2021 KNM annual set “Day of the Mint”
- June 19, 2021
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- Pierre
This year the theme of the “Day of the mint” annual issue is “20 years of farewell to the guilder”. In 2001, the Dutch national currency was used for the last time. Afterwards, the guilder was exchanged for the common European euro. The set contains an exclusive token of the old Dutch guilder, the legal tender currency in the country before the euro changeover.
KNM will randomly give 100 sets with a silver token to 100 of its lucky customers. These are...
A Charity Auction of Bank of Scotland £50 Notes at SPINK LONDON
- June 15, 2021
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- Pierre
The launch of a new banknote, is always an exciting event. This SPINK auction showcases the polymer £50 note, including the number 1 example, solid 8’s, sheets and two examples of the £50 note that can be numbered to the buyer’s choice.
Previous auctions have been well received and SPINK has always attracted frenzied bidding by collectors from all corners of the globe. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to The Bank of Scotland’s chosen charity, Mental Health UK.
Bank of...
2021 latvian €5 – Wedding designed by Krista and Reinis Dzudzilo
- June 14, 2021
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- Pierre
On Tuesday June 15th, Latvijas Banka is issue a silver collector coin “YES or YES” dedicated to marriage. Symbolically, the authors of the coin design are Krista and Reinis Dzudzilo, a married creative tandem.
This coin will be an excellent gift for the couples getting married this summer and saying “YES” to each other on this occasion. The gold plated edge of the coin with the inscription 2021 encircles the affirmative answer of both sides, like a ring.
The...
€2 2015 – 225th anniversary of the Federation Day, proof coin over €200
- June 12, 2021
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- Pierre
The popularity among collectors of french €2 coin, in proof quality, is no longer in question (see here).
Another example of this recent post-COVID19 evolution of euro coins market is the 2015 proof €2 coin dedicated to the “225th anniversary of the Federation Day”.
Federation Day is an emblematic commemoration which in the early days of the French Revolution marked the coming together of the republican army, which came from the king’s army for a good part of its officers, and the...
Belgium celebrates the year of the railways with a €5 coin in 2021
- June 10, 2021
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- Pierre
The year 2021 has been designated by the European Union as the “Year of Railways”. Throughout the year, events and (online) initiatives will be organized in Europe with the aim of increasing the number of people and goods traveling by rail. This is one of the objectives of the Green Pact for Europe. Indeed, rail transport is comfortable, safe and environmentally friendly. The European Year of Rail aims to promote the train as a sustainable means of transport.
Last year, the...
500th Anniversary of First World Circumnavigation – Elcano (1519-2019)
- June 09, 2021
- by
- Pierre
In 1519 two hundred and thirty-nine men and five ships left Spain searching a route westward to the
Spice Islands (called nowadays Moluccas Island in Indonesia).
They crossed the Atlantic Ocean, then rounded the southern tip of South America through the Strait of
Magellan, and then sailed the Pacific Ocean, arriving in the Philippines, where Magellan died in 1521, and finally reaching the Spice Islands on November 6th 1521.
On September 6th 1522, the Victoria returned to Spain, led by Juan Sebastian Elcano....