The annual Benelux coins set
- May 01, 2017
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- Pierre
The Mint of the Netherlands announces the sale of the annual Benelux coins set as well as the 2017 UNC coinset, dedicated to Amsterdam city.
This one is the cheapest coinset in the range of official sets sold by the KNM. It is usually quickly out of stock.
Source: KNM.
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2017 latvian €5 coin – 1917 LATGALE CONGRESS
- April 30, 2017
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- Pierre
The official presentation of the new commemorative coin of €5 took place in REZEKNE, Thrisday, May 3rd 2017, just before a concert devoted to the celebration of the “latvian Independence Day” and the centenary of the LATGALE congress.
This coin is dedicated to the congress of REZEKNE, which was held May 9th and 10th, 1917. It is the first public meeting of the Latvian nation. REZEKE is a Latvian medium-sized city which is the 7th town of Latvia by the number of its inhabitants. The obverse of the commemorative coin is...
2017 FIDJI Rugby commemorative coin and banknote
- April 30, 2017
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- Pierre
The gold medal win was one of the stories of the Olympic Games, as Fiji became the first men’s side to win gold as the sport returned to the Olympic program. Since returning home, the players and coaches have become national heroes.
In recent months, the team has been widely lauded at home. Last weekend, their immortality was assured when the Fijian Government released a $7 note. It is the first known note of that denomination in existence.
Two million of the $7 face value (about €3.10) banknotes were released by banks...
2017 german “tropical zone” €5 coin
- April 30, 2017
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- Pierre
This new serie of 5 coins, of a €5 euros face value, is devoted to earth climatic zones. It follows the minting of the 2016 coin “planet earth”.
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2016 £5 banknote Winston Churchill
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
The British press has stessed on top prices on Ebay for several weeks ,obtained by the salesmen of £5 banknotes, on which figures the portrait of Winston CHURCHILL , on the reverse. The infatuation especially goes on the currencies with a “AA01” prefix number.
The classification of the new banknote:
This banknote is rather simple to decode, contrary to the euro-banknotes of the Europa series, for example. The banknote carries only one code which starts with two letters, followed by two digits, that is to say a “LLNN” (L for letter and N for Number) combination. This one represents the number of pulling, the first pulling being “AA01”. 440 millions of banknotes were printed, according to the Bank of England (BoE). That represents 440 pullings, of a...
2017 GHANA 5 Cedis commemorative currency
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
Mrs. Catherine ASHILEY, ex-director of the currency management department of the Bank of Ghana, described commemorative banknote of five ghanean Cedis like safest banknote in the world. This banknote is issued to celebrate the 60th birthday of the central bank of teh country. It has new safety devices, fully compatible with the international standards. The person in charge of the Ghanean central bank specified that the issuance of commemorative banknotes was an international practice and that its country conformed to this international currency use.
Dr. James Kwegyir Aggrey is represented on the obverse of the banknote. He was an intellectual and a teacher who made his career mainly in the...
New 20 and 100 Shekels banknotes
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
The central bank of Israel indicated last week that the new banknotes of 20 and 100 shekels will be illustrated by the portrait of female poets of Hebraic language.
These kanknotes are at the stage of the final design. The banknote of 20 shekels will be illustrated with a partrait of Rachel Bluwstein Sela, generally known like Rachel “the poetess”.
The banknote of 100 shekels is orange and will be illustrated with the portrait of Leah Goldberg, one of the most loved poets of Israel.
At the origin, these cuts were to be put into circulation in 2016. The new banknotes will supplement the redrawn banknotes of 50 and 200 shekels, printed in...
2018 joined 2€ commemorative coin of baltic states
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
It is the project of 2€ common to the three Baltic States of Justas PETRULIS which received most votes of the public survey initiated by the central banks of the three baltic countries.
Six projects of coins were proposed to the vote(two projects per state). More than 14,000people of the whole world took part in the vote, but the majority of votes (93%) is resulting from the Baltic states. On the whole, 4,277 voters chose the work of the young lithuanian artist Justas PETRULIS. To celebrate the 100eme birthday of the Latvian and Estonian states and the 100eme birthday of the re–establishment of the independence of...
Warning on one US cent coins
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
The senator MAC CAIN deposited a new bill of law related to modernizing the American metal monetary system.
The representative wishes to suspend the manufacturing of pennies (coins of 1 cent, face value) and to reduce the manufacturing costs of the divisional series.
The other main axis of this decision is the will to remove definitively the banknote of one dollar and to replace it by a coin. US Mint tried to accustom American citizens to the use of one dollar coins in particular by developing the series of presidential dollar.
The mint of the United States intended to be pressed on the numismatists, in the event of success of this series, so that they become positive prescribers of the one dollar coin for the rest of the population.
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Hoard in a piano
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
When the new owners of a piano, living in Shropshire, let their instrument in a specialized company to be repeared, they discovered a bag of gold coins, hidden inside the piano itself.
The hoard is composed of a not revealed number of coins, minted from 1847 to 1915. These coins are gold sovereigns, with in particular the portrait of the Victoria queen on the obverse of the coins. The experts estimate that they were deliberately hidden inside the piano and that they could be worth a consequent amount of money, according to the BBC report. John Ellery,magistrate of Shrewsbury Coroner Court, described the origins of the “piano” collection. He explained why the piano was carried out by...