The Yale of Beaufort – Queen’s Beasts collection – Royal Mint 2019
- February 25, 2019
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- 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...
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,...
2019 South Africa minting program: Big five on coins!
- February 24, 2019
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- 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...
France 2019 €2 commemorative coin: 60th birthday of Asterix
- February 24, 2019
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- 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...
Anne JESSOPP, a woman head of the Royal Mint
- February 19, 2019
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- 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...
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