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Royal Canadian Mint Issues 2008 Lucky Loonie - Coin News
Jul 23 at 4:04pm
With the Beijing Olympic Games and Beijing Paralympic Games just around the corner, the Royal Canadian Mint is proud to issue the 2008 Lucky Loonie, the latest in its extensive Olympic themed circulation coin program.
The one-dollar coin, which features the familiar loon landing in water and the official emblem of the Canadian Olympic Team, enters into circulation today.
“Canadians from coast to coast can wish our athletes luck by keeping special coins produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, including the 2008 Lucky Loonie,” said Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint.
“The Mint has provided each member of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Teams competing in Beijing with a Lucky Loonie as their own personal good luck charm and through the launch of the coin, Canadians also have an opportunity to own a piece of the Olympic dream.”
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European Coin Market Explodes - NumisMaster
Jul 22 at 10:10pm
After nearly 20 years of a very constant and steady coin market, we are finally experiencing a vast explosion in values for many classic issues. The driving forces of rising bullion prices and falling U.S. Dollar value have conspired to give us a burgeoning coin market for the best material available. As always, the higher the grade the more significant the increase.
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Australian Koala coins released by Perth Mint - Coin News
Jul 22 at 9:09pm
Australia’s iconic Koala coins are more popular than ever. The Perth Mint of Australia has launched a new coin series of 2008 proof gold Koalas, its first Gilded Koala and their second pure silver Koala. Each bullion coin depicts the “cuddly” koala and her baby sitting on a tree branch.
All coin versions bear the same obverse or heads design with Ian Rank-Broadley’s effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, are Australian legal tender, and include the “P” mint mark, denoting The Perth Mint.
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Viking coin treasure gets man $600,000 - Coin News
Jul 22 at 9:09pm
A treasure hunter who discovered nearly 500 silver Viking coins by metal detecting on the Isle of Man will finally receive $600,000 in compensation.
Andy Whewell found 464 silver Viking coins, 26 silver ingots and an armlet in a field in Glenfaba in March 2003. The coins were declared Treasure Trove in August of that year, with resulting expectations of receiving fair market value for the hoard.
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300 year old Roman coins found in Sidlesham - Littlehampton Today
Jul 19 at 11:11pm
The coins, which are more than 300 years old, were found by Martin Homer at a depth of 18 inches. Mr Homer also found two bronze discs, believed to be coins, and a pin brooch.
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Sporadic Coin Issues Due to Power Changing Hands - NumisMaster
Jul 16 at 8:08pm
In this series on Romania we have just had a pleasant sojourn in Transylvania, which is western Romania these days. This time we will dive back into the rest of Romania, which is to say Moldavia - the northeast, and Wallachia - the southeast. Let’s pick up with Moldavia at the time of the accession of Stefan III in 1457.
At that moment in time Moldavia had become an Ottoman tributary. The previous voivode (prince), Petru III, an uncle of Stefan, had killed Stefan’s father and had passed his entire reign fighting with a rival claimant.
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Gagarin Space Coin Launched from The Perth Mint of Australia - CoinNews
Jul 16 at 8:08pm
The Perth Mint of Australia has launched an innovative rotating coin commemorating the first man in space. The legal-tender, 1 oz silver coin celebrates the journey of Yuri Gagarin, who became the first person to enter space and orbit Earth for 1 hour 48 minutes aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
The limited minted coin marks the second release in the Perth Mint’s successful Orbit and Beyond Coin Series.
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Mozambique Coins Circulate, but With Success? - NumisMaster
Jul 14 at 10:10pm
Great news! Bank of Mozambique Governor Ernesto Gove announced June 19 to the Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Information Agency of Mozambique) that this African nation has turned the corner, with coins successfully circulating in place of small denomination paper bank notes.
Gove said, “We are pleased with the use of metallic coins. We have noted with great satisfaction that coins are being heavily used in markets, to pay road tolls or bus fares.”
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Kenya: CBK Assurance Leads to Growing Rejection of Coin - allAfrica.com
Jul 10 at 9:09pm
The future and the role of the 50 cent coin-the lowest denomination still accepted as a mode of payment - hangs in the balance with reports of an increasing number shoppers are rejecting it during transactions.
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Sister Mary MacKillop Featured on Coin - ZENIT
Jul 9 at 6:06pm
Australia is honoring Blessed Mary MacKillop, who will likely be the country’s first saint, by featuring her on a collector’s coin.Senator Nick Sherry, minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, launched the Sister Mary MacKillop coin Tuesday.
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Turkmenistan Currency Gains Popularity - NumisMaster
Jul 9 at 6:06pm
It’s no secret the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar has declined significantly on the world market in recent months. Alternative currencies such as the European Union’s euro and Japan’s yen are becoming increasingly popular to hold rather than dollars in many places, but not in the former Soviet socialist republic of Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan is an unusual place. It is one of several despotic regimes that rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union during the 1990s. Inflation has been a watchword through two regimes.
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Mary MacKillop on Australian commemorative coin
Jul 9 at 6:06pm
Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, today launched the first coin in the Inspirational Australians’ coin series which features the Australian people’s saint, Blessed Mary MacKillop.
The Inspirational Australian coin series recognises and celebrates individual achievements and commemorates unique Australians who have made an extraordinary contribution to our society.
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Mandela Birthday Coin from South African Mint - CoinNews
Jul 7 at 9:09pm
A commemorative Nelson Mandela “Madiba” five rand (R5) coin was introduced today by the South African Mint and Reserve Bank to celebrate Mandela’s 90th birthday.
Five million bi-metallic coins featuring a smiling Mandela have already been minted and will be released into circulation as part of his official birthday cerebration on Friday, July 18.
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Special coin in honour of Sr Alphonsa to be issued - The Economic Times
Jul 7 at 12:12am
A special commemorative coin will be issued next year by RBI in honour of Kerala-born Sr Alphonsa, the first Indian nun to be conferred sainthood by the Vatican. An assurance in this regard had been given by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy.
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Australian Mint Nothern Territory coin - CoinNews
Jul 3 at 3:03pm
The Royal Australian Mint marks the 30th anniversary of self-government for the Northern Territory with the release of a commemorative five dollar coin.
The Commonwealth conferred self-government on the Northern Territory on 1 July 1978 by enacting the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978. This day is celebrated every year as Territory Day.
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Olympic coin: 22 pounds of gold, a mere $1 million - TwinCities.com
Jul 1 at 5:05pm
It could double as a shot put, but it’s worth a little too much to chuck in the dirt.
A 22-pound gold coin commemorating the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing is waiting in Burnsville for someone to plunk down $1 million for a piece of history.
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10 Kilo Olympic Commemorative Gold Coin from China - CoinNews
Jul 1 at 5:05pm
It’s not the largest or heaviest gold coin in the world, but this commemorative Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Gold Coin commands attention. Weighing in at 22 pounds (10 kg), a diameter 7.09 inches (18 cm) and made from .9999 fine gold, the 100,000 legal tender Chinese Yuan coin will cost one cool million to own.
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U.S. Coins With 1889 Stamps Discovered - NumisMaster
Jun 30 at 3:03pm
Costa Rica authorized the countermarking of foreign silver coins for use in commerce in the country four times in the 19th century but only once, in 1846, decreed that United States silver pieces be so re-validated. This report is the first to describe American coins in such usage from the 1889 decree.
The Costa Rican government authorized its mint at San Jose to stamp other nations’ silver coinage in decrees of 1841-42, 1845-46, 1849-50 and finally in 1889.
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French designer Starck mints new euro coins - Reuters
Jun 27 at 2:02pm
French designer Philippe Starck, creator of chic hotels, high-tech lamps and modernistic furniture, turned his hand to the world of hard currency with the design of a new euro coin to mark France’s EU presidency.
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Swiss issues ‘Year of Planet’ gold commemorative coin - CoinNews
Jun 27 at 2:02pm
Federal Mint Swissmint has launched a new Swiss commemorative gold coin entitled “International Year of Planet Earth 2008.” The 11.29 gram coin is sold in proof quality only, limited in issuance to 6,000 and is priced at CHF 440.00 (~$423.00 US)
The 60th United Nations General Assembly in New York proclaimed this year to be the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, with a goal “to show, in a unique and inspiring manner, how earth sciences can help future generations measure up to the challenge of creating a safer and more prosperous world.”
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