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Alex Sadler

10 Nov. 2023

2 min read

New Definitive Coins for the UK

Following the announcement and subsequent issue of a new royal effigy for the obverse of the United Kingdom’s coins, The Royal Mint has recently unveiled eight new reverse designs for a completely updated set of the nation’s circulating coinage.

Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

5 Oct. 2023

6 min read

New Coin Issues

The Croatian National Bank has issued the country’s first circulating commemorative €2 coin. Minted by the Croatian Mint, 250,000 coins – commemorating Croatia’s adoption of the euro as its currency at the beginning of this year – have been released into circulation.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

Astrid Mitchell

5 Oct. 2023

2 min read

Isle of Man Explores Currency Amendments

The Isle of Man is consulting the public on proposals to modernise its banknotes and coins. According to the Manx Treasury, the change of monarch from Queen Elizabeth II to King Charles III is an opportune time to consider the designs.

Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

1 min read

King Charles III Coronation Coin Enters Circulation

Earlier this year, The Royal Mint released a series of coins to commemorate the coronation of HM King Charles III. One of these coins was a special 50p coin designed by one of the Mint’s product designers, Natasha Jenkins.

Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

3 Sept. 2023

4 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Australian Mint has released a collection of five commemorative coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of what is arguably Australia’s most famous building, the Sydney Opera House.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

Alex Sadler

3 Aug. 2023

6 min read

New Coin Issues

As co-hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Australian women’s national football team, the Matildas (so-called due to the country’s famous folk song, ’Waltzing Matilda’), have now been immortalised on a series of commemorative circulating coins by the Royal Australian Mint.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

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

7 min read

New Coin Issues

In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mint has launched a new $2 commemorative circulation coin, which features the combined work of three artists.

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Astrid Mitchell

6 July 2023

3 min read

Zimbabwe Resorts to Specie Coins

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is issuing gold coins which are specie rather than fiat money in an attempt to stabilise the Zimbabwean currency, bring inflation under control and reduce reliance on the US dollar.

Circulating Coins News

John Winchcombe

6 July 2023

2 min read

SARB Reports on Mint Performance and New Coin Series

The Reserve Bank of South Africa runs the South African Mint as a wholly owned subsidiary. In its 2022/23 annual report it highlighted the issue of the fourth decimal coin series on 3 May 2023, the first new coin series in 34 years.

Central Bank Circulating Coins Studies, Reports

Alex Sadler

6 June 2023

3 min read

South Africa Issues New Coin Series

The South African Reserve Bank has issued a new coin series, which is the fourth series since decimalisation in 1961 and the first coin redesign in 34 years.

Circulating Coins

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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Astrid Mitchell

3 May 2023

3 min read

A Solution in Sight to the Continuing Rise in US Coin Costs

For the 17th year in a row, the cost of producing the US penny and nickel has exceeded their face value, and is now running at an all time high, according to the United States Mint’s latest annual report.

Circulating Coins Studies, Reports

Astrid Mitchell

3 May 2023

3 min read

Latvian Central Bank Makes It Easier to Deposit Coins

At the start of January, Latvia’s central bank, Latvijas Banka, relocated the Cashier’s Offices to the same site as its cash processing centre and, at the same time, improved the coin change service that it offers.

Central Bank Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

4 April 2023

4 min read

New Coin Issues

The US Mint has commenced its 2023 American Women Quarters (AWQ) programme with the release of the first two coins in this year’s series.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

John Winchcombe

4 April 2023

5 min read

Mexico to Optimise its Coin Range

At the Coin Conference last October in Amsterdam, Alejandro Alegre Rabiela, General Director of Currency Issuance and Chief Cashier of Banco de México, described the proposals being made to improve Mexico’s coin circulation.

Central Bank Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

6 March 2023

4 min read

New Coin Issues

To mark what would have been the 70th anniversary of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation this year, the Pacific territory of Tokelau has issued three new commemorative coins.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

Alex Sadler

2 Feb. 2023

4 min read

New Coin Issues

The Royal Canadian Mint has announced the launch of a new numismatic coin collection to honour the life and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Circulating Coins Commemorative Coins News

Astrid Mitchell

2 Feb. 2023

2 min read

Good Planning Leads to a Smooth Transition for Croatia

Croatia joined the Eurozone on 1 January 2023, bringing the number of European Union member states using the single European currency to 20.

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Alex Sadler

20 Dec. 2022

4 min read

New Coin Issues

As it prepares for the euro changeover next month, the Croatian Mint has created a new world’s smallest coin featuring the world’s smallest city, Hum, with a face value of 1 kuna.

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