2019 50p piedforts anniversary set of Royal Mint
- October 15, 2019
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- Pierre
Earlier this year, The Royal Mint launched the 50p British Culture and Military Sets as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of this revolutionary seven-sided coin, which was first introduced on 14th October 1969.
Following the hugely popular limited edition Gold, Silver and Base proof sets, The Royal Mint has today on the 50th anniversary of the 50p unveiled a Piedfort version of the sets celebrating key cultural and military milestones.
The coins featured in both sets are some of the favourites...
2019 Latvian silver €5 coin «gift of the forest”
- October 14, 2019
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- Pierre
On Thursday, 17 October, Latvijas Banka is issuing a silver collector coin “Gifts of the Forest”. The coin shows our respect to Latvia’s forests, the gifts they provide as well as traditions related to forests, e.g. mushroom and berry picking etc.
The graphic design of the collector coin “Gifts of the Forest” has been created by Edmunds Jansons (obverse) and Edgars Folks (reverse), whereas the author of the plaster model is Ligita Franckeviča .
An interesting approach has been used in designing...
2019 new AUD 20 banknote dedicated to REIBEY and FLYNN
- October 07, 2019
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- Pierre
The new Australian $20 banknote will be put into circulation in October 2019.
He pays tribute to Mary Reibey, an inmate who escaped rigid social norms to become a smart and successful businesswoman, and to Reverend John Flynn, who pioneered the world’s first air medical service in 1928, now known as the “Royal Flying Doctor Service”.
On the obverse is a De Havilland Dragon aircraft and a pedal transceiver developed to improve communications in remote areas, two symbols of Flynn’s history.
On the...
Currency in crisis – German emergency money 1914-1924, British Museum
- October 06, 2019
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- Pierre
Notgeld, or ‘emergency money’, from the early Weimar Republic, is a powerful illustration of the turbulent years during and after the First World War in Germany.
This exhibition reveals how this temporary currency responded to a national crisis with distinctive designs commenting on German society and politics. These range from the Turnip Notgeld lamenting the disastrous food shortage of 1917, to richly illustrated designs featuring regional landmarks and folk narratives, intended to buoy a population hungry for reassurance.
Notgeld with...
2019 Polish Security Printing Works commemorative Banknote of zl19
- October 04, 2019
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- Pierre
A collectors’ 19zł banknote has been issued by the National Bank of Poland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW).
First polish national paper money printing works
The Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych – PWPW) was established on 25 January 1919 pur – suant to the decision of the Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Until 10 July 1926, it operated under the name State Graphics Works (Państwowe...
Vilnius International Coin Fair: see you on November 16th and 17th 2019
- September 28, 2019
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- Pierre
A new numismatic coin show was launched in 2018. It is located in VILNIUS, Lithuania and is organized by a young numismatic dealer, Geoffrey WINSTEIN.
NUMISMAG asked him to make a presentation of this new international coin fair.
NUMISMAG: Why did you choose Vilnius to organize an international coin fair?
Geoffrey WINSTEIN: I discovered Vilnius in 2009. I was an Erasmus student there during my Master Entrepreneur in Business School at the ISC Paris. This city immediately seemed to me to be an...