The Royal Dutch Mint released (28th November) new gold and silver coins as part of their “Dutch Sport Icons” series. The third sportsman in the annual series honours one of the country’s most accomplished athletes in both ice skating and cycling who remains one of the Netherlands’ most admired skating and cycling legends. Jaap Eden […]
Season’s Greetings to all our readers
Here we all are everyone, we’ve made it once again to another Christmas and New Year celebration — hopefully all in one piece and no worse for the wear! As 2019 comes to a close, a lot of us will remember the year fondly through the many interesting coins, and, in some cases, commemorative banknotes […]
Ireland: Latest silver Proof collector coins in “Modern Irish Musicians” series feature Phil Lynott
The Central Bank of Ireland has announced (6th November) that they will release their latest collector coins which is part of the series entitled “Modern Irish Musicians” that launched last year. The new silver Proof coins feature the singer Phil Lynott (1949–1986) and coincide with the 70th anniversary of his birth. Born in the West […]
Latvia: Latest silver Proof collector coin highlights “Gifts of the Forest”
The Bank of Latvia has launched (14th October) new silver Proof collector’s coins which focus on the country’s cultural relationship with nature and the affinity Latvians have with their forests. Entitled “Gifts of the Forest,” the coin’s issue is dedicated to Latvia’s values and sense of traditions created by the sense of belonging and uniting […]
Belgium: Brussels’ notable sculpture, Manneken Pis, celebrates 400th birthday with new coin
The National Bank of Belgium will issue new collector coins which are in observance of the 400th anniversary of the placement of one of the country’s most recognised national symbols — the little statue of Manneken Pis. An instantly identified sight, the little boy who wees into a fountain has been on a square in […]
Belgium: Extraordinary works of Renaissance artist Breugel the Elder feature on latest Europa Star coins
The National Bank of Belgium has issued new silver Proof collector coins which are part of the Europa Star programme, a unique numismatic project that was first launched in 2004, bringing various European monetary institutions together around a common annual theme. Each of the coins in this series has the unique characteristic of being marked […]
Belgium: Legendary cycler Briek Schotte features on new silver Proof coins
The National Bank of Belgium has unveiled (14th August) new collector coins which are in observance of the centenary anniversary of the birth of one of the country’s most well-known cyclists who achieved world-class standing in the Tour de France. Briek Schotte, who is affectionately remembered as the “Last of the Flandrians” (from West-Flanders) to […]
Netherlands: Special medal celebrates 70th anniversary of the founding of the Dutch Cancer Society
The Royal Dutch Mint has launched (15th August) a new medal which is a special issue to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s National Cancer Research Centre in 1949. The Dutch Cancer Society was established by Her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, who, after her abdication in September 1948 was […]
Ireland: Centenary of first trans-Atlantic flight celebrated on new silver crown coin
On behalf of the Minister for Finance, the Central Bank of Ireland has issued (10th July) €15 silver Proof coins to mark the centenary anniversary of transatlantic aviation. It was on the 15th June 1919 that John Alcock and Arthur Brown landed their Vickers Vimy airplane in a bog near Clifden County, Galway. However, the […]
Belgium: 50th anniversary of historic lunar landing captured on new silver Proof coins
The National Bank of Belgium will issue (21st July) new collector coins which honour one of the world’s most historic events — the day when the first man set foot on the Moon. It will be exactly 50 years ago when the first human set foot on the moon. The extraordinary accomplishment had been promised […]
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