The Swiss Federal Mint has released (2nd June) new silver commemorative coins, which are in recognition of next year’s bicentenary anniversary of the Swiss Shooting Sports Federation. Founded at the first Federal Shooting Festival in Aarau in 1824, it was at that time still known as the Schweizer Schützenverein (SSV) or “Swiss Shooting Club.” However, […]
Switzerland: New silver coin series features Klein Matterhorn cable car between Zermatt and Italy
The Swiss Mint has released new commemorative 20-franc coins that mark the completion of a new Alpine cable car service which links two Alpine locations in two countries with year-round service. The new Klein Matterhorn cable car silver coin also launches a new three-coin series in the “Swiss Cable Car” trilogy. The first coin focuses […]
Solomon Islands: Legendary sports figures series features tennis star Billie Jean King on bullion gold and silver coins
The treasury of the Solomon Islands, in association with the International Tennis Federation and Rosland Capital, have released new gold and silver Proof collector coins honouring one of America’s most celebrated and accomplished athletes in the sport of tennis. The coins are produced by PAMP (Produits Artistiques Métaux Précieux) at their facilities in Ticino, Switzerland, […]
Switzerland: New silver coins remember beloved folk singer Mani Matter, 1936-1972
The Swiss Mint has released (24th November) new commemorative 20-franc coins which remember the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of one of the country’s beloved folk singers. Hans Peter “Mani” Matter (1936–1972) is remembered as popularising the Bernese dialect in his songs composed from an early age. Inspired by older Bernese folk singers, only […]
Switzerland: First-ever Swiss 25-franc gold coin highlights famous watch industry featuring the time machine
The Swiss Federal Mint will release on the 29th September their first-ever gold coin with a face value of 25 francs, highlighting one of the country’s most well-known industries — timepieces and watches. Aside from chocolate, Switzerland has gained and cultivated an international reputation for the production of precision timepieces. Since the early 16th century, tradition, […]
Switzerland: Second coin in “Energy of the Future” series continues with Proof and colour design featuring solar power
The Swiss Federal Mint, or Swissmint, has released the second coin (21st July) of a three-part series on the subject of “Energy of the Future.” Once again, the Swiss Federal Mint has produced a colour coin with additional fluorescent elements, enabling it to glow in the dark. This year, the focus of the series is […]
Switzerland: New gold commemorative coins remember the last of the Vreneli 10-franc pieces
The Swiss Federal Mint produced and circulated 10-franc Vreneli’s for the last time in 1922. Like the 20-franc Vreneli coins, the 10-franc Vreneli is still a popular coin as both a gift and for investment. It is believed practically every Swiss resident is in possession of one or more Vreneli currently or were in the […]
Switzerland: New first-ever limited edition Swiss platinum commemorative coins to be released
The Swiss Federal Mint will release (13th January) their first-ever coins produced in platinum, a metal usually utilised for commercial purposes such as jewellery and, more recently, medical implants. Created by Swiss Mint engraver, Remo Mascherini, the obverse side features a modern illustration of platinum as a raw material. It depicts the element symbol Pt representing the […]
Switzerland: Launch of new three-part series “Energy of the Future” begins with first Proof and colour coin featuring water power
The Swiss Federal Mint (Swissmint) is releasing the first coins (9th September) of a three-part series on the subject of “Energy of the Future.” For the first time in its minting history, the Swiss Federal Mint is producing a colour coin with additional fluorescent elements, enabling it to glow in the dark, and will only […]
Switzerland: Federal Mint receives two awards from Guinness World Records for smallest-ever gold coin and for coin in longest continuous use
The Swiss Federal Mint announced (13th April) they were the recipients of two world records from the Guinness World Records publication. The first record was for having minted the world’s smallest commemorative gold coin released last year. The second record was for having minted the coin which has been in constant use — and unchanged […]
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