Australia 5 pounds 1852 (1921) gold pattern, 06/12/2021 MDC Auction
- June 07, 2021
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2014 €2 D DAY commemorative coin: a proof coin that is worth over €100
- June 05, 2021
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Last update 01/08/2021 (coin values) – In 2014, France celebrated the Normandy landing, a military operation better known under the code name “NEPTUNE”, the first step in a plan to reconquer Western Europe, known as “Overlord”. The expression “D DAY” is often used in the current language to designate the landing in Normandy
The NEPTUNE operation started during the night of June 5-6, 1944, with aerial bombings and the release of american paratroopers (about 13,000 men). The aim of these troops...
Royal Mint celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s 95th birthday with a three coins set
- June 04, 2021
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To celebrate HRH Queen Elizabeth’s 95th birthday on 12 June, The Royal Mint will strike on the Day Celebration Sovereign and a Celebration Sovereign three-coin set containing prominent-dated sovereigns from key years of her extraordinary life and reign.
There will be a special edition of The Sovereign, the coin of the monarch, struck on the 12 June, 2021 to mark The Queen’s second, official birthday. Just 1,295 Celebration Sovereigns will be struck on this date and they will feature...
£22 000 for a 1957 fiver at DIX NOONAN auction house
- June 01, 2021
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A £5 banknote which was originally presented to former prime minister Harold Macmillan in 1957 was sold for £22,000 at DIX NOONAN auction. The note, in a blue leather presentation wallet, has a very low serial number: A01 000003, that is to say the third printed banknote of this kind.
£22,000 was the upper limit of expert valuation. Including buyer’s premium, the total invoiced amount was £27,280.
Thomasina Smith, head of numismatics (associate director) at Dix Noonan Webb,...
2021 latvian €5 Key coin
- May 24, 2021
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Latvian cultural heritage, the lock and the fittings of a hope chest, beautifully crafted by ancient artisans, served as the artistic inspiration for the small gold coin “The Key“. A key bears a special, one may even say, a slightly mystical symbolic meaning. It has the ability both to unlock and to lock: to open the door to a particular room, grant access to riches or to deny these opportunities. A key has the power that elevates it above all the...
Music legends’ series: Royal Mint strikes coins to honor “THE WHO”
- May 24, 2021
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The Who collectable coin is the fourth in The Royal Mint’s ‘Music Legends’ series, and follows coins in honour of Queen, Elton John and David Bowie. The coin’s dynamic design includes some of the most iconic symbols from the band’s live and loud performances – including a union flag, Mod logo and speaker-smashing Rickenbacker guitar. Together, the symbols on the coin form a pinball table, a nod to the single Pinball Wizard and album Tommy, one of the band’s most famous creations. With...