Numismatic News » Big Ideas, Little World

Bhutan from MDM

Tom Michael — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:14:17 +0000

Expect new coins to be issued in 2012 for the little country of Bhutan. After much work, careful planning and design, MDM has created something new in coinage for this very conservative coin issuing country.

The popularity of Bhutan for coin collectors has been in the limited number of types needed to complete a collection. Bhutan’s early coinage offers many different varieties of a single base metal type, while their modern coinage has always been creative and of subtle design with various gold and silver types in the mix along with traditionally themed circulations coinage of fixed date.

Adding a few new opportunities for Bhutan collectors to expand their holdings is a delicious surprise and we all have MDM to thank.

Subscribe to the NumisMaster Coin Price Guide for access to the web’s most comprehensive list of coin values
Join the NumisMaster VIP Program for free subscriptions, store discounts, and more!
Buy and sell coins, currency, and more in our online classifieds

Let’s Work Together

Tom Michael — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:17:43 +0000

Well here I am once more at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany, enjoying the company of the many friends I have made in the business of minting the world’s new coinage. Already I have enjoyed time with folks from the Royal Canadian Mint and MDM, both firms who produce and distribute many, many coins types every year. Interestingly enough, in our separate conversations it became clear that these two companies had something very much in common. A set of limited mintage gold coins produced by the RCM, who will distribute the set in Canada and MDM who will be selling these sets to their customers in Europe. It’s a great reminder that good things happen when we work together in numismatics, and in the case of the new issues market, many, if not all, of the worlds minting authorities are always working together producing interesting and beautiful coins.

SCWC 1601-1700 Going to Printer

Tom Michael — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:12:44 +0000

Here’s a brief KP Update to let everyone know that the 5th edition of the Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700 left for the printer earlier this week. Look for copies to be available through retail outlets, distributors and on our www.shopnumimaster.com website in early December, just in time to make a great numismatic Holiday gift!

Live Coverage of WMF Media Forum

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:35:39 +0000

Well, dear readers, I must now end my live coverage of the World Money Fair Media Forum, as my battery is running low. Perhaps next year we can get a power connection from the Media Forum crew so that i can present the entire Forum Live, but for this year, at least we made it halfway through the program. When able, I will give you additional information available from the Mints for thier new issues programs of 2011. Hope you enjoyed this little surprise Live coverage!

WMF – Media Forum

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:30:24 +0000

Coverage of the World Money Fair Media Forum continues (so long as my netbook battery holds out!) with the China Gold Coin Corporation presentation. Coins to be issued in 2011 from the China Mint include: the finish of the Outlaws of the Marsh series, Beijing International Coin Expo, 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution of 1911, Centre of Heaven and Earth coins, 50th Anniversary of the Wolrd Wildlife Fund, 26th Summer Universaide Shenzhen, and Chinese Peking Oper Facial Mask colored coins in silver and gold.

Italian Mint coins for 2011 included gold for Flora and Fauna in art masterpieces, silver coins for Italian Council of States anniversary and many other. Unfortunately images of the coins for 2011 could not be presented as state approval was only acquired a few days before this event.

Bank of Latvia at WMF – Live

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:08:29 +0000

Friend Maruta Brukle of the Bank of Latvia now presents their new coin programs for 2011. An amber embeded coin will be offered, with the amber at the center of an eye. It’s a very striking piece. A memorial coin for the Dukes of Courland should prove extremely popular by collectors of this region. Poetry of Riga is represented through a coin featuring Alexander Caks author of Confession. It’s a stunning square coin and seems like one to sell out within a short time, so act quickly once it becomes available.

WMF – Live report continues

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:00:18 +0000

Next to present is the Monnaie de Paris. Again this year France has been thinking about direct for the mint. They want to keep closely to coinage themes that reflect French heritage, use French stylish design and make gold avialble to a larger audience. Clovis and Charlemagne and Charles the Bold will all appear on future coins in in classic medallic styles, both in gold and silver. These coins look very good and have real character and historic significe. Interestingly Charles the Bold founded the Monnaise de Paris!
30th Interenational Music Day will be featured on the 2 Euro. A silver 10 andf 50 Euro gold coin will feature the introductioon Euro bages of coins given to the public at the start of the Euro union. France also continues it’s regional coin series of 10 Euro coins, which has proven very popular. Metz train station will be featured this year on 10 and 50 Euro coins as they continues hteir train series. This one emphasises the bond between France and Germany. A legendary character series will begin with Cosette, Meursa and one other, Do you knwo the books from which these characters are drawn?
Both the great painters and comic book heros will also continue, plus a rugby and racing coin and figure skating coins. A 10 Euro GSea Gull coin will be issued, plus a year of the rabbit coin. Visit the Monnaie de Paris website for much more information on these upocoming issues.

World Money Fair Media Forum – Live

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:44:25 +0000

Now the Austrian Mint presetn thier 2011 issues. Added to thier presentation is a very loveable robot mascot on stage with them. A Pummerin bell coin of 5 Euro will be avilable, plus a specila News Years packageing with the Pummerin Bell coin, which may be hard to find now for many avid collectors. The Austrian Mint used a mobile sales unit and sold these spe3cial packaged coins on squares direcft to the public. Their emphasis on new marketing approaches are quite interesting and may prove aq turning poitn that other mints might emulate.
Internation Year of Forest 5 Euro will depict a stag. Animal coins for Austria are not so commonaly done, so it may be of interest to animal coin collectors. A 20 Euro Carnuntum coin with Roman theme, 100 Euro gold Crown of Bohemia coin fifthe in the Hapsburg series, and others will be featured this year. Check the Austian Mint website for many more issues and information.

Now we hear from the Spanish Royal Mint. Much anticipated was a World Chanpions coins for the South African World Cup series, a gold 20 Euro and silver 10 Euro have been struck dated 2010 and are nearly sold out. A 20 Euro silver coin in pack was also issued and avilable more in public venues for those supporting the National Soccer Team. A series of Capitals coins look very interesting and thier packaging is wonderful. there will be 52 coins in the series and they should all be launched with just a few years. The Spanish Royal Mint ancient coin series continues with more coins of the Visigoths. a circulating 2 Euro Cordoba coin for 2010 and a Granada type for 2011 are avilable. Silver 10 Euro Amazon River explorer Orellana, and other coins will also be out in 2011.

40th Anniversay of the Wolrd Money Fair

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:26:18 +0000

Yesterday I attended a reception celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Wolrd Money Fair held at the Bode Museum. At this affair Albert Beck, founder of the Fair was honored with a lovely pwerpoint program documenting the history fo the WMF in pictures. Today that program is being presented to the public here at the Media Forum.
At the Bode, Albert Becks new book on the history of the WMF was also present, today however, visitors to the Fair can buy a copy at the Gietl-Verlag booth

Live from the Media Forum at WMF

Tom Michael — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:18:55 +0000

The World Money Fair Media Forum contunes with the 2011 offerings of the German Mints. They will have a 10 Euro for the 500th year of the book, 10 Euro for the 100 years of the Hamburg Elbe Tunnel, a 10 Euro Archaeopteryx coin due for August and of course a womans FIFA world cup coin in 10 Euro,a German Forsts gold 20 Euro displaying a leaf and many others.