Monday Mint News from around the Globe, 3 Jun 2024
Global mints are celebrating key anniversaries and releases, such as the Royal Australian Mint's coin swap and Canada's tribute to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
From Australia …
The Royal Australian Mint completed a ‘coin swap’ in Canberra, Australia across the weekend just gone. Avid collectors got the chance to the pay face value for a range of commemorative circulating coins released by the Mint over the past few years Outreach News – Coming to Canberra | Royal Australian Mint (ramint.gov.au)
In May, the Perth Mint reported that they achieved stronger gold sales through the month of April, helped by the release of the 2024 125th Anniversary Collection Sales rebound in April as gold price hits record high (perthmint.com)
From Canada …
On this Canadian Armed Forces Day (2 June), the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) honoured members of Canada’s Air Force, looking at the various roles that the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has played over the past century. This aligns with the release of the RCAF Centennial Collection from RCM An Ode to a Century of Service: Honouring the RCAF on Canadian Armed Forces Day | The Royal Canadian Mint
From the UK …
The Royal Mint shared an extraordinary story of a sand artist recreating the D-Day 50p coin design on ‘Gold’ beach in Normandy! The artwork was 35 metres in diameter and took 5 hours and 30 minutes to create Engraved in History, Inscribed in Sand (royalmint.com)
In other news from the UK, the Tower Mint recently announced that Joanna Mould would commence as their new Commercial Director. Additionally, Kerry White has been appointed as the Sales and Marketing Director for Tower Mint.
From France …
In a similar vein, the Monnaie de Paris released a poignant new series of coins reflecting on the decisive moment of the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy 80 years ago. These coins tell the stories of four (4) heroes from France, USA, Britain and Canada in a novel and impactful way 80th anniversary of D-Day (monnaiedeparis.fr)
From Japan …
In May the Japan Mint announced that they will be holding a lottery for the 2025 Japan World Expo commemorative coin due to it being oversubscribed Mint : Lottery for 2025 Japan World Exposition Commemorative Coin (Second Issue) (May 23, 2024)
From Kazakhstan …
Last month the Kazakhstan Mint of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced the issue of collectible coins dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the European Economic Union. These colourful coins can be found here 10 years of Eurasian Economic Union (kazmint.kz)
From Austria …
The Austrian Mint is dialling up the colour with their upcoming luminous release! The 3 Euro Blue Doctorfish coin really comes to life under UV light, showcasing some extraordinary detail on this beautiful coin. Issued on 5 June 2024 3 Euro Blue Doctorfish Coin – Produkte – Austrian Mint (muenzeoesterreich.at)
From the Czech Republic …
The Czech Mint the results of the Spring competition for Slovak Heritage. In total 21 people were awarded special prizes, including the major prize of a 10 gold coin set of Czech Republic icons! Results of the big Spring Competition with Slovak Heritage | Czech Mint (ceskamincovna.cz)
From Portugal …
From Imprensa Nacional Casa Da Moeda (INCDM), we can enjoy a great new coin celebrating 100 Years of the Portuguese Skating Federation! A dynamic design works perfectly with the theme Coin: 100 Years of the Portuguese Skating Federation | INCM
From Slovakia …
Mincovna Kremnica announced that starting from June 11 2024, reservations can be made for products from the National Bank of Slovakia’s 2025 issue plan. Learn more about it here Reservation of NBS coins 2025 | Mint Kremnica
From the USA …
The US Mint announced that they are commencing shipments of the third coin in the 2024 American Women Quarters (AWQ) program on June 3. The new quarter features Dr Mary Edwards Walker, the first woman US Army surgeon and the only woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor U.S. Mint Begins Shipping Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Quarters | U.S. Mint (usmint.gov)
Other industry news in brief:
- You can still register for the upcoming webinar on Artificial Intelligence – sponsored by Carveco – scheduled for June 10. It is free of charge to all MDA members! Webinar: The Future is Here: How Artificial Intelligence will change modern minting by Reconnaissance Intl. (bigmarker.com)
- Check out the program for the Cash Sustainability Forum in Frankfurt from 24 – 26 June. Registrations are open and MDA members get a preferred rate Welcome to the Cash Sustainability Forum – Reconnaissance
- Cash Essentials draws our attention to a class action whereby Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay $197m to settle a case relating to ATM fees US : Visa and Mastercard pay $197 million to settle ATM Class Action Lawsuit – Cash Essentials
- Cash Matters shares an interesting story from The Netherlands, reporting on a failure of digital payments in mid-May resulting in a spike on ATM withdrawals Dutch Cashless Crash Leads to Rush on ATMs (cashmatters.org)