2019 australian limited edition Wallabies coin: “Wallabies’ Road to Japan”

2019 australian limited edition Wallabies coin: “Wallabies’ Road to Japan”

  • September 21, 2019
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The Royal Australian Mint is showing support for the Wallabies’ bid to become World Champions, with the release of a $2 limited edition coin available in Woolworths supermarket registers from september 18th.

The $2 Wallabies coin captures the strength and dedication of the team as they embark on their campaign in Japan this month.

 

Featuring green and gold colours to honour the spirit of Australia, customers can find the coin in their change when they shop in Woolworths stores across the...

2020 Queen’s Beasts collection: the White Lion of Mortimer

2020 Queen’s Beasts collection: the White Lion of Mortimer

  • September 18, 2019
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The Royal Mint issued, a few days ago, the White Lion of Mortimer as the seventh coin in The Queen’s Beasts collection.

The White Lion of Mortimer is one of ten heraldic Beasts that form the Queen’s Beasts. Inspired by these ancient symbols of power and identity, the range brings to life the ten imposing statues that are part of an enduring legacy that define our ruling dynasties.

Lions are perhaps the most well-known symbols in heraldry and...

2019 Austrian Gold €100 Mesopotamia coin

2019 Austrian Gold €100 Mesopotamia coin

  • September 16, 2019
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Since time immemorial, gold has had a special effect on those who behold it. The Magic of Gold series traces the mysterious nature of gold in Ancient cultures. No other metal has as much symbolic meaning as gold and no other concrete substance has been linked with so many abstract concepts, including heavenliness, immortality, purity and power.

All six coins in the Magic of Gold series feature ancient art treasures and the word ‘gold’ is written on each of them in...

Lithuanian digital coin explained by Egidijus Paleckis, Project Manager

Lithuanian digital coin explained by Egidijus Paleckis, Project Manager

  • September 13, 2019
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A few weeks ago NUMISMAG told you about the digital coin project of Bank of LITHUANIA. This project was very intruiguing and therefor NUMISMAG ask some explanations to Egidijus Paleckis, Digital Coin Project Manager at Bank of Lithuania.

 

Egidijus Paleckis, Digital Coin Project Manager

 

NUMISMAG: How did the Bank of Lithuania come up with the idea of a digital commemorative coin (was there a demand from Lithuanian collectors)?

Egidijus Paleckis: Since the Bank of Lithuania supports innovation, we decided to commemorate...

September 12th 2019: Issuing day of 2019 MONACO €2 Prince HONORE V

September 12th 2019: Issuing day of 2019 MONACO €2 Prince HONORE V

  • September 12, 2019
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Reminder

 

Today at 2PM, issuing of 2019  MONACO €2 commemorative coin

Coin dedicated to Prince HONORE V

1 coin per client

Link to MONACO’s Coin Museum eshop (clic here)

Some retailers already sale the coin for €250

(issuing price at Museum eshop should be about €120)!

 

 

Sources: Musée de la Monnaie de MONACO and NUMISMAG.

 

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2019 20 francs Swiss silver commemorative coin – FURKA PASS

2019 20 francs Swiss silver commemorative coin – FURKA PASS

  • September 12, 2019
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At an altitude of 2,429 meters above sea level, the Furka Pass is one of the highest and most impressive Alpine passes in Switzerland. It connects the hamlet of Gletsch in the canton of Valais with Andermatt in the canton of Uri and, together with the Oberalp Pass, forms a eastwest link within the Alps. The area is one of the snowiest in Switzerland. The European watershed runs along the pass: the Rhone flows southwest towards the Mediterranean, while the...

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