2022 €10 Belgian silver coin – 100 years of the unknown soldier’s monument
- November 17, 2022
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Four years after the Armistice, on November 11, 1922, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was inaugurated by King Albert. The remains reburied for this ceremony were chosen at random by a blind war veteran from Bruges from among five bodies of Belgian fallen soldiers who were no longer identifiable. The unknown soldier will be buried at the foot of the Congress Column, symbol of independent and monarchist Belgium. The monument will become a memorial for all those who gave...
2022 proof set dedicated to Customs from Japan
- November 16, 2022
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Japan mint issued the past week a prof set including six kinds of Japanese legal tender coins and a silver 925 medal (35mm, Approx. 20g). The medal depicts on the obverse a customs officers looking at the same future beyond generations. On the reverse is engraved the Custom’s 150th Anniversary Logo. The announced mintage is 10 000 sets.
Sources: NUMISMAG and Japan Mint
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2022 First Sovereign bearing King Charles III portrait
- November 15, 2022
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The Royal Mint, the official maker of UK coins, has today unveiled the first Sovereign bearing His Majesty The King’s portrait. In commemoration of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the reverse of the Sovereign features a rare change of design in honour of Britain’s longest serving monarch.
The Sovereign has featured every portrait of Queen Elizabeth II over the course of her reign. For the first time in nearly 70 years, the official portrait of a new monarch, His Majesty...
2022 estonian gold coin: 600th anniversary of livonian Diet
- November 09, 2022
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On October 25, Eesti Pank issued a gold collector coin to mark the 600th anniversary of the first meeting of the Livonian Diet (Parliament). The coin symbolizes above all the will for regional cooperation for the common good. The representatives of the most important social groups in Livonia met in a conference in 1422 and decided to hold regular meetings in a council or a diet. Diet meetings were held to increase unity and thus improve the security of the...
The new Algerian 2 000 dinars banknote issued in november 2022
- November 03, 2022
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The Bank of Algeria has issued from 11/02/2022 a banknote of two thousand Algerian dinars. The issuance of this banknote has raised a controversy and a questioning. The controversy was created in France by the extreme left politician Jean Luc MELANCHON and concerns the absence of any mention in French on the new banknote. This one will carry on mentions in English for the first time in the Algerian fiduciary history.
The general theme of the banknote are the 60 years...
NETHERLANDS: Choice of themes for collector coins issued in 2023
- November 01, 2022
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In 2023, two collector coins of 5 and 10 euros will be issued in honor of themes of special importance to to the Netherlands. These coins are made of gold, silver, silver plated or copper. They are legal tender in the Netherlands.
From March 11 to April 24 2022, the Dutch government organized a consultation where everyone could give subjects to commemorate.
State Secretary for Finance, leading Taxation and Fiscal Services MARNIX VAN RIJ, as responsible for coins minting activities in...