Celtic Coins, Cologne, and Bavarian Gold Rarities: Fall Auctions at Künker
- August 30, 2018
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- Olivier
The fall auctions at Künker offer an abundance of special collections. For example, the Dr W. R. collection of Celtic coins, the Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim collection of coins of the city of Cologne, as well as special collections of Mecklenburg, Saxony, and Bavarian gold rarities. And these are just a few examples !
Künker’s fall auctions – October 5-12, 2018
Whether it may be extensive regional collections like the 390 lots of coinages from Mecklenburg, or small special collections like the 30 coins from the second Kipper time showing counter marks...
100€ Gold – The Mallard – Wildlife series – Austrian MINT 2018
- August 28, 2018
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- Olivier
Of the six animals featured in the Wildlife in our Sights series, the mallard is the only one that most of us are likely to see on a daily basis. As it is able to thrive in urban areas, the duck is a common sight in parks lakes, rivers and canals throughout Western Europe. But as the final coin in the series shows with brilliant clarity, the mallard’s ubiquity does not make it any less striking.
100€ Gold – The Mallard – Wildlife series –...
20€ EMPRESS MARIA THERESA – PRUDENCE AND REFORM – Austrian MINT 2018
- August 28, 2018
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- Olivier
Rounding off the Empress Maria Theresa series, Prudence and Reform, like all the coins in the series, is minted in extra-bold relief and has been inspired by medals issued during the 40-year reign of the Empress.
After a work signed by F. Würth F., the coin’s obverse portrays Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II, with whom the monarch shared power after the death of her beloved husband Francis I. Cooperation with her successor proved complicated, however, so different were they in ideology, yet so similar in their hunger...
€5 €10 commemorative coin SCHOKLAND 2018 struck by KNM – NETHERLANDS
- August 16, 2018
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- Pierre
The third commemorative coin of 2018 is dedicated to the former island of Schokland. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the Royal Dutch Mint will mint the “€5 Schokland Coin”, as a tribute to an unique and mysterious part of the Netherlands. SHOKLAND has been enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage repertory, since 1995.
The ceremonial First Strike will take place on the 8th of September on the island of Schokland itself. The same day delivery of coins to the market place will start. The coin will be sold in...
2018 €5 The Natural and Cultural Landscape of River Oulankajoki – Finnish National Landscapes
- August 14, 2018
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- Pierre
Finnish National Landscapes, The Natural and Cultural Landscape of River Oulankajoki is part of a series of commemorative coins with nominal values of EUR 5 released in 2018. The coin has been granted the Key Flag Symbol by the Association for Finnish Work. The national landscapes that symbolise the Finnish character have a generally recognised significance in Finland’s national culture, history and conception of nature. Mint of Finland is releasing a series of base-metal commemorative coins on Finland’s national landscapes.
In an online poll held in the summer of 2017 and...
Zero euro banknote celebrating the 1989 fall of Berlin Wall – Germany 2018
- August 14, 2018
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- Pierre
MDM, in partnership with Euroschein Souvenir GmbH, has published a series of three banknotes commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall fall. On the obverse of the banknote, you can see a traban, emblematic car of the GDR, driving through the Berlin Wall, former geographical and political separation between the FRG and the GDR.
The fact that MDM, one of the biggest european mail order company, publishes zero euro banknotes makes this young collection enter into the collections of many European subscribers to the sales system set up by this...
2018 €10 silver coin commemorating end of PRAGUE SPRING – SLOVAKIA
- August 13, 2018
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- Pierre
Slovakia Mint, the Mincovna Kremnica, issued on August the 9th 2018 a coin commemorating the Prague Spring and its 50th anniversary. While in Western Europe several countries commemorated the events of May 1968, we must not forget the events that marked the former Eastern Bloc countries in that same year.
Causes of the Prague Spring
It was undoubtedly DUBCEK’s arrival at the head of the Czech Communist Party in January 1968 and his desire to set up a communism “with a human face”, marking a break with Stalinism, that was...
India – New R100 banknote printed by RBI – 2018
- August 12, 2018
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- Pierre
The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue a R100 banknote in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India. The new denomination has Motif of “RANI KI VAV” on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Lavender. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.
Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142 mm.
All the banknotes in the denomination of...
€10 silver coin dedicated to 150th anniversary of Dušan Samuel Jurkovič birth – 2018
- August 12, 2018
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- Pierre
The Slovakian Mint, Mincovna Kremnica issued a new €10 silver coin dedicated to Slovakian architect Dušan Samuel Jurkovič (1868-1947). He studied in Vienna and then moved to Moravia where he worked for a well known architectural firm. He then moved to BRNO. He designed his avant-garde house as well as the buildings of the association of Art’s friends and of the Geometric school of the town.
DUSAN SAMUEL JURKOVIC (1868-1947)
Mobilized in the Austro-Hungarian army during the first World War, he designed numerous military cemeteries and war memorials in Pomerania....
New range of swiss banknotes – 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1000 swiss francs
- August 10, 2018
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- Olivier
The Swiss National Bank unveiled the visual of the new 100-franc note in September 2019. This note is the latest note to be issued in the 9th Swiss Trust Series. It is the work of the Swiss artist Manuela PFUNDER. When designing the new series of banknotes, the SNB took the option of no longer including any personality on the banknotes, but to show on each denomination a characteristic aspect of Switzerland, illustrated by a main element. This aspect is represented by an action, a location in Switzerland and other graphic...