Coin Collecting News
The Mint of Finland have announced (30th March) that a new commemorative coin will be issued to mark the upcoming Ice Hockey Championships due to begin on the 4th May until the 20th. With Ice Hockey being one of the country’s (and region’s) most popular sports, leading teams from Helsinki and Stockholm will compete for [...]
The Perth Mint of Australia recently released a silver two coin set to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This joins a wide number of other coins issued for the occasion from other world mints. The two coins in the set are struck from one troy ounce of 99.9% silver with designs symbolizing [...]
The Royal Mint have launched (3rd April) the proof editions of the hugely successful and popular “Britannia” coins, which also mark the 25th anniversary for the proof strike issue that made its debut in 1987 with one ounce and fractional 1/2, 1/4, and 1/10th ounce gold coins. A silver companion piece was added to the range [...]
The Perth Mint has released a 1 kilogram sized 2012 Australian Koala Silver Proof Coin. Struck in 99.9% pure silver to proof quality, the issue has an extremely limited mintage of 500 pieces. The reverse design of the coin depicts an image of a sleepy koala resting on the branch of a eucalyptus tree. Inscriptions [...]
The Perth Mint will soon release a limited edition ten coin set for the popular Australian Lunar Series II – 2012 Year of the Dragon. Each set includes nine 1 oz silver specimen quality colored coins and a 1 oz silver bullion coin. People born within the Year of the Dragon said to be confident, [...]
The Perth Mint has released the latest “Mini Roo.” This diminutive legal tender coin contains 0.5 grams (0.016 troy ounces) of .9999 fine gold. Introduced in 2010, the coins were conceived as a way of allowing more people to have the opportunity for gold ownership by providing a very low price point. The 2012 Mini [...]
The “White Gadoury” – every collector of French coins knows what book we are speaking of. It is indeed the most important catalogue on royal coins of France from Louis XIII to Louis XVI. For a long time this reference work of French numismatics was out of print. Now it has been made available again [...]
According to The Globe and Mail, the Canadian government will be ending production of their one-cent coin in April, with distribution to stop in the autumn. After that, the government will begin withdrawing cents from circulation. The decision to round up or round down will be left to individual businesses; Ottawa has suggested rounding off [...]
The Norges Bank have issued (21st February) a new silver coin to mark the birthdays of Both King Harald V and Queen Sonja who both turn 75 this year. His Majesty King Harald V celebrated his birthday on the 21st February, the coin’s date of issue, while the Queen will celebrate this milestone birthday on [...]
Among her other creations, Aleysha Howarth is the designer of the eight coins which form the Perth Mint’s Australian Opal series. These innovative collector coins represent the first time opals have been set in legal tender coinage of Australia. The first coin of the series featuring the Koala was released in February and received an [...]
