The Austrian Mint has announced that its first coin dated 2016 will be dedicated to one of the country’s most anticipated cultural events of the year: the Vienna Opera Ball. Considered one of the most elegant and quintessentially “Austrian” events in the social calendar, the Vienna Opera Ball celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2016, though […]
Latest Irish Collector Coin Receives Presidential Seal of Approval
The Central Bank of Ireland officially launched its last collector coin of 2015 yesterday in Dublin. The new sterling silver crown coin celebrates 70 years of Peace in Europe and its release was carried out with the reverence and esteem the anniversary deserves. Held at the Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines, the Central Bank invited […]
Austrian Schoolgirl’s Winning Design Features on New Coin
The Mint of Austria has unveiled their latest coin in the series, “Austria by its Children”. This charming series began three years ago and has given Austrian 9- and 10-year-olds the opportunity to depict something important to them about their home town or province. The series, which includes two coin issues per year, has been […]
Ireland Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of Peace in Europe with New Silver Coin
The Central Bank of Ireland has unveiled a new silver crown collector coin observing the 70th anniversary of the day peace returned to the European continent after the surrender of the Axis powers at the end of the Second World War. The 8th of May, 1945 is commemorated in both Europe and the U.S. as […]
Luxembourg Celebrates Congress of Vienna Bicentenary with New Silver & Color Coin
The Banque Centrale de Luxembourg has announced the issue of a new coin celebrating the bicentenary anniversary of the Congress of Vienna, an accord that established the Grand Duchy of Luxenbourg as a separate geopolitical entity in association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Congress of Vienna, which opened in September 1814, was called […]
Fourth Release in “Klimt and His Women” Gold Coin Series
The Austrian Mint will issue (15th April) the fourth gold coin of the commemorative series “Klimt and His Women”, featuring the lost paintings entitled “Faculty Paintings.” These paintings were the last public commission by this Viennese master. Klimt was no stranger to controversy but this series of paintings caused such an outcry by Austrians at […]
Operetta “Die Fledermaus” Features on Festive Austrian 5 Euro Coin
The Austrian Mint have issued a charming coin which highlights one of the best known operettas known in German “Die Fledermaus” which tells the story of a Bat attending a ball or formal dance! Written by the composer Johann Strauss in 1874, the operetta debuted the same year at the Theater an der Wien in […]
Austria’s Klimt and His Women “The Expectation” Gold Coin Wins Coin of the Year
FW Media, sponsors of the Coin of the Year Award, have just announced that an Austrian Coin has won the title of Coin of the Year. The ultimate winner, the Austrian Mint’s entry in the category for “Best gold coin” was victorious – this coin went on to compete with the additional nine other winners […]
Austrian Coin Marks 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Austrian Mint have issued a new coin which marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of one of Europe and the world’s more stark reminders of political and physical separation between peoples – that of the Berlin Wall. A constant, disparaging and everyday presence in the lives of Berliners, Germans and Europeans that many […]
Polar Bear Enclosure at Austria’s Shoenbrunn Zoo Captured on €5 Coin
The Mint of Austria have issued a new coin which highlights the addition of a new Polar bear enclosure at Austria’s celebrated Shoenbrunn Zoo – or Tiergarten Schönbrunn. Located on the grounds of the famous Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna Austria, it was founded as an imperial menagerie in 1752 and is regarded as the oldest […]
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