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Alex Sadler

3 July 2024

4 min read

European Mints Commemorate 80 Years Since D-Day

This year marks the 80th anniversary of 'D-Day' and several European mints have produced coins to commemorate the occasion – amongst them The Royal Mint, Monnaie de Paris, and the Royal Dutch Mint.

Commemorative Coins

Alex Sadler

3 July 2024

2 min read

The Royal Mint Plans Expansion in the United States

The Royal Mint has signed an exclusive distribution deal with RARCOA to grow its commemorative coin business in the US, and which is projected to turnover £100 million over the next three years.

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Alex Sadler

2 May 2024

2 min read

RDM Commemorates Several Anniversaries

The Royal Dutch Mint, in collaboration with the Royal Belgian Mint, has released a new limited issue silver €10 coin to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It has also released two special commemorative coins to mark the 200th anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM).

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Alex Sadler

2 May 2024

4 min read

New Coin Issues

Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda has released two commemorative coins, one of which is a circulating commemorative and the other a collector’s coin, and a medal to mark the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April.

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Alex Sadler

4 April 2024

4 min read

Brazilian Mint Celebrates Three Anniversaries

The Casa da Moeda do Brasil celebrated its 330th anniversary earlier this month with the launch of a commemorative medal featuring augmented reality (AR) technology. The medal is available in either bronze or silver and features invisible ink in addition to the AR technology.

Commemorative Coins Mints Technology

Alex Sadler

5 March 2024

6 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Dutch Mint has launched its latest ‘good-cause’ coin issue, in collaboration with the Dutch Hartstichting (Heart) Foundation.

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Alex Sadler

5 March 2024

2 min read

China Celebrates the Year of the Dragon

The People’s Bank of China has issued a series of commemorative coins to celebrate 2024’s Lunar Year of the Long (Chinese Dragon), which began on 10 February. Comprised of one gold coin, one silver coin, and one bi-metallic copper alloy coin, the set is all legal tender.

Commemorative Coins

Alex Sadler

6 Feb. 2024

4 min read

First Coin of 2024 is Out of This World

The Royal Australian Mint has collaborated with the Australian Space Agency to mint the world’s first coin of 2024, which pays homage to the country’s space exploration history.

Commemorative Coins

Alex Sadler

6 Feb. 2024

5 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Canadian Mint has released a series of coins to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The centennial commemoration series features a fine silver proof $1, gold proof $100, and rose-gold plated $1 which is available solely as part of a seven-piece Canadian circulation coin set.

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Alex Sadler

6 Feb. 2024

4 min read

An Update on The Royal Mint

With the end of The Royal Mint’s year including the release of a new gold bullion design, and the beginning of this year marking announcements of its sustainability progress and a partnership with the Ministry of Defence to recycle electronic waste, Coin & Mint News™ covers the most recent updates from the organisation below.

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Alex Sadler

22 Dec. 2023

5 min read

New Coin Issues

To commemorate the centenary of Gustave Eiffel’s death – the French civil engineer and architect of the world famous Eiffel Tower and several other iconic monuments – Monnaie de Paris has created a collection of gold and silver coins. Amongst these is a €25 silver proof coin that features an NFC chip on its reverse which, when scanned, reveals the coin’s technical specifications.

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Alex Sadler

30 Nov. 2023

6 min read

New Coin Issues

On the International Day of Child Rights, the Royal Dutch Mint (RDM) released the Free a Girl coincard featuring its first ever RDM NFT (Non-Fungible Token).

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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.

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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.

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Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

4 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Australian Mint has released a collection of five commemorative coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of what is arguably Australia’s most famous building, the Sydney Opera House.

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Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

3 min read

Royal Dutch Mint Commemorates Two Anniversaries

The Royal Dutch Mint has produced a commemorative coin to mark 100 years of aviation in Aruba, a centenary since two US Navy Curtiss H-16 long-range maritime patrol flying boats landed for the first time in Paardenbaai, or the Port of Oranjestad.

Commemorative Coins

Alex Sadler

3 Aug. 2023

6 min read

New Coin Issues

As co-hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Australian women’s national football team, the Matildas (so-called due to the country’s famous folk song, ’Waltzing Matilda’), have now been immortalised on a series of commemorative circulating coins by the Royal Australian Mint.

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Alex Sadler

6 July 2023

7 min read

New Coin Issues

In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mint has launched a new $2 commemorative circulation coin, which features the combined work of three artists.

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Alex Sadler

6 June 2023

6 min read

New Coin Issues

To celebrate 50 years of the Van Gogh Museum, the Royal Dutch Mint produced 50 silver coins which feature glass enamel sunflowers. The sunflowers were handmade by the Mint’s silversmiths in-house and are, of course, based on the famous Sunflowers painting created by Vincent van Gogh in 1889.

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Alex Sadler

3 May 2023

4 min read

New Commemorative Coins

The Croatian National Bank and Croatian Mint have jointly issued two new numismatic euro pieces – the first of their type since the country officially adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2023.

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