In 2019 Royal Mint celebrates Queen VICTORIA’s reign
- April 11, 2019
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- Pierre
The Royal Mint is celebrating the 200th anniversary since Queen Victoria’s birth with a special new £5 commemorative coin.
Having inherited the throne just one month after her eighteenth birthday, Victoria went on to become one of Britain’s most remarkable monarchs and reigned the empire for more than six decades. Her reign was so long in fact, that it was only surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II, in 2015. Due to the length of time she spent on the throne,...
1861 Withdraw of WINSCONSIN dollars: riots for banknotes
- April 11, 2019
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- Pierre
Nowadays, banknotes in the United States are issued by the government. However, this has not always been the case. Before the American Civil War, there were hundreds of banks in the United States that issued banknotes. These were not U.S. government trust securities, but private trust securities issued by these banks and backed by their own funds.
Discovered in 1634 by Jean NICOLET and became a member state of the United States in 1848 (the 30th state of the United States),...
Latvia: a 2019 silver coin to commemorate the fairy tale Cat’s Mill
- April 08, 2019
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- Pierre
On Thursday, 11 April, Latvijas Banka is issuing a silver collector coin “Cat’s Mill” dedicated to the literary work of Kārlis Skalbe.
The fairy tale “Cat’s Mill” from Kārlis Skalbe’s “Winter Tales” (1913) is included in the Latvian Cultural Canon and was recognized as the Latvian people’s most beloved literary work in “The Big Read” poll in 2014.
The moral of the fairy tale is: do not spread evil and learn to forgive. Other values taught by this fairy tale are honesty,...
Germany: 2020 to 2022 €2 commemorative coins – “Bundesländer” series
- April 04, 2019
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- Pierre
As part of the “Bundesländer” series, the federal government has decided on the following issues:
In 2020, a 2 euro commemorative coin “Brandenburg” (motif: Sanssouci Palace) by the artist Jordi Truxa from Neuenhagen 2021 a 2 euro commemorative coin “Saxony-Anhalt” (motif: Magdeburg Cathedral), by the artist Michael Otto from Rodenbach 2022 a 2-Euro commemorative coin “Thuringia” (motif: Wartburg), by artist Olaf Stoy from RabenauThis is the last season of the series that began in 2006, which consists of a total of 17 coins...
Impressions of Royal Australian Mint on 2019 Singapore coin fair
- April 03, 2019
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- Pierre
NUMISMAG interviewed the RAM (Royal Australian Mint) about the Singapore coin fair where the Australian mint had a booth. It is always interesting to have impressions of professionals concerning asian numismatic market, one of the most dynamic in the world today.
NUMISMAG: Why does the Australian Mint attend the Singapore coin fair?
RAM: The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has never previously attended the Singapore International Coin Fair (SICF). This year we decided to attend, as not only is Singapore geographically close, but...
2019: First Ever W Quarter coins for US circulation coinages
- April 02, 2019
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- Pierre
Do you see something strange in your change? For National Coin Week, the U.S. Mint is mixing things up and launching a limited amount of America the Beautiful quarters with the “W” mint mark into circulation – a first for the U.S. Mint in 227 years of minting coins. While West Point has produced quarters in the past, they didn’t have a mint mark and were indistinguishable from Philadelphia quarters.
New quarter with 2019 W mintmark
The goal of the...