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Alex Sadler

29 June 2026

4 min read

Striking Tributes to the Beautiful Game

The FIFA World Cup 2026™ is currently underway in North America. As co-hosts of this year’s event, Mexico, the United States, and Canada have each released dynamic commemorative coins celebrating the world’s biggest football tournament.

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Alex Sadler

1 June 2026

4 min read

New Numismatic Issues

The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) has issued two commemorative coins to mark the Curaçao national football team’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup ; Monnaie de Paris has unveiled a new gold investment offering, Marianne Or, and its digital counterpart, eMarianne Or ; the South African Mint has launched its first-ever high-relief coin collection titled ‘The African Range’; and the National Bank of Ukraine has issued a new commemorative coin honouring Alexandra Exter, a leading figure of the 20th-century European avant-garde – a Ukrainian Cubo-Futurist artist, educator, and a pioneer of Art Deco.

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Alex Sadler

2 March 2026

2 min read

China Celebrates Year of the Fire Horse

In the Chinese conception of time, Chinese New Year is a vital juncture for new beginnings and new prospects, while the Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs serve as cultural markers of time cycles. Among the zodiac animals, the fire horse symbolises vitality, freedom, reliability, progress, and success. The 2026 circulating commemorative coin for the Year of the Horse marks the final issue of the second series of Chinese New Year commemorative circulating coins.

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Alex Sadler

1 Dec. 2025

4 min read

Striking Tributes: Minting for Remembrance

Over the years, mints around the world have marked Remembrance Day with specially designed commemorative coins, honouring the lives and sacrifices of those who served. These coins tell a story not only of conflict and remembrance, but of the evolving ways we choose to commemorate history. Here, we cover a few recent commemorative issues.

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Alex Sadler

31 Aug. 2025

2 min read

Austria Scoops Top Coin of the Year Award

The Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards have been held every year since 1984, with a panel of judges nominating ten coins in each of the ten award categories. The winners of the most recent edition of the annual COTY Awards were announced at the 2025 World’s Fair of Money®, held in Oklahoma City mid-August.

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Alex Sadler

23 July 2025

3 min read

What Next for Vatican Coins?

Updating the effigy featured on circulating coinage is common when a change of monarch occurs, such as in the case of the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and ascension of King Charles III to the throne, or the abdication of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to pass the title on to her son, King Frederik X. This is also the case with the Vatican – the smallest sovereign state in the world located within Rome.

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Alex Sadler

27 May 2025

2 min read

Remarkable New Issues

Coin & Mint News™ continues our ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three new creative collectible issues – including an unusual shape, multi-faceted design, and colourful imagery.

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Alex Sadler

24 April 2025

2 min read

Remarkable New Issues

Coin & Mint News™ continues its ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three new collectible issues with dynamic designs – and in the case of Austria, a colourful centrepiece.

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Alex Sadler

1 April 2025

2 min read

Remarkable New Issues

Coin & Mint News™ continues our ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three new collectible issues that celebrate a national icon or animal – and in the case of Canada, both.

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Alex Sadler

1 April 2025

4 min read

Highlighting Women on Commemoratives

As 8 March marked International Women’s Day, it seemed apt this month to take a look at some recent programmes that pay tribute to several notable women.

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Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

2 min read

Remarkable New Issues

Coin & Mint News™ continues our ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting two new collectible issues that are notable for the anniversaries they celebrate and one coin that is the first of its type.

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Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

1 min read

Remarkable New Issues

Coin & Mint News™ opens the first of this year’s ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three radically different new collectible issues that are notable for one reason or another.

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Alex Sadler

23 Dec. 2024

1 min read

Remarkable New Issues

To close the year, Coin & Mint News™ continues its ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment in partnership with CoinsWeekly to highlight new collectible issues that are notable for one reason or another.

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Alex Sadler

25 Nov. 2024

5 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Canadian Mint has produced a $2 commemorative circulation coin to celebrate Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland, a vast area that encompasses land, water, and ice and a source from which Inuit draw unity, strength, resilience, and identity.

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Alex Sadler

25 Nov. 2024

1 min read

Remarkable New Issues

As technologies and minting techniques develop suppliers and mints are producing ever more advanced coins and precious metal products. To that end, Coin & Mint News™ is beginning a new segment in partnership with CoinsWeekly to highlight new collectible issues that are notable for one reason or another.

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Alex Sadler

28 Oct. 2024

5 min read

New Coin Issues

ABC Mint has launched a five coin series entitled ‘Untamed Landscapes’, celebrating the natural beauty of Oceania.

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Alex Sadler

30 Sept. 2024

6 min read

New Coin Issues

To commemorate 100 years of the Swiss Franc in Liechtenstein, CIT has released a new coin design crafted in smartminting® Ultra Deep Relief. The coins depict a three-dimensional coloured model of the Rhine Valley with topographical accuracy on the reverse, symbolising the bond between Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

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Alex Sadler

29 Aug. 2024

6 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has produced a coin to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) being formed entirely of Indigenous peoples.

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Alex Sadler

5 Aug. 2024

4 min read

Commemorating the 2024 Paris Games

During most Olympic and Paralympic Games, there have been a variety of products released to commemorate the occasion and celebrate the athletes taking part. The 2024 Paris Games are no different, and here we cover a selection of commemoratives minted to mark the event.

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Alex Sadler

3 July 2024

7 min read

New Coin Issues

In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the Central Bank of the Bahamas has issued a painted version of the country’s 25 cent coin into circulation. The coin is the first painted circulation coin issued by the central bank, and the first circulation coin in the world to feature colour on both sides.

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Striking Tributes to the Beautiful Game

New Numismatic Issues

China Celebrates Year of the Fire Horse

Striking Tributes: Minting for Remembrance

Austria Scoops Top Coin of the Year Award

What Next for Vatican Coins?

Remarkable New Issues

Remarkable New Issues

Remarkable New Issues

Highlighting Women on Commemoratives

Remarkable New Issues

Remarkable New Issues

Remarkable New Issues

New Coin Issues

Remarkable New Issues

New Coin Issues

New Coin Issues

New Coin Issues

Commemorating the 2024 Paris Games

New Coin Issues

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