Coins FIFA Women’s world cup France 2019 – Monnaie de Paris
- February 28, 2019
- by
- Olivier
The Women’s World Cup is an international football competition that takes place every four years. Created in 1988, it is experienced the same year through an invitation test competition. Following the success of this tournament, it is officially organized for the first time in China in 1991. It gathers 12 teams for its first editions, then 16 teams from 1999 on, to finally reaching 24 teams from the 2015 edition.
Since its first edition, the number of spectators continues to increase; the last edition gathered more than 1,300,000 spectators in...
2019 french and german joined €2 commemorative coin: Fall of Berlin wall
- February 27, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The German Federal Government has decided to mint a €2 commemorative coin “30 years of the Berlin Wall fall” and will issue it in autumn 2019. The coin commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall, whose 30th anniversary will be celebrated on 9 November 2019. The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for the reunification of Germany in freedom and democracy. It symbolically ended not only the division of Germany, but also of Europe and of the rest of world and is therefore an historic event of global...
Decron coins, space coins soon for sale on Earth!
- February 26, 2019
- by
- Pierre
NUMISMAG discovered during the 2019 Berlin World Money Fair the DECRON CLUB (DC). This company produces unique collectible coins, made of gold, silver and platinum. These coins are uncommon because made of metal bars launched to International Space Station, with Expedition in 2017 under following conditions:
Flown in zero
gravity 163 days and Circled the Earth 2608 times.
Maximum station speed 27600km/h(17150 ml/h).
Maximum station altitude 408 km (253 miles).
After all precious metals came back to Earth to become the First Space Coins.
Decron club intend to...
Australia’s Dollar Discovery: mega coin hunt in Australia!
- February 26, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The Aussie dollar is 35 years old. To celebrate, Royal Australian Mint created Australia’s Dollar Discovery – a nation-wide treasure hunt.
Simply collect the $1 coins specially marked with the number ‘35’ and the letters A, U and S for your chance to win. There are over 1 million of each letter in circulation, so get hunting!
Three coins with special marks to collect in circulation
Register today to receive your free collector folder*: www.dollardiscovery.com.au
*Available to the first 50 000 people to register.
Sources: Royal Australian Mint and NUMISMAG.
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The Yale of Beaufort – Queen’s Beasts collection – Royal Mint 2019
- February 25, 2019
- by
- Olivier
The Yale is one of 10 heraldic Beasts that form the Queen’s Beasts collection. The Yale is a mythical beast with characteristics of an antelope or goat, depending on the imagination of the artist and their desire to portray grace and elegance, or strength and determination. Strangely, it is said to have horns that can turn independently so in medieval illustrations it is often shown with horns pointing in different directions. The white and gold-spotted Yale of Beaufort has such horns along with the whiskers or ‘tushes’ of a boar.
The Yale...
2019 Mr SQUIGGLE coin collection by Royal Australian Mint
- February 25, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The Royal Australian Mint is commemorating 60 years of one of Australia’s most loved TV characters, Mr Squiggle, with the release of limited edition coins in Woolworths supermarket registers from today.
Four $2 coin designs, with one released each week, have been produced by the Mint with depictions of Mr Squiggle and his friends Gus the Snail, Bill the Steam Shovel and Blackboard.
Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance, Zed Seselja, said “Since first appearing on TV screens across Australia in 1959, Mr Squiggle has entertained millions, including me when I was...
2019 South Africa minting program: Big five on coins!
- February 24, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The 2019 south-african minting program is a global market oriented program that will interest both avid numismatists and keen investors. The promising line up of products includes a coin series celebrating the country’s young democracy, and a completely new series called “Big Five” featuring wildlife synonymous to the Southern African region amongst new themes on existing series of coins.
The SA Mint will join South Africans in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the country’s democracy. “It is important that all South Africans participate in and contribute to crafting of this coin,...
France 2019 €2 commemorative coin: 60th birthday of Asterix
- February 24, 2019
- by
- Pierre
On 29 October 1959, the irreducible Gauls Asterix and Obelix appeared for the first time in the first issue of the magazine Pilote, created by René Goscinny for the scripts and Albert Uderzo for the drawings. To celebrate its 60th birthday, the Monnaie de Paris will first mint a 2 euro coin bearing its effigy, as well as a series of 5 coins with Asterix, Obelix, Idéfix and other characters from the comic strip as figures. For this series, each piece will represent a character in its stylistic evolution from...
Anne JESSOPP, a woman head of the Royal Mint
- February 19, 2019
- by
- Pierre
Numismag met Anne JESSOPP at the Berlin World Money Fair 2019. The CEO of the Royal Mint, newly appointed to head the 1100-year-old institution, is the first woman to hold this position since the institution’s inception.
Anne JESSOPP, new CEO of Royal Mint
The Royal Mint has already planned two important events during 2019, including the launch of a coin dedicated to the D DAY, whose 75th anniversary will be celebrated in 2019.
A series of coins dedicated to the Tower of London is also planned in 2019.
Anne JESSOPP pointed out...
Stunning euro polymer pattern coin of Portugal
- February 14, 2019
- by
- Pierre
During the Technical Forum of 2019 Berlin World Money Fair, the Portuguese State Mint (INCM) presented a new type of bi-material coin with a polymer centre and a metal ring. The new polymer-metal coin is being developed for the collection market (collector coin) and it is aimed to produce new aesthetic effects and to incorporate advanced security features (RFID chip for instance).
NUMISMAG wish to thank Mister LEITAO of INCM for his help and disponibility.
Transparent polymer centre
with reliefs for producing new aesthetic effects
Polymer centre...