Latest News

Alex Sadler

10 Nov. 2023

5 min read

Latest Mint Releases

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued its latest circulating commemorative $2 coin, honouring influential 20th century visual artist Jean-Paul Riopelle. Released to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, the coin marks the artist’s contribution to Canada’s cultural heritage.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

Alex Sadler

10 Nov. 2023

6 min read

Record Number of Entries for the MDC Awards

The 2023 MDC received record-breaking 204 entries in total for the five categories of the 2023 MDC Awards, with the ceremony taking place during the MDC Gala Dinner, held at the Canadian Museum of History.

Events

Alex Sadler

10 Nov. 2023

13 min read

Minting for the Future at MDC 2023

The 2023 Mint Directors Conference took place in Ottawa, Canada, earlier this month. Hosted by the Royal Canadian Mint, the event was the first MDC held in five years and welcomed over 250 delegates from mints and the wider industry across the globe.

Events

Alex Sadler

10 Nov. 2023

2 min read

New Definitive Coins for the UK

Following the announcement and subsequent issue of a new royal effigy for the obverse of the United Kingdom’s coins, The Royal Mint has recently unveiled eight new reverse designs for a completely updated set of the nation’s circulating coinage.

Circulating Coins

Astrid Mitchell

10 Nov. 2023

2 min read

A New Association for Mints is Born

At the recent Mint Directors Conference in Ottawa, the Mint Directors Association (MDA) was formally announced. It has now been legally incorporated as a not-for-profit association, and is the successor to the MDC, the looser association of mint directors that has been in existence since 1962.

Associations

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

2 min read

Perth Mint Publishes Annual Report

Gold Corporation, which trades as The Perth Mint, has released its 2022-23 annual report, which reports a pre-tax profit of $52.67 million for the year to end June.

Mints Studies, Reports

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

6 min read

New Coin Issues

The Croatian National Bank has issued the country’s first circulating commemorative €2 coin. Minted by the Croatian Mint, 250,000 coins – commemorating Croatia’s adoption of the euro as its currency at the beginning of this year – have been released into circulation.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

3 min read

The Other Side of the Coin: Counterfeiting in Europe

Established in 2020 to support national law enforcement authorities in their efforts to fight financial and economic crimes and aid in international cooperation and information exchange, Europol’s European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) has just released its first threat assessment on the matter.

Cash in Circulation Studies, Reports

Astrid Mitchell

5 Oct. 2023

2 min read

Isle of Man Explores Currency Amendments

The Isle of Man is consulting the public on proposals to modernise its banknotes and coins. According to the Manx Treasury, the change of monarch from Queen Elizabeth II to King Charles III is an opportune time to consider the designs.

Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

4 min read

News in Brief

The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) has launched a coin collection campaign in collaboration with Estonian-based postal service and logistics company Omniva. The campaign aims to collect one million coins through a pilot programme whereby people can exchange their accumulated coins in selected post offices.

Cash in Circulation News Numismatics

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

1 min read

Crown Coin Commemorates Late Queen Elizabeth II

The East India Company has produced ‘The Crown Coin’, one of the most expensive coins ever produced, to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Numismatics

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

8 min read

Coiniverse Aims to Connect Every Collector

As announced last month, Coiniverse, the coin collecting app set up by the Mint of Finland, has been spun out into an independent startup. Coin & Mint News™ spoke to its new CEO, Mikko Sievänen, about the new company’s plans for development, the role of digitisation in the coin sector, and where he sees both numismatics and Coiniverse in the future.

Interviews Numismatics

Astrid Mitchell

5 Oct. 2023

1 min read

New Service for Note and Coin Authentication

Dr Tomasz Jagielinski has embarked on a new endeavour by forming NXTGenDetect, LLC, a company that will specialise in providing comprehensive consulting and advisory services in the field of security, detection, and authentication, focusing on banknotes, coins, and other high- value items.

Authentication News

John Winchcombe

5 Oct. 2023

5 min read

Creating a Level Playing Field for Cash

The International Mint Industry Association (IMIA) has issued a position paper on the European Commission’s (EC) draft regulations on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins.

Associations Cash in Circulation Free Free

Michael Berman

3 Sept. 2023

6 min read

Combining Coinage & Secure Document Design

In this article, currency designer Michael Berman touches on his background in the coin design world and explores the use of ProImage’s Arziro software – to design coinage.

Design Free Technology Free

Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

2 min read

COTY 2023 Award Winners Announced

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. From there, another panel of international judges reviews the nominees and select the category winners.

Events

Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

2 min read

Coiniverse Becomes Independent Startup

Coiniverse, the coin collecting app set up by the Mint of Finland, has been spun off from the Mint into an independent startup. As an independent startup, the company aims to increase its user base across the globe and create a trusted collector community where mints are readily accessible.

Companies Numismatics

John Winchcombe

3 Sept. 2023

2 min read

A Roadmap to Carbon Neutral Steel

Arcelor Mittal have launched their XCarb® programme ‘towards neutral steel’, as in carbon neutral steel. Steel is widely used the production of coins.

Metals Sustainability

Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

1 min read

King Charles III Coronation Coin Enters Circulation

Earlier this year, The Royal Mint released a series of coins to commemorate the coronation of HM King Charles III. One of these coins was a special 50p coin designed by one of the Mint’s product designers, Natasha Jenkins.

Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

4 min read

News in Brief

Danmarks Nationalbank has decided to close the Royal Danish Mint’s webshop at the end of the year, with the decision taken due to declining sales figures and higher coin production costs for the webshop.

News