The Philatelic Bureau of MaltaPost p.l.c. will issue on 7th March 2012, a philatelic set of two stamps which add to the Definitive set that was originally issued on 29 December 2009.
published March 8th, 2012
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The Gibraltar Government has revealed the design of the New Gibraltar Royal Wedding.
One side of the new coin depicts the effigy of Her Majesty with the words “Queen Elizabeth II, Gibraltar” and the year. The other side depicts an image of the Royal Couple and the wedding date
The Government of Gibraltar first approved the coin and then it is forwarded for Palace approval – where it is seen by HM The Queen.
Once it is formally approved, the coin design is forwarded to the Mint so that a sample coin can be produced. The Mint initially produce a ‘plaster’ model of the coin (which is sculpted either by hand onto a circular piece of plaster, or digitally – a new innovation). Both methods require extreme skill. From the plaster model, a steel die is engraved, which is then used to strike an individual coin.
published May 29th, 2011
Although World Stamp News is a philatelic website, we thought it was appropriate to report on the NEW Coin to be released by Great Britain for the Royal Wedding whilst all collectors patiently await for the stamps to be announced.
Finally the official coin for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding on April 29 was unveiled yesterday, showing the couple on one side with Queen Elizabeth II’s official image on the reverse side of the coin as is standard on all British and Commonwealth circulating and commemorative coins.
The £5 commemorative coin published by the Royal Mint features the text as follows, “William and Catherine, 29 April 2011″, and shows the couple looking at each other.
According to the artist’s impression of the coin, which the prince has approved, Kate, 29, is smiling naturally, showing her teeth, with her long hair covering her ears, while William, 28, has his mouth slightly open. (read more)
published March 4th, 2011
From the 1st of January 2002 a common currency, the euro, was introduced in twelve countries of the European Union. It was possible to make bank transfers in euros already starting from 1999 but the seven euro banknotes and eight coins came into use three years later.
The euro denomination appeared parallel with the kroon on an Estonian postage stamp for the first time in 1999 when the stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe was issued. In the period from 2006 to 2010 the face value on Estonian stamps was shown in (read more)
published January 5th, 2011
PREVIEW- (History of Isle of Man Coins & IOM Railways and Tramways
IOM Coins Tercentenary
The history of coins on the Island dates back 300 years to when the first official Manx coins were cast in 1709 and became legal tender by an Act of Tynwald on 24th June 1710.
They were cast in moulds, probably at Castle Rushen in Castletown, and the reverse side bore the family crest of James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby. On the obverse is the familiar Manx triskeles surrounded by the old Latin spelling of the motto QVOCVNQVE GESSERIS STABIT, which translates as ‘Withersoever (which ever way) you throw it, it will stand’.
IOM Railways and Trams (read more)
published June 12th, 2010
