Two new innovative safety features on new €100 and €200 ECB Banknotes
- May 21, 2019
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- Pierre
The ECB (European Central Bank) will issue two new banknotes on May 28th 2019. These two banknotes are the two last Europa series banknotes, initiated in 2013 with the €5 banknote.
The €100 and €200 banknotes each contain two new innovative security features. The satellite hologram at the top of the silver foil strip shows small € symbols moving around the value number. The € symbols are easier to recognize in direct light.
The emerald number has also been modified. If the...
How much may worth a 2016 Churchill Fiver?
- May 16, 2019
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- Pierre
As the website of English banknotes dealer PAM WEST indicates it, The Bank of England has printed 440 milion new £5 notes prefixes AA to AM, that is to say about 60 million banknotes of each prefix. All prefixes are therefor common. The only ones worth money are those listed above and special serials, like 123456, 333333, 888888, or similar.
Numbers starting AA01:
The most valuable notes begin with AA01, the first batch to leave the presses. At a Bank...
50 pence Sherlock HOLMES struck by Royal Mint
- May 13, 2019
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- Pierre
The Royal Mint will be commemorating 160 years since the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with a coin dedicated to his most famous creation – the detective Sherlock Holmes.
The sleuth’s profile, complete with pipe and deerstalker will appear on a 50p piece surrounded by the names of his most popular adventures. The designer of the coin – Stephen Raw – chose to create a design that requires a magnifying glass to read the names of these famous cases, hoping...
2019 MONACO €10 silver coin Princess GRACE
- May 12, 2019
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- Pierre
The Government of the Principality of Monaco has published Sovereign Order 7.439 of April 26th 2019, authorising the issue of a €10 silver coin, in the Principality’s official journal. The amount of this issue is set at fifty thousand euros, as coins global face value.
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The visual of the new €10 MONACO coin has not yet been released. This article will be updated as new information becomes available.
The composition and characteristics of the €10 silver...
2011 50 pence swimmer coin – the rarest 50 pence coin, since 1969
- May 12, 2019
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- Pierre
We are back to the year 2011, the Royal Mint struck an early version of 50 pence swimmer coin that will become the “must have” in 50 pence coins collecting, because it became the rarest 50 pence coin, since 1969.
Royal Mint strike law face value commemorative coins
In October 1969 the 50 pence coin joined the 5p (shilling) and 10p (florin) coins in circulation, leaving only the three copper coins – to be introduced on 15 February 1971 – to...
NUMISMAG visits the swiss Mint facility, in BERNE
- May 08, 2019
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- Pierre
The Swiss Federal Mint, created in 1850, is a small structure in the world of coin issuing institutions in Europe. However, the context in which the Swiss Mint operates has changed at the beginning of 2019. Since this year, SWISS MINT is able to work for other clients than the Swiss Confederation, i. e. the Swiss State itself.
From now on, at least in theory, it can respond to calls for tenders other than those of the Swiss State for coins...