2018 Day of the Mint in the Netherlands
- May 11, 2018
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- Pierre
The visit of Day of the mint annual dutch mint coinshow is a requirement for any euro collector.
It remains indeed the predilection gathering place of coins collectors and professional dealers, in the Netherlands.
This annual KNM annual event starts by the sale of the “Day of the Mint” exclusive collectors, dice 9AM. Just like the previous year, many of coins dealers will be present and make a broad offer of coins, medal-tokens and paper money.
For the visitors, the entry is free of charge. The 2018 Day of the Mint topic will...
5 dollars maple leaf – photo-luminescent – Royal Canadian Mint
- May 09, 2018
- by
- Olivier
The Royal Canadian Mint issues a new fine silver coin is made up of a bright red maple leaf, a widely recognized symbol of the Canadian national flag. The smaller leaves shine in the natural light; but photo-luminescent (glow-in-the-dark) technology adds a second viewing experience in the dark, where a ring of green-glowing maple leaves surround the red leaf that is at the heart of this proud celebration of Canada.
A PROUD CELEBRATION!!
Cette pièce célèbre le Canada avec un symbole qui représente ses habitants et ses réalisations!
A TOUCH OF COLOUR!
Beautiful...
Great Britain 2018 royal wedding coins
- May 03, 2018
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- Pierre
The Royal Mint just revealed the new coin design that will commemorate the next momentous occasion for the royal family: the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Harry and Meghan Markle taking place at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on 19th May 2018.
Front side of silver coin dedicated to Harry and Meghan’s wedding
Available on The Royal Mint website from the 1st May, the design has been created by Jody Clark who is a member of The Royal Mint’s Coin Design team. Since creating the current effigy...
New silver penny of Royal Mint: A royal coin for a royal baby!
- May 03, 2018
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- Pierre
For more information visit www.royalmint/coinhunt
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- May 03, 2018
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- Olivier
In 2016, Monnaie de Paris launched a new series that pays tribute to French History through the women who have had an influence on various areas : politics, art…
This series uses the same historical strike that was used in the « From Clovis to the Republic » series and goes even further : the hammer effect has been replaced by textile patterns representative of the time depicted. This characteristic that brings an additional technical challenge at the time of the strike allows to enrich the drawing of each coin.
This series...
FRANCE 2018: 2€ dedicated to Simone VEIL
- May 03, 2018
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- Pierre
France will commemorate Simone Veil, a french politician and a feminist. Monnaie de Paris will issue a 2018 €2 commemorative coin for that purpose. The design displays a portrait of Simone Veil, an icon in the combat for women’s rights. Simone Veil, born Jacob, left us in June 2017 at the age of 89.
After surviving deportation to Auschwitz, she went on to become one of the most important actors in Europe’s building. She was the first elected president of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982. She symbolizes...
2018 swiss gold and silver commemorative coins Steamboat “La Suisse” and William TELL
- April 29, 2018
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- Pierre
On 26 April 2018, the Federal Mint Swissmint will launch two new commemorative coins for coin enthusiasts and collectors. The William Tell gold coin is dedicated to probably the most famous Swiss. Meanwhile Swissmint is continuing the three-part Swiss steamships series which started in 2017 with the La Suisse steamship silver coin.
2018 William TELL swiss made gold coin
2018 gold coin William TELL – legendary swiss popular character
The work of Tell is mentioned for the first time in the White Book of Sarnen which is a chartulary written by...
2018 €5 silver and €10 gold Fanny Blankers-Koen commemorative coins
- April 26, 2018
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- Pierre
Not long after the end of the Second World War, Fanny Blankers-Koen put the Netherlands on the world map when she won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. She triumphed at the 100 m, 200...
2018 Austrian numismatic new issues: Anthropocene and shark coins
- April 25, 2018
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- Pierre
ANTHROPOCENE
The footprint of humanity on the Earth is unfortunately a massive one. So big that experts now agree that humanity’s impact on the planet is so profound that it is time to declare a new geologic epoch – the Anthropocene. Examples of this impact are the radioactive elements dispersed across the planet by nuclear testing, plastic pollution and the soot produced by fossil-fuel power stations. These and other adverse effects are illustrated in exquisite detail on Anthropocene, the 2018 edition of our ever-popular Silver Niobium coins.
Beginning at the end of...
The last coin issues of the Royal Canadian Mint – April 2018
- April 20, 2018
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- Olivier
The Royal Canadian Mint presents its last coin issues of April 2018. Still more shapes and innovations are present on the pages of the Canadian Royal Mint’s new catalogue.
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The 2018 $10 Fine Silver Coins – Black and White Yin and Yang
Tiger and Dragon are crafted in the well-known curved teardrop contour that illustrates the Chinese concept of opposite forces achieving balance. In vividly coloured designs by artist Simon Ng, an intricate dragon is contrasted against a traditionally white Yang background,...