Новости нумизматики и коллекционирования

Canada introduces a new silver coin "A.Y. Jackson, Saint-Tite-des-Caps". Seventh and last coin in the 7-coin series! 

Alexander Young Jackson was the only member of the Group of Seven from Quebec. Born in Montréal on October 3, 1882 he was nine years old when his father left his mother to raise six children on her own. To help her, Jackson left school at the age of twelve to work as an office boy in a lithography studio. There, his interest in art was triggered and he attended evening classes to hone his budding talent.

The Painting: Saint-Tite-des-Caps (1930)
A dead tree graphically anchors the foreground in this romantic depiction of one of Jackson’s favourite locales: the shores of the Lower St. Lawrence. For most of the 1920s, Jackson returned to this region almost every year to capture the play of light, colour and texture in late winter and early spring. 

The rolling rhythms of the hills and clouds are accentuated by the artist’s brushwork and frame the diminutive houses and barns that evoke Jackson’s great affection for the human aspects of this dramatic landscape. Anecdotal details—the sweep of a curtain, a shed almost buried in late-season snow, the man cutting the logs with an axe—capture the lyrical quality of an elusive seasonal moment so familiar to the Canadian psyche.

Design
The reverse features an adaptation of A.Y. Jackson’s painting, Saint-Tite-des-Caps. In the central field of the reverse image, Royal Canadian Mint engravers have created a stunning interpretation of Jackson’s romantic depiction of one of his favourite painting locales of the 1920s and early 1930s: the north shore of the St. Lawrence. Here we see his masterful vision of a transitional moment in the wintry, snow-covered rolling landscape of the region. 

Jackson’s characteristic visual language is evident in his affectionate treatment of the human elements within the natural setting, such as the sleepy snow-capped houses that are the primary subject of the painting and the central image of the coin’s reverse. A single, lyrical tree rises in the left portion of the foreground, while the houses are backed by a distant horizon of tall rolling hills and stylized evergreens. In the sky above, high banks of clouds are punctuated with dramatic sun rays. The outer frame on the reverse side features the words “CANADA” and “A.Y. JACKSON” along with the date “2013” and the face value of “20 DOLLARS.”

Country: Canada
Face value: 20 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 31,39 g
Diameter: 38 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 7 000 pcs

The Austrian Mint has released the first coin of a new gold coin series featuring wildlife and celebrating the diverse natural habitats of Europe. A total of six coins to be issued over the next six years will feature the most recognizable European wild animals in their habitats. This 2013 issue honors the red deer (cervus elaphus), an animal found in many forests.

The red deer is found throughout most forests of Europe, Russia, Asia and North Africa. As well, a related species is found in North America, mostly in the west. Fossils indicate that some 12 million years ago the ancestor of today’s deer already roamed parts of the globe.

The obverse of the coin was designed and engraved by mint engraver Helmut Andexlinger. It depicts a mighty red deer with a rack of 12 points, calling out its presence. The background is a marshy area often frequented by deer. In the foreground Helmut added some stylised grasses and sedges highlighting the coin’s 3D effect. The obverse also bears the country of issue, "Republik Oesterreich”, the 2013 year of issue and the face value 100 euros.

The reverse was designed and engraved by the Mint’s Chief engraver, Thomas Pesendorfer. He has depicted a family of deer, stag, doe and fawn, posing in a densely wooded forest with a peaceful river in the background. A curious otter and frog look onto the scene. A lovely marsh marigold plant blooms in the foreground.

Country: Austria
Face value: 100 Euro
Metal: Gold .986
Weight: 16,23 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 30 000 pcs

On December 2013, Narodowy Bank Polski is putting into circulation three coins dedicated 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Hipolit Cegielski.

Hipolit Cegielski (1813–1868) is a co-creator of the foundations of Polish self organisation and modern economical life in the times of Prussian annexation. After he had finished his philology studies in Berlin, he started his professor’s career at the gymnasium of Saint Magdalena. In 1846 he stood up to the Prussian authorities, who had given him an order to search through students lodgings, which resulted in him loosing the job. As a head of household, Cegielski had to find another livelihood, what lead him to establishing an enterprise which in short time became the largest factory of agricultiral machines in a region. He was an undisputed leader of the Polish community in Poznan.

The coin designed to commemorate a figure of Hipolit Cegielski – one of the most honored Polish social activists of the 19th centrury.

Coin 200 zł

Obverse: On the right side of the coin – an image of a manufacturing machine. Above – the face value: 200 zł. On the left – the year of issue: 2013.  In the upper part of the coin – an image of an eagle from the coat of arms of the Republic of Poland. Along the rim – an inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (the Republic of Poland).

Reverse: In the central part of the coin – a profile portrait of Hipolit Cegielski. In the background – an element of a manufacturing machine. Below – the mark of the issuer. Along the rim – an inscription: HIPOLIT CEGIELSKI (the name of the coin). Designer: Sebastian Mikołajczak

Coin 10 zł

Obverse: In the centre – an inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (the Republic of Poland). Above – a miniature image of an eagle from the coat of arms of the Republic of Poland.  In the background – a decorative surface with a proof mirror like image of a manufacturing machine. Below – the face value: 10 zł. Along the rim – the year of issue: 2013.

Reverse: In the central part of the coin – an effigy of  Hipolit Cegielski. On the left – the mark of the issuer. In the background – a stylized decorative surface. Along the rim – inscriptions: HIPOLIT CEGIELSKI, 1813 – 1868 (the years of birth and death of Cegielski). Designer: Sebastian Mikołajczak

Coin 2 zł

Obverse: In the central part of the coin – an image of an eagle from the coat of arms of the Republic of Poland.  Below – an inscription: 2013 (the year of issue). Along the rim – inscriptions: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (the Republic of Poland), ZŁ 2 ZŁ (the face value). Obverse designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska.

Reverse: The reverse of the coin depicts an image of Hipolit Cegielski with his signature. Along the rim – inscriptions: HIPOLIT CEGIELSKI, 1813 – 1868 (the year of birth and death of Cegielski) and the mark of the issuer. >Reverse designer: ;Sebastian Mikołajczak

Country: Narodowy Bank Polski
Data of issue: 2013
Face value: 200 zł /10 zł / 2 zł
Metal: Gold .900 / Silver .925 / CuAl5Zn5Sn1
Weight: 15,50 g / 14,14 g / 8,15 g
Diameter: 27 mm / 32 mm / 27 mm
Quality: Proof / Proof / Standard
Mintage, pcs: 2 500 / 28 000 / 800 000

The coins, commissioned by NBP, were struck by Mennica Polska S.A.

This gold coin issued by Luxemburg (minted by Austrian Mint) is dedicated to 15th anniversary of the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg. This is the third coin dedicated to the central bank of Luxembourg.

Country: Luxemburg
Data of issue: December, 2013
Face value: 15 €
Metal: Gold .999
Weight: 6,22 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 500 pcs

The National Bank of Belarus on November 21st, 2013 puts into circulation new silver and CuNi commemorative coins «The Belts of Slutsk. Collecting» under The Belts of Slutsk coin series.

Designer Svetlana Nekrasova

Country: Republic of Belarus
Data of issue: November 21, 2013
Face value: 20 rubles / 1 ruble
Metal: Silver .925 / CuNi
Weight: 33,62 g / 19,50 g
Diameter: 50 mm / 37 mm
Quality: Proof / Proof-like 
Mintage: 7000 pcs / 7000 pcs

Coins are minted at the Lithuanian mint.

National Bank of Romania issued 16th December 2013, a gold coin "The history of gold – the Four Gospels of Hurezi Monastery".

Obverse: a fragment of the Resurrection of Christ icon presenting the Descent into Hell, as depicted on the gold covers of the Four Gospels of Hurezi Monastery; the face value “10 LEI”; “ROMANIA” inscribed in an arc; the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2013”

Reverse: the portrait and name of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu; the main church; the kiosk and the chapel of Hurezi Monastery; the Four Gospels donated to the monastery by the prince, and „TETRAEVANGHELIARUL DE LA HUREZI” inscribed in an arc

Country: Armenia
Data of issue: December 16, 2013
Face value: 10 lei
Metal: Gold .999
Weight: 1,224 g
Diameter: 13,92 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 500 pcs

This gold collector coin issued by the Central Bank of Armenia is dedicated to the 125th anniversary of birth of Vahram Papazyan. Vahram Kamer Papazyan (born 18.06.1888 in Constantinople, died 05.06.1968 in Leningrad) is a prominent Armenian dramatic actor. Papazyan acquired theatrical practice in Paris associating mostly with the masters of Italian stage. His premier performance where he acted as Othello (W. Shakespeare’s “Othello”) was in 1908 at the Armenian theatre in Constantinople. In 1922-1927 he was an actor of the First State Theater of Armenia and Armenian troupes in Tiflis and Baku.

Papazyan performed in Leningrad, Riga, Tallinn, Kaunas, Paris, and starting from 1954 settled as an actor at the Yerevan Sundukyan Theater.Among Papazyan’s best roles are Othello, Lear, Hamlet (W. Shakespeare’s “Othello”, “King Lear”, “Hamlet”), Arbenin (M. Lermontov’s “Masquerade”), Protasov (L. Tolstoy’s “Dead Body Alive”), McGregor (W. Saroyan’s “My Heart’s in the Highlands”). Papazyan built up an exceptional theatrical character, with stressed spontaneity, harmonized sense of element and measure, unpredictable nature and ultimate persuasion.Designed by Eduard Kurghinyan. Minted in the Royal Dutch Mint.

Country: Armenia
Data of issue: January 2013
Face value: 10 000 dram
Metal: Gold .900
Weight: 8,60 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 1000 pcs

To mark the 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law, we launched "Japan 47 Prefectures Coin Program" in 2008. In this program, we will have issued silver coins and bi-color clad coins of 47 prefectures in Japan until 2016. Obverse carries each prefecture's own design in color and reverse design is all the same except the inscription of the issue year.

Yamanashi Coin
Obverse design: Fujisan, Yamanashi Maglev Test Line and grapes

Mt. Fuji: Fujisan, also known as Mt. Fuji, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776m. Mt. Fuji has been elevated to the status of a divinity as a religious object through the ages and also has been a resource of various art works in Japan. As a symbol of Japan, Mt. Fuji was registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in June 2013 because of its great historical and cultural values.

Yamanashi Mag-lev Test Line: The only test line of the magnetically-levitated (Maglev) train in Japan. Constructed at the eastern part of Yamanashi prefecture, and the test run started in 1997.

Grapes: Kōshu Grape is said to be a Japanese indigenous grape with 1,300 years history, and has been cultivated in Katsunuma area in Yamanashi. It is now widely cultivated in Yamanashi prefecture as eating or wine grapes. The harvest season is from the middle of September to late October.

500 yen bi–color clad coin. Obverse design: Fujisan and grapes

Kagoshima Coin
Obverse design: Jōmonsugi Cedar Tree, Mt. Nagatadake, and Yakushima Rhododendron in Yakushima Island

Jōmonsugi Cedar Tree: Jōmonsugi Cedar Tree is known as the oldest Yakusugi cryptomeria tree with the height of 25.3m and is estimated to be between 2,170 years old and 7,200 years old. The tree’s name is said to come from the Jōmon period of Japanese prehistory because it is a survivor of the Jōmon period dating back to about 16,500 years ago.

Mt. Nagatadake: One of the high mountains called Okudake centrally-located in Yakushima Island. The height above sea level is 1,886m. Many granite rocks are exposed by erosion around the top of the mountain, and it formed an unique landscape with the mountain ridge like a folding screen.

Yakushima Rhododendron: An evergreen low tree with the height of 2 to 3 m living in the area over 1,200 m above sea level. One of the indigenous species of Yakushima Island. 5 to12 blossoms of sanguine or pink color bloom on every tip of the branches from late May to early June every year.

500 yen bi–color clad coin. Obverse design: Mt. Sakurajima

Mt. Sakurajima: Mt. Sakurajima is a volcanic island with about 12 km from east to west and about 10 km from north to south in Kinkowan Bay. It used to be a literally island, but after the eruption in 1914, it connected with the peninsula. Mt. Sakurajima is an active volcano and the fuming Mt. Sakurajima is difinitely one of the most famous landscape of Kagoshima prefecture.

Country: Japan
Data of issue: August 2013
Face value: 1000 yen
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 31,10 g
Diameter: 40 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 100 000 pcs

The eagerly awaited 2014 UK £1 Brilliant Uncirculated Two-Coin Set representing Scotland and Northern Ireland is now available. Completing a quartet that began in 2013, the coins feature elegant floral-inspired designs by Timothy Noad, which pair the thistle and bluebell for Scotland and the shamrock and flax for Northern Ireland. Brilliant Uncirculated sets are now available, each in beautiful and bold packaging that will preserve the coins’ superior finish.

Coins have for so long communicated a nation’s heritage and the Floral 2014 UK £1 Brilliant Uncirculated Two-Coin Set continues the patriotic tradition in style. Continuing the stunning four-coin series honouring the home nations, Timothy Noad’s nature-inspired designs have united familiar floral symbols with some lesser-known floral emblems on a coin reverse for the first time. His decorative design harmoniously suspends the emblems in a beautiful circular arrangement, with edge inscriptions, NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT or ‘No one will attack me with impunity’ for Scotland and for Ireland DECUS ET TUTAMEN ‘An ornament and a safeguard’.

These stunning floral coins are housed in beautifully decorated packaging accompanied by an informative review of the historical use of national symbols on coinage and the relationship of the chosen symbols with their country. Floral 2014 UK £1 Brilliant Uncirculated Two-Coin Sets are available, each individually checked to ensure their superior finish. Act soon to secure this sure to be popular duo.

Country: UK
Data of issue: November 2013
Face value: £1
Metal: Nickel Brass
Weight: 9,50 g
Diameter: 22,50 mm
Quality: Brilliant Uncirculated
Reverse Design: Timothy Noad

The Mint of Poland presents the exquisite „Merry Christmas” coin.

The Christmas is magical time, the time of hope, fulfilled dreams and carefree moments spent with the family and loved ones. Make this Christmas an unforgettable experience and give the ones you truly care about  a smile, joy and good fortune enchanted in a silver coin blank with a symbol of Christmas traditions.

Reverse: In the central part of the coin – a stylized, multi-coloured image of the Saint Nicholas. In the background – falling snowflakes and a christmas tree. In the upper part of the coin, along the rim – an inscription: Merry Christmas (the name of the coin in English).

Obverse: In the central part of the coin – a decorative motif of a bow. Above – a profile portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Below – a multi-coloured imgae of a gift and the face value (1 DOLLAR). In the background – winter decorative motifs. In the upper part of the coin, along the rim: inscriptions: ELIZABETH II, NIUE ISLAND (the issuer), 2013 (the year of issue). 

Country: Niue Island
Data of issue: November 2013
Face value: 1 Dollar
Metal: Silver .500
Weight: 20,00 g
Diameter: 38,61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 1,999 pcs

The spellbinding coin is the perfect Christmas gift.
• offered in an attractive Christmas packaging 
• accompanied by a Certificate of authenticity issued by the Mint of Poland