Livonian Order. Gotthard Kettler, 1559-1561.
2 1/2 Ducats n. d., mint probably Riga.
Extremely rare.
Almost extremely fine.
Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.
Sovereign n. d., (1584-1586), London.
Very rare.
Slightly bent, almost extremely fine.
Mustafa III, 1757-1774.
2 Zeri Mahbub 1757/1758 (= 1171 AH), Misr (Kairo)
Ziynet pattern.
Very rare.
Holed, almost extremely fine.
Carlos III, 1759-1788.
8 Escudos 1764, NR-JV,
Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogota).
NGC AU58.
Rare. Extremely fine.
Bankportugalöser in the weight of 10 Ducats 1689,
by J. Reteke, on the major European banking cities of
Amsterdam, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Venice.
NGC MS63 PL. Very rare.
Extremely fine-uncirculated.
Penny 1919.
Copper-nickel pattern of the “Kookaburra Penny”
by C. D. Richardson for Stokes & Sons. Extremely rare.
PCGS SP 61.
Tiny edge faults, extremely fine.
Vereenigde Amsterdamsche Compagnie.
1/2 Daalder in the weight of 4 Reales 1601, Dordrecht.
Extremely rare. Fine patina,
very fine-extremely fine.
5 Gulden type 1846.
Highest rarity (RRRR).
PMG Choice Very Fine 35.
1000 Gulden type 1860.
Highest rarity (RRRR).
PMG Extremely Fine 40.
Pinholes. Pressed.
Leonhard von Keutschach, 1495-1519.
3 Ducats 1513. Extremely rare.
Attractive piece with nice golden toning, min. bent,
extremely fine.
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.
Finalist: 2€ New National Obverse. Monnaie de Paris.
Finalist: Circulating Pride 50p. The Royal Mint
Best Collectible Gold Coin
Winner: €100 The Gold of the Pharaohs. Austrian Mint.
Finalist: Bullion Britannia. The Royal 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.
Finalist: Bullion Britannia. The Royal Mint.
Finalist: Silver Burst 2022. CIT Coin Invest AG.
Best Packaging (of a collectible coin)
Winner: 2 KG Dior Trunk. Monnaie de Paris.
Finalist: The numismatic set of commemorative gold coins “Hum and the Višnjan Observatory”. Croatian Mint.
Finalist: United States Mint Rocketship™. US Mint.
Best Sustainability Initiative
The Dutch Vault. Royal Dutch Mint.
Circulating Blank Annealing Furnace Retrofit US Mint.
Local Energy Centre (LEC) – the GSCS (Generation Storage Consumption Supply) Project. The Royal Mint.
