2023 numismatic program from BELGIUM
- January 23, 2023
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- Pierre
Last update 01/27/2023 – Royal Mint of Belgium is proud to present the 2023 annual program of the Royal Belgian Mint. The role of the MRB is to carefully choose the themes of these coins. This year promises to be a year of diverse and surprising commemorations. Indeed, Belgium has a number of specific celebrations this year. At the end of the article, you will find circulation coins mintages for years 2020 to 2022.
The theme of the 2 Euro commemorative coin will be officially announced later, but it is being...
2023 GREEK NUMISMATIC PROGRAM
- January 22, 2023
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- Pierre
Last update 02/05/2023 – With the Berlin World Money Fair on the horizon, the Greek Mint has unveiled the outline of its 2023 numismatic program and the first visuals of the 2023 Greek coins.
Maria CALLAS, a famous Greek opera singer, will be featured on a commemorative €2 coin. 741 000 coins in rolls, 6,000 BU coincards and 3,000 proof coins will be issued.
A commemorative €200 gold coin for collectors dedicated to the artist will also be issued in a total of 750 coins. It will be sold at a retail...
FRANCE TV REPORT ON MONNAIE DE PARIS (FRENCH MINT)
- January 21, 2023
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- Pierre
The services of France Television have made a report on the Monnaie de Paris. Joaquin Jimenez, engraver in chief, Yves Sampo, director of the engraving workshop and Dominique Anterion, curator of the Monnaie de Paris museum talk about what the Monnaie de Paris is and their activity within the thousand-year-old mint institution.
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Yves SAMPOT, director of the engraving workshop of the Monnaie de Paris
Sources: France TV and NUMISMAG.
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NUMISMAT OF THE MONTH – STEPHAN SOMBART FROM MDC MONACO
- January 20, 2023
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- Pierre
At the beginning of this year, NUMISMAG resumes its series of articles dedicated to professional numismatists. NUMISMAG interviewed STEPHAN SOMBART, numismatic expert member of the auction house MDC MONACO. He is also the author of books and numerous articles dedicated to numismatics. We asked him about his favorite fields in numismatics as well as his point of view on the numismatic market.
NUMISMAG: Stephan, what event triggered your interest in numismatics?
STEPHAN SOMBART: I have been a collector since childhood, starting with philately but coins quickly followed stamps! As a child living...
2024 €10 German polymer coin – german Federal Police
- January 18, 2023
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- Pierre
On the occasion of the decision of the ministerial cabinet on 01/18/2023 to issue the collector coin dedicated to the Federal Police, Minister Christian Lindner stated that “its work was appreciated throughout Germany. It has earned the respect of the whole society”.
The coin will be issued in spring 2024 as part of the multi-year series “In the service of society”.
Official presentation of the coin by Minister Christian Lindner
Sources: Munze Deutschland and NUMISMAG.
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2023 3 Euro Swell Shark from Austrian Mint
- January 12, 2023
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- Pierre
The swell shark gets its name from its ability to inflate itself to roughly double its normal size by swallowing water as a form of protection from predators. But that’s not its only amazing property – the hero of the second coin in the Luminous Marine Life series can also fluoresce green all over.
To do so, the swell shark converts incoming ultraviolet light, or blue light, into green light. A special pigment in the sharks’ eyes enables it to see the neon green of its conspecifics. Human eyes...
2022 new jordan one dinar banknote
- January 12, 2023
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- Pierre
The Central Bank of Jordan has begun introducing the country’s fifth series of banknotes, the first new paper currency in two decades. The first note in the series, the one-dinar ($1.41) denomination, entered circulation on December 26. This is the second one-dinar banknote, after the central bank replaced the one-dinar coin from early 2003. On January 7, the central bank released images of the remaining denominations, which have not yet been issued to the public.
The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) revealed that it will start issuing the dinar denomination (one...
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS – 2023 coins minted by Monnaie de PARIS
- January 10, 2023
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- Pierre
On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Summer Games, Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to this renowned international competition through a collection that honors sport, its values, the athletes and the heritage of the host country. Olympism and Paralympism are celebrated on these products, minted in France in the Monnaie de Paris’ art workshops.
2023 is the third year of a quadrilogy in which sport and its values will be presented through the Monnaie de Paris’ collections of coins and medallions.
After Marianne (2021) and the Genie (2022), the face of...
€50 gold coin dedicated to the painter Tina BLAU – Austria’s Unsung Heroines
- January 07, 2023
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- Pierre
Austria’s Unsung Heroines is dedicated to five of Austria’s great women who received far too little attention for their achievements in the arts and sciences. The series explores what it meant to be a creative and talented woman in Austria during the late-19th and early-20th centuries, looks at the obstacles they had to overcome and highlights the successes of the women featured in their five different fields.
Back then, studying at university was the exception rather than the rule for women, as was the unbiased assessment of their work....
BERLIN WORLD MONEY FAIR: 2023 €2 BU olympics signed by Joaquin JIMENEZ
- January 05, 2023
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- Pierre
La Monnaie de Paris (french mint) will participate in the World Money Fair in Berlin. It will be held from February 3 to 5, 2023 at the Estrel Hotel convention center. On this occasion, La Monnaie de Paris will present to the public the 2023 coin dedicated to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This coin will be sold only in BU coincard. This series of 2€ commemorative coins will end in 2024. During the World Money Fair, you will have the opportunity to have your coincards signed by the general...