News from the world of numismatics

Football fever over the special coin “Cristiano Ronaldo”

On 2 January 2025, the Banco de Portugal felt compelled to publish the following statement: “The Banco de Portugal warns of false reports about the launch of a special coin in honour of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese mint has not minted a 7-euro special coin in honour of Cristiano Ronaldo, and neither is it planning one. Much to the disappointment of many new numismatists, who had been getting excited about the value increasing to over USD 150,000.

886 ROYAL MINT
Jewellery by the British Royal Mint

The British Royal Mint is launching a sustainable, solid-gold jewellery range under the brand name 886. 886 is the first luxury jewellery brand to use 100% of gold recycled from electronic waste. The Royal Mint is using groundbreaking technology from Excir (excir.com) to reclaim more than 99% of the gold from used electronic devices. This is an exciting new source of high-quality precious metal.

or in person at:
886 by The Royal Mint boutique, Burlington Arcade, London, UK.

In the spring of this year, the Mint of Finland closed its gates for the final time.

After 162 years of minting, the Mint of Finland closed in spring. It was known for its high-quality 2-euro coins, but had not managed to get into the markets for regular issue or bullion coins. Aside from Finnish coins, the Mint of Finland also minted the euro coins for Estonia, Greece, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Cyprus and Ireland. These countries, along with the Republic of Finland, now need to shop around for a new coin minting partner.