Playing with money – 2019 Board games exhibition at British Museum
- September 12, 2019
- by
- Pierre
This British Museum’s exhibition looks at how modern board games, educational toys, gambling and role-playing games reflect, inform and shape our understanding of economics and money.
NUMISMAG took thos opportunity to interview Robert BRACEY, British Museum curator of coins and medals department and exhibition’s organizer.
Robert BRACEY, British Museum Curator – Coins and Medals department
Robert BRACEY, British Museum curator
and exhibition’s organizer
NUMISMAG: Robert, what is your professional background?
Robert BRACEY: I am a historian and my research tends...
2019 KNM day of the Mint
- September 01, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The date of 2019 KNM’s Day of the Mint is now official.
Last year was the last “Day of the Mint” of the Royal Netherlands Mint in its historic building in Utrecht. The construction of the new building in Houten is in progress. It is therefore virtually impossible to organize a Day of the Mint in 2019 in the new building.
Day of the Mint will still take place on November 14, 2019, virtually via the KNM website.
2019 Coinset “Day...
2019 Silver €1.5 coin – Robin HOOD, from Austrian Mint
- September 01, 2019
- by
- Pierre
In the series of coins celebrating the founding of the Vienna Mint, the third and last one “Robin Hood” will be issued on October 16.
Robin Hood, the subject of the third and final coin in the series, is the hero of numerous ballads dating from the late Middle Ages and early modern period. Over the centuries, his portrayal evolved from an outlaw into the righteous character who stole from the rich to give to the poor. It was Sir Walter...
2019 australian commemorative coinset – 25c Kookaburra
- August 23, 2019
- by
- Pierre
One of Australia’s most unusual and distinctive coin designs celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2019, the design never circulated and yet it is still treasured in numismatic circles today.
This 2019 25c Fine SilverProof Set remembers the Kookaburra coins, valued for their distinctive designs and rarity.
In 1919,Australia’s Government, championed by theTreasurer, proposed to exchange Australia’s old cumbersome bronze pennies and halfpennies with new coins that would be lighter and more niquely Australian in design. Between1919and1921,thirteen designs were trialled by the Royal Mint, all based on...
€10 and €5 coins from Netherlands – 75th anniversary of Market Garden
- August 23, 2019
- by
- Pierre
In 2019, it will be 75 years since Operation Market Garden took place, the largest airborne operation in history. The goal of the Allies was to get hold of the bridges over the Maas, Waal and Rhine and to push them through to Berlin to end World War II before Christmas of 1944.
Operation Market Garden took place in September 1944 and consisted of two parts: the airborne operation (Market) and the ground offensive from Belgium (Garden). It was a...
2019 UK 50p Brexit coin is back!
- August 15, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The Royal Mint intend to stike “millions” of the new commemorative 50p Brexit coins ahead of the potential exit day of 31 October, as reported by Sunday Telegraph.
The UK treasury confirmed last year that it would be producing the commemorative coin as part of UK’s history.
Our initial article about 2019 BREXIT coin (click here)
The Mint usually mint circulation commemorative coins for marking events such as the 2012 Olympics, the UK’s accession to the European Economic Community or the...