2019 Austrian Supersaurs €3 coins series: the Spinosaurus Aegyptus
- September 27, 2019
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- Pierre
At 18 metres in length and weighing a whopping 9 tons, the “Spinosaurus Aegyptus” was the largest carnivore to have ever walked the Earth, even outranking that most iconic of prehistoric predators, the Tyrannosaurus rex.
As such, Spinosaurus is the perfect way to launch 12-coin Supersaurs series, which brings prehistoric giants back to life in the shape of 12 superb glow-in-the-dark coins. Each one of the 12 prehistoric beasts featured in the series possessed an exceptional quality, such as the most...
King Aethelred II period ’s hoard that is worth up to 50 000 pounds!
- September 27, 2019
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- Pierre
Thirty years ago, a fortune-teller asked Don Crawley, a local builder, to pick three cards from a full deck of playing cards, Don picked out three cards and to the fortune-teller’s amazement they were all nines. Since then Don has always had a special attachment to the number nine.
Don Crawley found a hoard of Anglo Saxon Silver pennies, in march 2017.
Don CRAWLEY, british detectorist
As Don explains: “It was my first visit to this farmers land in Suffolk. After...
Austrian €20 silver coin celebrating Igo Etrich and Charles Lindbergh
- September 27, 2019
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- Pierre
Reaching for the Sky celebrates the story of manned flight, from the first fearless pioneers to the crowded skies of today. The Advent of Powered Flight, the second coin in the series with a date of issue on October 16, celebrates the pioneers of powered aviation, including Igo Etrich, who broke records in 1910 by flying for 140km across northern Austria, and Charles Lindbergh, who became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927.
Humans have envied the...
The Royal Mint Celebrates 50 years of the 50p (2)
- September 24, 2019
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- Pierre
To celebrate fifty years of the revolutionary seven-sided 50p coin, The Royal Mint has released a commemorative 50p bearing the original 1969 Britannia New Pence design. The coin also bears special privy marks, one of which is a minting first on a 50p coin.
Private specific mintmark to the coin
The iconic shape was first suggested by Hugh Conway, a member of the Decimal Currency Board. The ‘equilateral curve heptagon’ went through various stages of development,...
Last 2019 numismatic issues of BELGIUM
- September 24, 2019
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- Pierre
The new magazine issue ‘Muntinfo 79’ (in Dutch) and ‘Monnaie info 79’ (in French) is delivered to BRM customers from 25 September.
The Royal Mint of Belgium unveiled its last 2019 numismatic issues:
The Fleur de Coin annual set Belgium 2019 with the theme ‘City of Brussels’ The 2.5 euro commemorative coin 2019 ‘400 years of Manneken Pis’ BU in coincard, available in two language versions. On sale from 16 October at 9.00; The 12.5 euro commemorative coin 2019 ’30 years Fall of the...
€10 spanish silver coin dedicated to 175th anniversary of “Guardia Civil”
- September 23, 2019
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- Pierre
On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the creation of the Spanish Civil Guard, the Royal Mint of Spain issues a €10 silver coin.
On the obverse, a left-sided portrait of His Majesty King Felipe VI is engraved, wearing the insignia of Commander of the Armed Forces. At the top, the legend FELIPE VI REY DE ESPAÑA (Felipe VI King of Spain) and at the bottom, between two dots, the mint year 2019.
On the reverse, at the top of the...