Estimated price: CHF 30'000.-Umayyads. Solidus imitating Byzantine solidi, early 660s AD.NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
(GENEVA 9-10 December 2024)
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Estimated price: CHF 750'000.-Roman Republic. Brutus. Aureus, 43-42 BC.
From the Mazzini Collection.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
(GENEVA 9-10 December 2024)
1032
Estimated price: CHF 50'000.-Roman Empire. Theodosius II, 402-450.
Solidus 416 or 418, Constantinople.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1054
Estimated price: CHF 200'000.-Holy Roman Empire. Leopold I, 1657-1705.
10 Ducats 1671 IGW, Graz. NGC MS64 (Top pop).
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1112
Estimated price: CHF 2'000.-China. Anhwei Province. 50 Cents year 24 (1898).
NGC MS63+
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1225
Estimated price: CHF 200'000.-Nuremberg. 10 Ducats 1694. NGC MS65 PL (Top pop).NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1479
Estimated price: CHF 5'000.-Hong Kong. Victoria, 1837-1901. PROOF 1/2 Dollar 1866.
NGC PF64.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
(GENEVA 9-10 December 2024)
1638
Estimated price: CHF 400'000.-Pamplona. Felipe IV, 1621-1665. 8 Escudos 1652.
From the Huntington Collection. Unique.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1679
Estimated price: CHF 150'000.-Great Britain. Anne, 1702-1714. 5 Guineas 1703 VIGO.NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
(GENEVA 9-10 December 2024)
2035
Estimated price: CHF 300'000.-Great Britain. George III, 1760-1820. PATTERN PROOF
5 Guineas 1777. NGC PF64 CAMEO (Top pop).
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(GENEVA 9-10 December 2024)
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The MDC Awards 2023

Hosted by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), the 2023 Mint Directors Conference took place last month in Ottawa, Canada. The event, the first MDC held in five years, welcomed over 250 delegates from mints and the wider industry across the globe.

MDC 2023 closed with the Gala Dinner, held in the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of History. The dinner was also host to the MDC Awards, presented by Ross MacDiarmid, the outgoing Executive Director of the MDA. This year, there were 204 entries in total for the 5 categories of the 2023 MDC Awards.

Congratulations to all finalists and the winner of each category, which can be found here:

Best Circulating Coin or Coin Series

Winner: 2$ Coloured Circulating Coin – Honey Bee. Royal Australian Mint.

Winner: 2$ Coloured Circulating Coin – Honey Bee. Royal Australian Mint.

Finalist: 2€ New National Obverse. Monnaie de Paris.

Finalist: 2€ New National Obverse. Monnaie de Paris.

Finalist: Circulating Pride 50p. The Royal Mint

Finalist: Circulating Pride 50p. The Royal Mint

Best Collectible Gold Coin

Winner: €100 The Gold of the Pharaohs. Austrian Mint.

Winner: €100 The Gold of the Pharaohs. Austrian Mint.

Finalist: Bullion Britannia. The Royal Mint.

Finalist: Bullion Britannia. The Royal Mint.

Finalist: Solomon Islands 2021 | Gold Coin “2500 Years Confucius” Au999.9 2oz with jade inlay. German Mint.

Finalist: Solomon Islands 2021 | Gold Coin “2500 Years Confucius” Au999.9 2oz with jade inlay. German Mint.

Best Collectible Silver Coin

Winner: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary 5 oz Proof Silver Dollar. United States Mint.

Winner: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary 5 oz Proof Silver Dollar. United States Mint.

Finalist: Bullion Britannia. The Royal Mint.

Finalist: Bullion Britannia. The Royal Mint.

Finalist: Silver Burst 2022. CIT Coin Invest AG.

Finalist: Silver Burst 2022. CIT Coin Invest AG.

Best Packaging (of a collectible coin)

Winner: 2 KG Dior Trunk. Monnaie de Paris.

Winner: 2 KG Dior Trunk. Monnaie de Paris.

Finalist: The numismatic set of commemorative gold coins “Hum and the Višnjan Observatory”. Croatian Mint.

Finalist: The numismatic set of commemorative gold coins “Hum and the Višnjan Observatory”. Croatian Mint.

Finalist: United States Mint Rocketship™. US Mint.

Finalist: United States Mint Rocketship™. US Mint.

Best Sustainability Initiative

The Dutch Vault. Royal Dutch Mint.

The Dutch Vault. Royal Dutch Mint.

Circulating Blank Annealing Furnace Retrofit US Mint.

Circulating Blank Annealing Furnace Retrofit US Mint.

Local Energy Centre (LEC) – the GSCS (Generation Storage Consumption Supply) Project. The Royal Mint.

Local Energy Centre (LEC) – the GSCS (Generation Storage Consumption Supply) Project. The Royal Mint.

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