2019 SAMOA new 10 tala commemorative banknote – XVI Pacific Games
- June 21, 2019
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- Pierre
The Central Bank of Samoa announced recently the release of a new $10 polymer banknote in June 2019, to commemorate the XVI Pacific Games 2019 which has been scheduled to be held in Samoa on the 7th July 2019.
First polymer commemorative banknote of SAMOA, printed in 1990
2 Tala commemorating 50th anniversary of SUSUGA II reign
The $10 banknote will be the second polymer banknote issued in Samoa and the first carbonoffset banknote created from the polymer...
2019 Kenya Big Five new banknotes series introduced by Governor Patrick Njoroge
- June 21, 2019
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- Pierre
Governor Njoroge of CBK announced the issuing of a new banknotes series and told that the new banknotes have a unique theme and security features and will have various images, including the iconic KICC, the big five wildlife and will be easy to use by the visually impaired.
Remarks by Dr. Patrick Njoroge Governor, Central Bank of Kenya
June 1, 2019 Narok Stadium, Narok County
Dr. Patrick Njoroge Governor of CBK
“After launching the new coins, the...
Young professional of the month: Interview of ELLIE BOOT-SPINK AND SON
- June 19, 2019
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- Pierre
We told several times of necessity of a generation renewal in collectors population. But don’t forget this will be also possible only if young professionals join the coin industry to dynamise and adapt numismatics to a new young audience.
NUMISMAG is glad to introduce you Ellie BOOT, a young coin specialist and auctioneer of SPINK and SON LONDON that responds to this definition of 2.0 coin industry actor.
NUMISMAG: Ellie, what is your initial school or university training?
ELLIE BOOT: Having been...
2019 British Museum exhibition “Playing with Money: currency and games”
- June 16, 2019
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- Pierre
This exhibition looks at how modern board games, educational toys, gambling and role-playing games reflect, inform and shape our understanding of economics and money.
The 20th century witnessed the transformation of money from precious metals to paper, from credit cards to crypto-currencies, all against a fluctuating financial backdrop. These changes are chronicled in the evolution of childhood games from the 19th century to the present.
The Exhibition at British Museum
British Museum Library
Discover new acquisitions of toy and board...
2019 Yeoman coins by Royal Mint
- June 16, 2019
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- Pierre
Today, The Royal Mint has launched the third coin in the 2019 dated Tower of London Collection – The Yeoman Warders.
The Yeoman Warders were once part of the Yeoman of the Guard, the monarch’s bodyguards who accompanied and protected the king or queen everywhere they went. In Tudor times, Henry VII believed that such an important building as the Tower of London also needed special protection, and so the Royal Bodyguard took on a new duty. The Yeoman Warders were...
Innovation coins series – US MINT
- June 14, 2019
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- Pierre
The United States Mint American Innovation™ $1 Coin Program is a multi-year series to honorinnovation and innovators with $1 coins from each State, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. It will count 4 different coins per year, during a 14 years period. This numismatic issue will be struck in proof condition and in UNC condition ( coins sold in bags and rolls).
Choice of topics and designs for these coins are submitted...