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2021 Coin of the Year Award Nominees
The Coin of the Year Award is one of the most important awards for modern coins. Here you find the complete list of all 100 nominees for the Coty 2021. All coins were minted in 2019, so many coins share the subject of the landing on the moon.
50 Years Later. The Moon Landing As a Numismatic Event
On 21 July 1969, men landed on the Moon for the first time. And 50 years later, this event just had to be celebrated in coinage around the world – from America to Europe, from Australia to the tropics. A new collecting field emerged.
How a Piece of Space Finds Its Way onto a Coin
Meteorites have always fascinated mankind. What a great reason for putting them on collector coins! The designs of such issues are adventurous – they have unconventional shapes, are coloured and may even contain a small piece of an actual meteorite.
50 Years of CIT Coin Invest – 50 Years of Coin Innovations
There are only a couple of companies that had such an impact on the world of modern coins as the Liechtenstein think tank CIT Coin Invest. It is the birthplace of one the first colored coins and today CIT coins are even part of the collection of the British Museum.
The Munich Show – The largest fair of Europe for minerals, fossils and precious...
The 55th Munich Show will take place from October 26 through October 28, 2018. Spread out on 50,000 square meters, the event includes 1,250 exhibitors from all over the world and offers an information and trade platform for dealers, laymen, and everyone in between.
Blaze Destroys National Museum of Brazil
On September 2, 2018, a large fire destroyed the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. Up to 20 million items are said to have been lost in the flames. The Brazilian population blames primarily the government and its officials for this catastrophe.
Winners of 2017 Coin Constellation Contest announced
On September 22, 2017 the prize giving ceremony of the 11th International Commemorative Coins Contest “Coin Constellation-2017” took place. 40 participants from 27 countries of the world submitted 268 coins in eight categories, complemented by the “People’s Choice Award”.
2017 Coin of the Year nominees announced
World Coin News has announced the 100 nominees for the 2017 Coin of the Year awards. Australia and Canada have the most nominations in the annual Coin of the Year Award competition.
Olympic Medals Are Heavier but Contain Less Gold than a Century Ago
When gold medals are handed out at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February, athletes will receive silver medals plated with gold as the price of gold rose. The medals also feature particles of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians
On his visit to Ephesus, St. Paul was in imminent danger to be lynched. Why was it that the Ephesians felt so threatened by this herald of a new god? Were they more pious than other Greeks? They were, in a way, since they lived on their religion…