The year 2008 brings to Austria and Switzerland the greatest football feast ever experienced in these two countries. After the Olympic summer games and the Football World Cup, the European championship is the world’s third-largest sporting event. The 2008 European champion will be determined in 31 matches, 16 in Austria and 15 in Switzerland. The [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership season kicked off last night in Sydney. The Royal Australian Mint has joined in the celebrations by releasing an exciting range of official licensed Rugby League centenary collector coins.
“Rugby League holds an important place in the Australian and international sporting history.” said Ms Janine Murphy, Chief Executive Officer Royal Australian [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2009 – Today, the Royal Canadian Mint launched a string of new products which will once more strike a chord with coin collectors and gift givers looking for unique and finely crafted coins. A new triangle-shaped coin, honouring Canada’s Six String Nation Guitar, fronts a host of new entries from popular [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Treasurer, the Hon. Mr. Peter Costello and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, The Hon. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende have launched a set of commemorative coins marking the 400th anniversary of the Dutch Ship Duyfken’s voyage of discovery , which resulted in the first recorded map of a southern continent which came to be [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
An unprecedented demand for gold in 2008 has led to an unreconciled difference between the Royal Canadian Mint’s financial statements and the physical count of precious metals. As a result, the Mint is conducting an extensive review of its accounting and other transactional entries through an audit by an external auditor. Once finalized, the findings [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce MP , and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration Senator Richard Colbeck , announced today that St Hilliers Contracting Pty Ltd had been selected as the Managing Contractor for the refurbishment of the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) in Canberra .
St Hilliers Contracting Pty Ltd presented the strongest [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seated Liberty/Legend Obverse Half Dimes 1860-1873
Photo courtesy LeeG member of the PCGS boards
The half dime was the first denomination struck when the United States Mint was established in 1792. It was a lynchpin of the decimal coinage system envisioned by Jefferson and Hamilton, [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Draped Bust/Small Eagle Quarter Dollar 1796,
Photo courtesy Barry
On September 17, 1796, George Washington delivered his now famous Farewell Address in which he cautioned that “it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.” This policy of “no entangling alliances,” as it became better known, was [...]
Sunday, June 7, 2009
He has trained with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has gone sky diving with the Canadian Forces and has hit the pool with Olympic silver medalist Alexandre Despatie – and on November 12th, Rick Mercer came to the Mint in Ottawa to tape a segment for his hit TV show “The Rick Mercer Report”.
Rick will interacts with [...]
Sunday, June 7, 2009
SANTA MONICA, CA – Hollywood icon Harrison Ford, proud owner and pilot of a De Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, displays his new Royal Canadian Mint 2009 Proof Set, while filming a congratulatory message to the new Canadian Air & Space Museum. The coins commemorate the centennial of powered flight in Canada.
Read more about the celebrations [...]
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