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...
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.
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...
€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...
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...
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...