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Alex Sadler

1 June 2026

2 min read

IMD-TC Updates Guidelines for Plated and Clad Coins

The International Mint Directors’ Technical Committee (IMD-TC) has published updated guidelines regarding quality assurance for circulation coins, with particular focus on characteristic features of plated and clad blanks and coins. The guidelines aim to provide national authorities with support for tenders and even give mints guidelines for quality control of the blanks supplied before the minting process.

Minting Technical Features

Alex Sadler

5 Aug. 2024

4 min read

Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Minting?

In June, the Mint Director’s Association held a webinar focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool and how it can be implemented to improve productivity. Titled ‘The Future is Here: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Modern Minting’, the webinar was hosted by Aditya Berlia – an entrepreneur, educator, and AI advocate – and sponsored by Carveco.

Events Minting Technology

Alex Sadler

4 June 2024

1 min read

How Will AI Change Modern Minting?

‘The Future is Here: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Modern Minting’ is the title of the Mint Directors Association’s webinar focusing on artificial intelligence as a tool and how it can be implemented to improve productivity.

Events Minting Technology

Alex Sadler

5 March 2024

3 min read

Royal Canadian Mint Reaches New Heights for the New Year

The Royal Canadian Mint has released several coins in varying designs and denominations to commemorate the Year of the Dragon. Amongst these are a 1kg gold coin with an extremely limited mintage and a pair of silver and gold coins featuring Extraordinarily High Relief.

Minting Technology

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

5 March 2024

2 min read

Poland Flies to the Future with UFO Coin

The Mint of Poland has opened this year with the release of the ‘world’s first flying coin’. Unveiled at the recent World Money Fair Technical Forum in Berlin, it floats in the air via a motor hidden inside the coin itself.

Minting Technical Features

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

Latest News

IMD-TC Updates Guidelines for Plated and Clad Coins

Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Minting?

How Will AI Change Modern Minting?

Royal Canadian Mint Reaches New Heights for the New Year

Paris Olympic and Paralympic Medals Unveiled

Poland Flies to the Future with UFO Coin

Metal in Australian Coins Worth More than Face Value

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