Auc. 112 Lot 132Egypt,
AV Tetradrachm (282–272 BC),
King Ptolemy II and Queen Arsinoe II.
From the major collection of Alexandria mint.
Condition: vf+
Estimate: 2.500 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 299Banknotes of the Bank Deutscher Länder.
50 Deutsche Mark o.D. ( 1948-1949) "Liberty".
Condition: extremly rare, I
Estimate: 9.000 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 71Cilicia/Mazaios.
AR Stater (361-334 BC).
Obv. Baal of Tarsos.
Conditon: ef
Estimate: 2.000 EUR

Auc.112 Lot 1701House Habsburg.
Taler 1780 SF
with counter stamp Djibouti (1870-1900).
Condition: vf
Estimate: 400 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 2875Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
20 Mark 1905 A.
Condition: vf/ef
Estimate: 6.000 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 66Polen, Duchy of Warsaw.
1 Talar 1. December 1810.
Condition: III-IV
Estimate: 1.500 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 471Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, 1907-1918.
1 Dollar 1.3.1907, Tsingtao.
Condition: very rare, restored
Estimate: 2.000 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 492Interest coupons for Bavarian government bonds.
Royal Bavarian General Loan.
8.75 Marks, March 1, 1919.
Condition: rare, I
Estimate: 300 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 901Silesia, Trebnitz.
City Treasury.
10 Pfennig, undated (early August 1914).
Condition: extremely rare, I-
Estimate: 350 EUR

Auc 113 Lot 957Latvia, Mitau.
1 Kopek, 12.08.1915.
Sample note, handwritten by the "Mayor of Mitau".
Condition: I
Estimate: 300 EUR
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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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