Monthly Archives: February 2017

Australian 1966 Blue Card Mint Set

February 14th 1966 saw the introduction of decimal coins into circulation in Australia and for the first time the Royal Australian Mint made uncirculated grade coins in sets available to collectors and visitors to the mint. The very first of

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover

2017 Next Generation $10 Note Design Revealed

The design for the Next Generation $10 was revealed today by the Reserve Bank of Australia. It will be released into circulation from September 2017 exactly one year after the Next Generation $5 note was also issued. This will be

Posted in Banknotes, Coin News

Canadian Mint Employee Heads to the Dark Side

Do you have some gold tucked away in a safe place? This Mint worker did! He was quite literally sitting on a gold mine. The now ex-Canadian Mint employee hid various sized gold pieces in his rectum to evade detection

Posted in Coin News

2017 Kangaroo and Joey 2 Cent Pattern Coin -Stuart Devlin Exhibition

The coin above is titled the Stuart Devlin Exhibition coin and is released to coincide with an exhibition currently being shown at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. On display is some of the works by Goldsmith and jeweller to

Posted in Coin News, Collecting Coins

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