2022 proof coin set – NETHERLANDS
- April 07, 2022
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From 2022 to 2025, the National Collection’s annual sets will be dedicated to the four elements: earth, fire, air and water. The series begins this year with the “Earth” set.
The “Land” medalThe medal of the BE series of the Netherlands 2022 also has the theme of the earth. The medal shows two hands holding a sprouting seed. Surrounded by leaves, the hands also form the trunk of a tree. The trees are a perfect illustration of the unique workings of...
2022 commemorative coins dedicated to Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Royal Mint
- April 06, 2022
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The Royal Mint has revealed commemorative coins marking 120 years since the first publication of Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, developed in collaboration with Penguin Ventures.
Royal Mint will issue a £2, two £5 and a £100 commemorative coins.
Most-loved childhood characters
As well as minting the coins found in our pockets, The Royal Mint makes collectable coins celebrating key themes and milestones and featuring some of Britain’s most-loved childhood characters on UK coin.
The Royal Mint’s own Ffion Gwillim created...
2022 New £50 polymer banknote from Ulster Bank
- April 03, 2022
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A new banknote is set to celebrate some of the remarkable achievements of women in Northern Ireland. Ulster Bank’s new £50 polymer banknote will be put into circulation this summer. It focuses on women working in Northern Ireland’s thriving life sciences sector. The main theme of the bill concerns Jocelyn Bell’s discovery of pulsars in 1967 – spherical, compact objects the size of a large city but containing more mass than the sun. Jocelyn Bell, born in Lurgan, is considered...
Czech commemorative banknote dedicated to the economist KAREL ENGLIS
- April 02, 2022
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The decision to issue a second commemorative bill, following the one issued in 2019, with a face value of CZK 100 in the year 2022 with a portrait of Karel Engliš was approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors on October 3, 2019 when approving the new issue plan for the years 2021 to 2025.
The series of three commemorative banknotes (issued or to be issued in 2019, 2022 and 2026) has a main topic which is “The construction of the...
US MINT asks Americans to put their coins back into circulation
- April 01, 2022
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The U.S. Mint is once again asking the public to help keep coins circulating by using exact change when making purchases or exchanging them for bills at coin recycling kiosks or by returning them to bank branches.
Coins are not moving through the economy as quickly as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from the US Mint. Cash transactions have declined significantly since 2019 as more people have turned to electronic transactions. Sometimes coins are not readily available...
2022 numismatic program from Belgium
- March 31, 2022
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In 2020 and 2021, the RMB did not issue any circulation coins (5cent to 2€ face value coins, as Belgium no longer strikes 1 and 2 cent coins for circulation, for several years).
In 2022, the BRM does not plan to mint bullion coins (gold, silver or platinum coins).
The public contract for the minting of circulation coins for the Royal Belgian Mint has been awarded for a new period of 4 years (2022-2026) to the Netherlands Mint.
The service concession for the...