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Robert Newman

5 Aug. 2024

3 min read

Discovering AI’s Potential in Modern Coin Design

AI is an inevitable evolution in many aspects of the minting business. At its core, it automates repetitive tasks, making it a powerful tool for numerous applications within a modern mint.

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Alex Sadler

3 July 2024

1 min read

Raise Your Profile with Coin Issuers Worldwide

The next edition of the Directory of Circulating Coins is currently being compiled, and is scheduled for publication this Autumn. First developed by the publishers of Currency News in 2014, the upcoming issue will be the fourth edition published.

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Mühlbauer

4 June 2024

6 min read

Cash Handling – State of the Art Inspection of Used Coins

Beside cashless payments, coins are still a part of modern life. Minting, circulating and recirculating of coins remains a great responsibility for mints and central banks. Depending on the quality of the coin, the lifespan of hard cash can be 10 years or more.

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Ursula Kampmann

28 May 2024

7 min read

There’s A Lot Going On at Swissmint!

A new website, a new online shop, a new layout for its customer magazine – these are just some of the innovations Swissmint has in store for us. The mint has changed profoundly over the past two years. Ursula Kampmann explains how.

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Alex Sadler

2 May 2024

5 min read

Mints Report Increased Profits

The Mint of Poland and Monnaie de Paris have recently published their annual results for financial year, with the former noting a more than doubling of operating profit year-on-year and the latter a 9% increase in turnover from the previous year.

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Alex Sadler

6 Feb. 2024

1 min read

US Coin Production Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels

After three successive years of bumper coin production to meet COVID-induced shortages in the cash cycle, volumes of coin produced for circulation by the US Mint in 2023 finally fell back to pre-pandemic levels.

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Alex Sadler

22 Dec. 2023

8 min read

A Year (and A Bit) in Coin & Mint News

In December 2022, Coin & Mint News was still in its fledgling stages, and we published a round-up of three key trends that became ever more apparent over the course of last year – environmental sustainability, effective circulation, and industry collaboration.

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Alex Sadler

30 Nov. 2023

4 min read

CashTech Innovation Awards Commend Donation Dollar

The Royal Australian Mint has been awarded the ‘Best CashTech Award’ for its Donation Dollar at the recent CashTech Innovation Awards held earlier this month at the Future of Cash Conference in Istanbul, Türkiye.

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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.

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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.

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Aftab Baloch

3 Aug. 2023

4 min read

A Brief History of Pakistan’s Coinage

In the start of a new, periodic, series in Coin & Mint News™, we will be looking at the history of coinage in countries around the world, starting in this first article with Pakistan.

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Alex Sadler

6 July 2023

3 min read

How Important is Ethical Sourcing? – Part 2

Back in December, Coin & Mint News posed the question ‘how important is ethical sourcing?’, highlighting a few organisations that are considering the sourcing of their metals and looking at ways to make the process more transparent and sustainable.

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Alex Sadler

6 June 2023

11 min read

Royal United Mint – US Acquisition Charts a Path of Growth for Coins, Precious Metals and Tokens

Earlier this year, Royal United Mint acquired Osborne Coinage Co, which is based in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the oldest private mint in the US. Coin & Mint News™ caught up with Vincent Van Hecke, CEO of RUM and the Royal Dutch Mint, to find out more about the acquisition, his plans for the company and where he sees the market for coins, bullion and tokens going in the next 10 years.

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John Winchcombe

3 May 2023

4 min read

Has the Penny Had its Day?

The lowest denomination coins – cents, pennies, whatever – are a headache, for issuers and, increasingly the public. The rising costs of production increasingly mean that the face value of the coins are outstripped by their production costs – resulting in negative seigniorage. On this basis, why do countries keep on minting and issuing them?

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Alex Sadler

4 April 2023

3 min read

Cashless Machines: Convenient or Exclusionary?

Whilst some central banks are turning to technology to solve issues with coin distribution, the option of using coin-operated machines is steadily being replaced in many areas by those offering cashless payment options only. These options may be more convenient, but they can come at the expense of those who rely on traditional cash-accepting machines.

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Alex Sadler

6 March 2023

2 min read

Counterfeiting in the Eurozone

Last month, the ECB released its 2022 banknote counterfeit figures. Whereas the ECB publishes counterfeit banknotes statistics promptly one month after the year end, the figures for euro coin counterfeits are less timely.

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Nicola Sudan

2 Feb. 2023

3 min read

The Land Where Coins are King

In this article, Nicola Sudan, Regional Director of Reconnaissance International, provides a viewpoint on the continuing usefulness of coins in South Africa.

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Astrid Mitchell

20 Dec. 2022

3 min read

Three Key Trends in 2022

It is customary in Coin & Mint News™ sister publications – Currency News™ and Cash & Payment News™ – to round off the year with a review of the key trends and developments over the preceding 12 months.

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Astrid Mitchell

27 Jan. 2022

2 min read

Jubilee Coins for Two Queens

2022 is a year in which the jubilees of two of the world’s longest reigning monarchs are being celebrated.

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