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...
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...
€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,...
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...
Roger PFUND, worldwide banknotes expert and designer
- July 28, 2018
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- Pierre
“A banknote is an artistic work that tells a story and is a cultural ambassador for the country that issues it. It is also a technical demonstration of anti-counterfeiting means”.
During the exhibition dedicated to him in Geneva by the Artvera’s gallery (http://www.artveras.ch/exhibitions/roger-pfund) from March to April 2018, NUMISMAG took the opportunity to interview one of the most famous banknote designer-engravers in Europe, and even around the world.
At the dawn of his 75th birthday, Roger PFUND closed his design studio, but...
URIEL – THE ILLUMINATING ANGEL 10 EURO SILVER COIN 2018 – Austrian MINT
- July 25, 2018
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- Pierre
The only angel in the Austrian Mint’s interfaith Guardian Angels series not recognized as an archangel by the Roman Catholic church, Uriel, the subject of the fourth coin, comforts us in dark moments, gives us energy and helps us find the joy in life. Meaning ‘the light of God’ or ‘God is my light’ in Hebrew, Uriel is symbolised on the coin’s obverse in the form of stylised flames that leap from an ornate brazier framed by the letter U.
Created...