Finland issues themed coin on Day of Equality
Mint of Finland and the Ministry of Finance have issued a coin to promote equality and tolerance on 19 March 2012, the Day of Equality. Finnish president Tarja Halonen is the patron of the collector coin.
New Book on Indian Coins
This book is an attempt to understand the contributions of the Traikutakas, a dynasty that ruled over North Konkan in the fifth sixth century CE, by considering various types of data and art history related to them focusing on the artistic developments in this region.
Call for paper for XIX ICOMON Meeting 2012 in Morocco
The Bank al-Maghrib will host the XIX ICOMON meeting 2012 from October 15-17, 2012 in Rabat, Morocco. The topic is “Money and Banking Museums: New challenges and perspectives” and the call for paper has been opened.
A street full of coins
In a serious accident in Ontario a Brinks truck was slashed by a rock formation. Thus Highway 11 was covered with fresh minted Canadian coins worth between $3 million and §5 million! The two drivers were seriously injured.
Sensational Celtic hoard found in Switzerland
In Füllinsdorf nearby Basel around 300 Celtic silver coins from the time of 80/70 BC were found. It is the largest hoard of Celtic coin made of precious metal ever made in Switzerland. Archäologie Baselland shows the new find in an exhibition.
Diary of a numismatist travelling Turkey (2009) – Part 7
You don’t have to introduce Istanbul. Everyone knows the beautiful city at Bosporus River. This was our last stop on our journey across Turkey. After having been to areas with barely any touristic infrastructure it was almost a civilization shock to finally get anything again a tourist would wish.
Definitions – Work in Progress: Hardness Testing
We are working on an encyclopedia of technical terms used by the coin producing industry. Help us by doing so! Today’s definition is dedicated to the term „hardness testing“.
Russia’s 1- and 5-kopek coins to be phased out
Due to the high production cost the Bank of Russia practices the “soft elimination” of 1- and 5-kopek coins allowing the coins to circulate until they wear out. Simultaneously the Russian government is experimenting with a card, which is thought to replace change in the future.
Cash money on its way to extinction?
A world without graft, bank robberies and theft? Wouldn’t it be great? But at the condition that it would be a world without cash money …? How the use of cash money might change in high tech societies in a digital world we can learn looking at Sweden. And it might be worth observation.
Zambia to re-introduce coins into circulation
Zambia has the highest denominations in the region. Due to the high inflation coins do not circulate any longer. But now the government is planning to “rebase” the currency by lopping off three zeros and to re-introduce coins.