2021 CN$ 2 commemorative coin celebrating discovery of insulin
- July 14, 2021
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- Pierre
The $2 2021 “Discovery of Insulin” circulation coin marks the 100th anniversary of a Canadian innovation that has saved millions of lives.
The contributions of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip and John Macleod represent a major turning point in diabetes research and treatment. Before the discovery of insulin, a person with diabetes mellitus was doomed to die. Today, people with diabetes enjoy better health and a much longer life expectancy thanks to treatments like insulin.
More than 463 million people worldwide...
2021 lithuanian €5 and €1.5 coin Sea Festival
- July 13, 2021
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- Pierre
Bank of Lithuania announced the issuance of a €5 and a €1.5 euro coin dedicated to Sea Festival.
On the last weekend of July the sea is traditionally saluted, as the major Sea Festival takes place in Klaipėda offering hundreds of events. It is an extremely cheerful weekend in summer that attracts people to the sea, also known as the Summer Christmas.
The goal of the festival is to promote seafaring by entertaining people.
Concerts, performances and plays are staged in the city during the...
In july 2021, is there still a US coin shortage?
- July 10, 2021
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- Pierre
The US MINT has launched an internet advertising campaign to encourage Americans to put back into circulation as soon as possible any coins they may have. Indeed, the United States seems to suffer from a shortage of coins for several months.
David RYDER, US MINT CEO
According to the American authorities, this situation is not attributable to coin manufacturing and therefore to the US Mint which, since 2020 and the beginning of the pandemic, has broken all records in coin...
2021 ANDORRA numismatic program
- July 08, 2021
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- Pierre
Last update, 07/15/2021
Servei d’Emission from the Andorra Principalty communicated to NUMISMAG its 2021 numismatic program. This article will be regularly updated. French and spanish mint alterbatively strike the coins for the principalty. This matter of fact is the result of french-spanish comanagement of the principalty.
Circulation coins mintages (2014-2021)
NUMISMAG has asked the Principality of ANDORRA to provide the circulation coinage figures in the strict sense of the word (i.e. excluding coins in BU sets and €2 commemorative...
2 euro 2021 – 100th anniversary of Belgium-Luxemburg economic union
- July 07, 2021
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- Pierre
2021 will mark a century since the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) was created. On July 25, 1921, Belgium and Luxembourg signed a treaty to strengthen the cooperation and integration of the two countries. In addition to being a customs union, the BLEU was also a monetary union linking the exchange rates between the Belgian and Luxembourg francs. While the EU had to wait until 2002 to introduce its single currency, Belgium and Luxembourg managed to achieve this monetary union more than...
2021 lithuanian €5 coin dedicated to social sciences
- July 05, 2021
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- Pierre
Bank of Lithuania will issue a coin dedicated to social sciences studying. The coin will be released during the fourth quarter of 2021.
On the obverse of the coin is the abstract symbol of Vytis, formed from fragments of intersecting and intertwined circle lines, thus symbolizing the interdisciplinary nature of social sciences and interrelationships.
The inscription “Lietuva”, the denomination “5 €” and the logo of UAB Lithuanian Mint are also included.
The reverse of the coin extends the motif of the obverse intertwined...