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Alex Sadler

1 Dec. 2025

4 min read

UK Sovereign Returns to Gold

The Royal Mint has launched its 2026 Sovereign Collection, offering more advanced security features and a return to the classic yellow gold colouring.

Metals Numismatics

Alex Sadler

24 April 2025

3 min read

Demand for Safe-Haven Gold Continues to Soar

Gold has been viewed as a safe-haven asset for centuries, a role that is unlikely to change anytime soon. By its very nature, the precious metal asset holds store of value and is a hedge against volatility as a so-called safe and stable investment, in addition to providing protection against inflation. The current weakening of the US dollar only reinforces this.

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Astrid Mitchell

24 April 2025

2 min read

Royal Mint Takes Equity Stake in Metal Recovery Firm

The Royal Mint has made an equity investment in Canadian cleantech company Excir, its partner for precious metals recovery.

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Alex Sadler

5 Aug. 2024

6 min read

News in Brief

Uganda has become the latest African nation to look to gold as support for its currency, as the Bank of Uganda initiates a Domestic Gold Purchase Program with the objectives of building the country’s foreign reserves and minimising risks on reserves investments.

Cash in Circulation Metals Mints

Alex Sadler

4 April 2024

3 min read

News in Brief

Belgian businesses and shopkeepers will soon be obliged to accept cash payments following the Federal Government’s approval of legislation around cash acceptance. This follows a rise in the number of establishments that do not accept cash and subsequent complaints about the issue.

Metals News Sustainability

Alex Sadler

5 March 2024

2 min read

Paris Olympic and Paralympic Medals Unveiled

The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has unveiled the medals for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Monnaie de Paris has been charged with production of the medals, exactly a century after the previous Parisian Games in 1924.

Metals Minting

Alex Sadler

6 Feb. 2024

4 min read

News in Brief

Royal Joh Enschedé, in collaboration with The Global Note™, has released a gold embellished commemorative banknote in honour of footballer Dennis Bergkamp, which includes an augmented reality (AR) experience provided via mobile app

Metals Mints News

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 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Controversy in the World of Bullion

By its very nature, bullion is a valuable and more expensive commodity than standard commemorative coins comprised of nickel, copper or zinc, for example. This can lead to greater scrutiny of the items produced and their provenance.

Metals Numismatics

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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Chander S Jeena

6 July 2023

3 min read

Casa da Moeda to Launch Gold Traceability Platform

Leondaro Abdias, Director of Innovation and Market at the Brazilian mint, Casa da Moeda do Brasil, announced measures to combat illegal gold trade in Brazil during an event held in May titled ‘Ways of Gold: the Importance of Traceability to Prevent Illegality and Irregular Extraction’.

Authentication Metals

Alex Sadler

3 May 2023

4 min read

News in Brief

The Turkish State Mint has reduced the size of the lira coins to offset rising minting costs, according to local reports.

Metals News Technology

Astrid Mitchell

6 March 2023

6 min read

Countering the Counterfeiters

Counterfeiting is nothing new – indeed it has often been called the world’s second oldest profession. Counterfeiting of money has been going on ever since the invention of physical money in around the 6th century BC.

Authentication Metals

Astrid Mitchell

20 Dec. 2022

2 min read

Shortages of Coins in Belgium – War, Payment Patterns and Hoarding

The National Bank of Belgium is encouraging citizens to flush out their low denomination coins and exchange them as quickly as possible, due to shortages of the 5 and 10 cents in particular.

Cash in Circulation Metals

Alex Sadler

20 Dec. 2022

4 min read

How Important is Ethical Sourcing?

Consumer demand for ethically sourced and sustainable products has grown in recent years, partly as a result of a greater awareness of the impact of manufacturing upon producers but also due to increased scrutiny over the environmental impact of metals mining.

Metals Sustainability

Alex Sadler

11 Oct. 2022

2 min read

SICPA Protects Indonesian Gold with BullionProtect®

SICPA has recently extended its operations into the gold market with the launch of BullionProtect®, which is now being used by Indonesian bullion producer Hartadinata to provide more confidence in gold bar trading.

Authentication Metals

Astrid Mitchell

1 May 2022

2 min read

Metal in Australian Coins Worth More than Face Value

Australia’s lower denomination coins will end up costing more to make than their face value, according to a report by the research outfit Morningstar, thanks to soaring metal prices.

Metals Minting

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UK Sovereign Returns to Gold

Demand for Safe-Haven Gold Continues to Soar

Royal Mint Takes Equity Stake in Metal Recovery Firm

News in Brief

News in Brief

Paris Olympic and Paralympic Medals Unveiled

News in Brief

A Roadmap to Carbon Neutral Steel

Controversy in the World of Bullion

How Important is Ethical Sourcing? – Part 2

Casa da Moeda to Launch Gold Traceability Platform

News in Brief

Countering the Counterfeiters

Shortages of Coins in Belgium – War, Payment Patterns and Hoarding

How Important is Ethical Sourcing?

SICPA Protects Indonesian Gold with BullionProtect®

Metal in Australian Coins Worth More than Face Value

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