2023 €2 Slovakia – 100th anniversary of the first blood transfusion
- May 06, 2022
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- Pierre
In December 2021, the National Bank of Slovakia announced an anonymous public competition for the design of the €2 coin issued on the 100th anniversary of the first blood transfusion in Slovakia.
Fourteen designs from nine authors were submitted to the competition. In March 2022, the Commission for the Evaluation of Designs of Commemorative Coins and Collector Coins evaluated them. under the chairmanship of László Kiss (medical historian).
The first prize was awarded to Maria Poldaufová. Her design is based on a...
Estonia 2022: €2 commemorative coin dedicated to UKRAINE
- May 06, 2022
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- Pierre
The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) plans to put into circulation a €2 coin dedicated to Ukraine and freedom. It was designed by a young Ukrainian refugee studying at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The coin should be in circulation by the end of this year. The income from the sale of the €2 coins will be donated to the Ukrainian Central Bank. This coin has been submitted to the European authorities for approval on 05/05/2022.
The supervisory board of Eesti...
New 2023 euro croatian coin unveiled by the government
- May 05, 2022
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- Pierre
After the episode of the plagiarized design (see here the article of NUMISMAG on the subject), the design of the national side of the 2023 croatian one euro coin, selected within the framework of the new call for tenders, was presented on Wednesday at the 15th session of the National Council for the introduction of the euro as official currency in the Republic of Croatia.
The design was selected in an open competition for the selection of designs. The author of...
2022 new canadian coins series called “OPULENCE”
- May 04, 2022
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- Pierre
The Royal Canadian Mint launches the Opulence Collection. The coins in this collection demonstrate proven craftsmanship and feature some of the rarest gemstones in the world: pink diamonds from the Argyle mine. These gems, which adorn pure gold and platinum coins, truly redefine rarity. Featuring the one-of-a-kind Summum, a one-of-a-kind one kilogram piece struck in pure platinum and set with pink diamonds, this new collection was unveiled at the Ottawa Art Gallery.
“The Royal Canadian Mint is known by collectors around...
2022 Austrian €3 coin – Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
- May 03, 2022
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- Pierre
Pachycephalosaurus means “thick-headed lizard” in Greek, a particularly apt name given that the prehistoric herbivore that features on the penultimate coin in the Supersaurs series had a skull roof up to 25 cm thick. As the second part of its name implies, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis lived in what is now the north-western United States and the province of Alberta in Canada during the late Cretaceous period, some 70 million years ago.
Unusually curved and with short, blunt spines protruding along its edge,...
Floriade 2022 coincard by KNM
- May 01, 2022
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- Pierre
To commemorate the exhibition “Floriade 2022”, the Royal Netherlands Mint will issue a special coincard with two Dutch 20 cent coins and one Dutch 2 cent coin, with 2022 yearmark. Part of the proceeds of this coincard will be used for a forest planting. The coincard contains three Dutch 2022 euro coins in BU quality, two 20 cent coins and one 2 cent coin. 2 cent coins have not been minted for circulation in the Netherlands since 2005, when the...