2020 numismatic program of Estonia
- May 25, 2020
- by
- Pierre
The Eesti Pank Executive Board confirmed the programme of issuing collector and commemorative coins for 2020.
The technical details for the coins, with the nominal value, size and weight of collector coins, and the mintage and issue date are published by Eesti Pank well before the coins are released.
Two euro commemorative coins
200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica
Centenary of the Tartu Peace Treaty
Silver estonian commemorative coins
2014 to 2019 Andorra circulation coins mintages
- May 19, 2020
- by
- Pierre
We asked the Principality of Andorra about the circulation coins mintages since 2014, the date of its effective euro changeover.
Andorra Mint (Servei d’Emissions) just replied to us.
Sources: Servei d’Emissions, Ministeri de Finances – Govern d’Andorra and NUMISMAG.
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2020 “nhs-heroes” 1oz Silver coin: help NHS to cross over COVID19 pandemy!
- May 18, 2020
- by
- Pierre
The East India Company Bullion Ltd in partnership with the Treasury of the Government of St Helena are pleased to announce the release of the official 2020 “nhs-heroes” 1oz Fine Silver coin. Fully approved by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, this £5 silver coin is dedicated to Britain’s NHS Heroes in recognition of their outstanding courage and bravery demonstrated throughout the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic.
At a time in history when the world has been faced with possibly the greatest threat in...
2020 12,5€ gold commemorative coin from Belgium – Jane Brigode
- May 13, 2020
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- Pierre
Golden tribute to a passionate politician who has done much for women’s equal rights Jane Brigode is undeniably one of the Belgian activists who played a decisive role in women’s emancipation in the last century. As a member, treasurer and later as vice-president of the Belgian League for Women’s Rights, she managed to persuade influential politicians to vote important laws that improved the (legal) position of women.
Brigode was also tremendously socially engaged. When the First World War broke out in...
2020 belgian €5 silver celebrates first continental european train
- May 11, 2020
- by
- Pierre
The first train trip to Belgium was of historical importance.
On May 1st 1834, King Leopold I signed the law establishing the Belgian railways. A year later, on 5 May 1835, the first Belgian railway line opened. For the first time in history, a train ran on the European continent between Brussels and Mechelen. Three steam locomotives, made in Great Britain, ran one after the other, transporting a total of 900 people.
These passengers were divided into 30 cars:
“The Arrow”: seven...
Eesti Pank did put a lot of 1 and 2 euro cents coins in circulation in 2020
- May 11, 2020
- by
- Pierre
The Estonian Central Bank (Eesti Pank) stated in a recent report by analyst Martti NAKSI that it issues coins according to the demand of retail banks and trade agents.
In the first quarter of 2020, 4.2 million coins worth €2.9 million were issued and 0.6 million coins worth €0.8 million were returned to the central bank.
Of these issued coins (Editor’s note: for central banks, an issue is a physical removal of coins from central bank counters) during the first quarter,...