierre
Born on May 18th 1920, son of a military father and a school teacher mother, he was strongly marked by the Second World War and then by the occupation of his country by Soviet troops.
During his pontificate, he had shown broad support for the “Solidarity” trade union and his official visits to Poland always generated mass gatherings. He had contributed considerably to the erosion of the Eastern bloc.
His last official statement was...