WMF Celebrates 20 Years in Berlin

The recent World Money Fair (WMF), held annually in Berlin at the end of January and beginning of February, is typically titled ‘the largest coin fair in the world’.

Dealers, suppliers of accessories and auction houses from all over the world present their numismatic range to collectors, while state mints and private mints exhibit their latest products. In the technology section, a wide variety of machine manufacturers and suppliers to the coin industry meet and showcase the entire manufacturing process for coins and medals, from blank production and minting to packaging and the corresponding tool technology.

First held in Switzerland as the ‘International Coin Exchange’ in January 1972, the event moved to its current site in Berlin in 2006. This year’s iteration welcomed 320 exhibitors to the three day event, including mints and national banks from around 50 countries.