Tag: Singapore
Singapore Mint Launches New Macau Lunar Coin Series
The Singapore Mint launched a new Lunar Coin Series on behalf of Macau that will cover a period of 12 years. The Mint has revealed the first two issues: 2020’s Year of the Rat and 2021’s Year of the Ox commemorative coins.
Sir Stamford Raffles: Collecting in Southeast Asia 1811-1824
A new exhibition at the British Museum showcases an important selection of Southeast Asian antiquities from the collection of Sir Stamford Raffles. Of course he collected coins - which turned out to be rare protective amulets.
A Center of Technology in Asia: The Singapore Mint
Orders from 20 countries, a cornucopia of technologies developed in-house, innovative concepts in the field of circulation coin logistics and the sales distribution of collectors’ coins – these are only a few of the terms you can use to describe The Singapore Mint. Ursula Kampmann has visited it.