Latest News

Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

2 min read

Zambia Set to Update Currency

The Bank of Zambia has announced the introduction of a new family of the Zambian currency. The new family of banknotes and coins will consist of six coins and six banknotes, and is scheduled for launch on 31 March 2025.

News

Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

3 min read

Technical News Update

Germania Mint unveiled a new special release coin for the recent World Money Fair, featuring Black Light Colours technology. The 2025 Germania Black Silver WMF Edition coin utilises the Mint’s Black Light Colours – a technology born from anti-counterfeiting security – to showcase vibrant hidden colours when held under UV light.

Technical Features Technology

Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

4 min read

Discussing and Discovering the Future of Numismatics at WMF 2025

The 2025 World Money Fair opened its doors to thousands of visitors earlier this year. Held 30 January to 1 February, the Fair welcomed over 13,600 visitors and more than 300 exhibitors from 50 nations to the annual event held in Berlin, Germany.

Events

Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

6 min read

Penny for Your Thoughts? There Are Plenty

Debates surrounding low value coinage – their use, perceived usefulness, seigniorage, and so on – are hardly rare, particularly as countries such as the Bahamas, Estonia, Slovakia, and Lithuania have either previously or plan to introduce cash rounding, effectively dropping the lowest denominated coins regardless of them remaining legal tender.

Circulating Coins Editorial

Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

5 min read

News in Brief

Two years after Croatia officially adopted the euro as its currency, around 4.3 billion kuna remains unexchanged. This includes 3.1 billion in banknotes and 1.2 billion in coins.

News

Alex Sadler

4 March 2025

2 min read

Coin Issuance Falls in Estonia

According to the latest figures published by Eesti Pank, Estonia’s central bank issued 3.2 million coins with a total value of €1.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. This marks a 28% decrease in the number of coins issued compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Cash in Circulation Free Free

Alex Sadler

27 Feb. 2025

3 min read

Keynote Speaker Announced for MDC 2025

The 32nd Mint Directors Conference is scheduled to take place from 27-29 April in Cape Town, South Africa. The event, co-hosted by the South African Mint Company, aims to explore the fusion of traditional minting practices with modern technological advancements.

Events

Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

4 min read

News in Brief

Estonia has officially introduced new rounding rules as of 1 January, with the country also planning to cease minting 1 and 2 cent coins.

News

Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

1 min read

Remarkable New Issues

Coin & Mint News™ opens the first of this year’s ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three radically different new collectible issues that are notable for one reason or another.

Commemorative Coins Free Free

Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

1 min read

First Coin of the Year Honours Australian Mint’s Anniversary

The Royal Australian Mint typically mints the first coin of the year, due to its geographical position as one of the first countries to enter the new year and the event that it holds every 1 January. This year’s theme for the RAM’s Mintmark programme celebrates the Mint and its workers, coins, architecture, and coins.

Mints

Francisco Mandiola

30 Jan. 2025

7 min read

Coinage in High Inflation Countries

Inflation is a much-talked about topic, particularly as currencies battle against environmental disasters, energy crises, conflicts, and the aftereffects of the COVID pandemic, to name a few culprits. Therefore, it seemed timely that the topic of high inflation and coins was covered at last year’s Coin Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal.

Cash in Circulation Central Bank

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 Jan. 2025

2 min read

Canadians Explore Technology to Turn E-Waste into Coins

The Royal Canadian Mint has announced a new partnership with enim Technologies, which extracts precious metals from e-waste, to explore the possibility of incorporating these metals into the Mint’s future coin production.

Mints Sustainability

Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

2 min read

New Supplier for Danish Coins

Danmarks Nationalbank has announced the signing of a new agreement with Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de La Moneda (FNMT-RCM, or the Spanish Mint) regarding production of Danish coins for the next four years.

Circulating Coins Mints

Alex Sadler

30 Jan. 2025

2 min read

Key Leadership Changes at Sunshine Minting

As part Sunshine Minting Inc’s ongoing strategic growth plan, the company has announced a series of leadership changes.

Companies

Alex Sadler

23 Dec. 2024

5 min read

2024 – A Year in Headlines

This year has seen much change that has impacted world of coins, and yet much remains the same. Three key trends were remarked upon by Coin & Mint News™ last year – environmental sustainability, effective circulation, and industry collaboration – and these only continue to grow in importance.

Free Free

Aftab Baloch

23 Dec. 2024

6 min read

Coin Production and Distribution in Pakistan

The history of Pakistan, as reflected through its coinage, offers a fascinating narrative of the country’s development and it’s shifting political and cultural landscape.

Circulating Coins

Alex Sadler

23 Dec. 2024

1 min read

New Leadership Within MKS Pamp Group

The MKS PAMP Group has announced two key leadership appointments for both the Group and subsidiary Manfra Tordella & Brookes (MTB).

Companies

Alex Sadler

23 Dec. 2024

4 min read

How Has Coin Circulation Changed in the US?

During the recent Coin Conference speakers presented on coin circulation in their respective countries or regions – with shifting circulation trends, efficiency issues, and collaboration as key to solving these as common themes. Here, Coin & Mint News™ focuses on the United States.

Cash in Circulation

Alex Sadler

23 Dec. 2024

3 min read

Europe Remains Attached to Cash

Despite the rapid rise in digital payment systems and methods, cash still remains as an important and necessary payment option. This is seen clearly in the latest payment surveys conducted by both the ECB and Monnaie de Paris.

Central Bank Studies, Reports