The Dutch website de Volksrant reports (in a June 2 article by Geertje Dekkers) on the disclosure of a 41-piece gold hoard unearthed in an orchard in Gelderland. Based on certain of the gold solidi—those from the brief rule of Majorian (457–461)—experts believe the coins were buried around 460 AD. At that time, the Netherlands region was in […]
Canada: New coins highlight 30th anniversary of the Loonie
The Royal Canadian Mint have issued new commemorative coins in gold and silver which celebrate the 30th anniversary of the introduction of one of their more innovative coins for general circulation: the golden dollar. Three decades after the coin’s original issuance, it’s hard to imagine Canada’s $1 coin without the solitary loon on its reverse. In […]
United Kingdom: Latest “Beast,” the Unicorn of Scotland, is unleashed on new coins
The Royal Mint have launched (5th June) their latest coin in their hugely successful “Queen’s Beasts” bullion and collector-coin series. The legendary Unicorn of Scotland is the latest beast to make an appearance onto a range of collectable coins celebrating the 10 “Queen’s Beasts” of British heraldry. James VI of Scotland became James I of England […]
Denmark: Golden wedding anniversary of Margrethe II and Henrik celebrated on new commemorative coins
The Danmarks Nationalbank have unveiled (6th June) two new commemorative coins which will be issued on the occasion of the golden (or 50th) wedding anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik on the 10th June 2017. The National Bank of Denmark has a long tradition of issuing commemorative gold and silver coins […]
Australia: Favourite children’s pajama-clad Banana characters feature in new two-coin set
The Royal Australian Mint have issued (5th June) a new two-coin set which features those irrepressible and adventurous Bananas in Pajamas and their friends, the teddy bears… not to mention the Rat-in-a-Hat. The Bananas in Pajamas made their debut dressed in their now-iconic blue-and-white-striped outfits, and for the past 25 years, this duo have been […]
Spain: European Union’s Maastricht Treaty celebrating 25 years on new silver coin
The Fabrica Nacional Moneda y Timbre–Real Casa de la Moneda have launched (5th June) their annual-issue silver face-value commemorative coin. This year the coin highlights the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty—the agreement which established the European Union, successor to the European Economic Community, which was in force from 1957 to 1992. The reverse design […]
South Africa: Innovative twinned coins celebrate 50th anniversary of world’s first heart transplant
The South African Mint has issued a silver coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of a medical miracle that astonished the world in 1967—the world’s first heart transplant, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The extraordinary surgery is celebrated on a unique pair of coins: a 2-Rand silver coin and a smaller, 2-1/2-cent “Tickey.” […]
France: Endearing Disney character Scrooge McDuck features on latest “Youth Series” gold and silver coins
The Monnaie de Paris have unveiled a new series of coins which features one of Walt Disney Studios’ most engaging cartoon characters: Scrooge McDuck. The irrepressible duck with his affectation of a broad Scottish brogue has been part of the world of Disney now for 70 years. Initially inspired by the Charles Dickens classic novel […]
Canada: Presentation of new silver coin marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Dieppe Raid
The Royal Canadian Mint has taken part in an official presentation (25th May) of their new silver collector coin marking the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, where brave Canadian troops suffered heavy losses in Canada’s first army combat mission of the Second World War. In remembrance of this unforgettable chapter in Canadian military history, the […]
Hungary: Historic Compromise remembered on new silver double crown
The National Bank of Hungary have launched (24th May) a new double-crown-sized silver coin which remembers one of the country’s most pivotal chapters in modern Hungarian history on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of this national event. From the 1st March 1867, the traditional Austrian Empire, which had existed since 1804, was transformed into a constitutional dual monarchy, officially […]
