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Alex Sadler

1 April 2025

11 min read

After An Historic Year, France Looks to the Future

Last year was an eventful year for the Monnaie de Paris. Coin & Mint News™ spoke to the CEO of Monnaie de Paris, Marc Schwartz, at the recent World Money Fair in Berlin to discuss the Mint’s busy but successful year and its plans for 2025.

Interviews Mints

Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

9 min read

Sigma Metalytics: Generating Trust in Precious Metals Investments

Interest in precious metals investments continues to grow – attributed in part to investors, both experienced and novel, turning to these products as a safe and secure method of investment. Authenticity and trust generation are particularly important to Sigma Metalytics, a family owned and operated business based in California, USA, that offers precious metal verifiers to individuals and mints alike.

Interviews Numismatics Technology

Alex Sadler

30 Sept. 2024

7 min read

All Change for HM Precious Metals

HM Precious Metals opened this year by announcing the addition of powder blanks producer Reischauer to its portfolio, followed shortly by the acquisition of Royal United Mint. Coin & Mint News™ spoke to Thomas Frey, CEO of HM Precious Metals, about its aim to provide a complete portfolio, recent rebrand from Heimerle + Meule, and future plans for the Group.

Companies Interviews

Alex Sadler

29 Aug. 2024

9 min read

Changing the World, One Coin at a Time

Global Coin Solutions was established in Toronto, Canada in 2015 with charitable support at the heart of the business. Coin & Mint News™ spoke to founder and CEO, Scott Hutchings, about the company’s ethos and process, the challenges facing coin repatriation, and why collaboration is key to efficient and sustainable coin recirculation.

Interviews

Alex Sadler

30 Nov. 2023

7 min read

Monnaie de Paris: from Ancient to Modern – Building Resilience for the Digital Age

Monnaie de Paris, the French-state owned mint, has been in existence since 864, making it not only the oldest institution in France, but probably in the world too. Coin & Mint News™ spoke to its CEO, Marc Schwartz, about the company, his views of the industry as a relative newcomer, and how it is meeting the challenges of today for coins.

Interviews Mints

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

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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Alex Sadler

3 May 2023

9 min read

Royal Canadian Mint – Looking to the Future of Coins

Marie Lemay joined the Royal Canadian Mint as its CEO in 2019. With nearly four years now under her belt, half of which were during COVID, Coin & Mint News spoke to her about how coins are circulated in Canada, design and the importance of numismatics, sustainability and plans for the next Mint Directors Conference, which the RCM is hosting this October in Ottawa.

Interviews

Alex Sadler

6 March 2023

10 min read

The Meaning of Coin for South African Mint’s Honey Mamabolo

Three years to the day after first joining the South African Mint as its Managing Director, Honey Mamabolo sat down with Coin & Mint News™ to discuss the last few years as a leader and overcoming the challenges caused by the pandemic, the upcoming refreshed coin series, and the importance of coin in South Africa.

Interviews

Alex Sadler

20 Dec. 2022

7 min read

IMIA – Making the Case for Cash and Coins

IMIA President Gerhard Starsich and Managing Director Martina Horakova spoke to CMN about the foundation of the new association, the role of coins in the cash cycle and how the IMIA plans to make the case for their importance, and indeed that of cash overall.

Associations Interviews

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Alex Sadler

29 Nov. 2022

13 min read

US Coin Circulation: The Path Forward

The significant disruption of the coin supply chain in the United States as a result of the pandemic is well- documented. What is less well- documented, or even understood, is why these shortages have persisted even as economic and consumer activity have returned.

Interviews Studies, Reports

Alex Sadler

11 Oct. 2022

7 min read

IMDA – a New Force for Circulating and Collector Coins

In August, the MDC (Mint Directors Conference) announced the formation of a new professional association – the International Mint Directors Association (IMDA).

Associations Interviews

Latest News

After An Historic Year, France Looks to the Future

Sigma Metalytics: Generating Trust in Precious Metals Investments

All Change for HM Precious Metals

Changing the World, One Coin at a Time

Monnaie de Paris: from Ancient to Modern – Building Resilience for the Digital Age

Coiniverse Aims to Connect Every Collector

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

Royal Canadian Mint – Looking to the Future of Coins

The Meaning of Coin for South African Mint’s Honey Mamabolo

IMIA – Making the Case for Cash and Coins

US Coin Circulation: The Path Forward

IMDA – a New Force for Circulating and Collector Coins

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