Ottawa, Ontario, - As Canadians start planning for the holiday season, the Royal Canadian Mint has unwrapped its latest collector coins and gift products of 2009.
A vivid array of precious and base metal coins await the sophisticated collector or gift-giver with offerings such as:
- A new pair of Crystal Snowflake $20 silver coins
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- The final ultra-high relief Vignettes of Royalty $15 silver coin featuring Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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- An 18-Karat holographic gold coin and a new silver scalloped "Lunar Lotus" coin celebrating the Year of the Tiger
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- A 99.99% pure silver Hanging the Stockings coin
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- A special Edward VIII copper medallion
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- A new $4 silver Dinosaur Collection coin
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- A selectively gold-plated silver coin celebrating the Chinook (Tyee) Salmon
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The public can now purchase these new products, while a new Vancouver 2010 silver collector coin featuring an ultra high relief First Nations-inspired rendition of the sun goes on sale October 7. Read the rest of this entry »
OTTAWA — Coin collectors and astronomy fans alike will be impressed by the Royal Canadian Mint’s $30 Sterling Silver International Year of Astronomy collector coin, as well as several new products which are sure to attract the gaze of those looking to expand their collections or acquire finely crafted keepsakes of innovative design and composition.
Other entries in the Mint’s third product release of 2009 include the final issue of the Playing Card Money series, a new Blessings of Wealth 99.999% pure gold coin, an "Autumn Jewel" crystal raindrop coin and the newest issue of the $20 Fine Silver Great Canadian Locomotive Series featuring the Jubilee. These products will be available for purchase as of July 22, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 has been designated "The International Year of Astronomy." To honour this title the Austrian Mint in Vienna has chosen to dedicate its silver-niobium coin this year to this fascinating theme.
The new coin, which goes on sale on 11th March, 2009, displays a three-quarter portrait of the famous mathematician and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and his telescope with which he observed the surface of the moon just four hundred years ago in 1609.
In the background his drawing of the moon surface is reproduced, while the silver ring spans the development of the telescope from Newton’s telescope through the observatory in Kremsmünster (Upper Austria) to radio telescopes and those launched into space – a far cry from Galileo’s first views of the moon. Read the rest of this entry »
The Japan Mint started 2009 by announcing the winners of its 2008 international coin design competition. The yearly program is one of the most unique for a world mint, and somewhat similar to the recently promoted London 2012 coin contest from the British Royal Mint.
The Mint said its contest is meant to encourage those who are artistically inclined and help "enhance the artistry" of its own designs.
The program has two major competitive categories, General and Student, and a special jury award. The top winner, or "Most Excellent Work" went to a three-person Ukrainian team — Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, and Serhiy Kharuk — for their "One thousand years of coinage in Kyiv" theme. Read the rest of this entry »
Alongside telescopes looking up into the night sky, the Royal Australian Mint launched its newest collectible coins at a unique event on Friday, 7 November 2008.
The Mint joined with the Canberra Astronomical Society to create a night of star-gazing in celebration of the 2009 year set theme which commemorates the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). An amazing light show of local astronomer’s photography was also projected across the walls of the Mint building.
"In 2009 the world celebrates the exploration of our universe. It marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first use of the telescope and recognises his revolutionary discoveries that began modern astronomy," said Janine Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint.
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