Coin Collecting News
The statistics of human trafficking are staggering, it affects the smallest village, town, and big city, and no continent is exempt. The figures are growing in terms of the number of women and men becoming victims of this horrific practice. But what can one person or group do to help combat this intolerable situation which [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint have issued a special collector’s version of their circulating dollar coin, affectionately known as the “Loonie” due to the loon duck which is depicted on the reverse. The 11-sided golden colored coin with a diameter fitting in between the 50 and 25 cent coins was released into general circulation in 1987 [...]
The Danmarks Nationalbank have launched a series of three coins to mark the 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Margrethe II, who became the Danish head of State on the 14th January 1972. Queen Margrethe II was declared the Crown Princess of Denmark in 1953 when the laws of Danish succession were amended allowing [...]
The Royal Mint were pleasantly caught off guard as the latest Olympic coin to enter circulation was the focus for increased world-wide media attention over the holiday period. The latest Olympic coin dated 2011 for general release focuses on the subject of Football. Often referred to as the “beautiful game” it is thought to be [...]
The Australia Post and the Perth Mint will issue a stamp and coin cover to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. The product includes an Australian legal tender coin, official Australia Post stamps, and a specially designed presentation envelope. In Chinese culture, people born within the Year of the Dragon are regarded as confident, enterprising, [...]
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation have issued a three Ruble coin for the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the foundation of the Russian Olympic Committee. Although the Empire of Russia were participants in the 1900 summer Olympics held in Paris with only 4 competitors in two sporting events, the national Olympic committee [...]
The Perth Mint of Australia has recently released 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold Coins for the Chinese Astrological Series. The coins are issued as legal tender under the authority of the government of Tuvalu and carry limited mintages. People born within the date range of January 13, 2012 to February 9, 2013 are said [...]
On December 19, 2011, the Bulgarian National Bank released a new gold commemorative coin featuring ‘The Virgin Mary Wayshower.’ This coin is from the Bulgarian Iconography series. The obverse of the coin features the logo of the Bulgarian National Bank with the year ‘1879’ on the ribbon. Inscriptions around the outer circumference of the coin [...]
The National Bank of Poland have issued (8th December) a distinctive square coin to highlight Polish popular music and television along with those artists seen as instrumental in bringing their style of entertainment to national attention. Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski are well known entertainers and the creators of “Kabaret Starszych Panow” (Old Gentlemen’s Cabaret) [...]
The Mint of Austria has launched their first “2012” dated collector coin. The new 5 Euro coin marks the 200th anniversary of the “Society of Music Friends” or “Musikverein” in Vienna. It started as a small group of friends of music which grew rapidly and soon had its own concert hall. Prior to building the [...]
