EUROPE UPDATE

Archaeologists from South Bohemia have revealed the details of their discovery of 800 13th-century silver ‘bracteate’ coins. Said to be minted during the reign of King Přemysl Otakar II, the find is one of the largest in the Czech Republic. Archaeologists from the Prácheň Museum in Písek are currently cataloguing and restoring the coins in preparation for a public exhibition at the Museum.

Monnaie de Paris, the national mint of France, has issued a silver €10 coin depicting Mont Saint-Michel, the UNESCO World Heritage site on the Brittany coast. France have issued coins honouring monuments on the UNESCO list since 2007.

The Italian Mint has issued a glow-in-the-dark coin as part of its ‘Sustainable World: Endangered Animals’ series. The €5 coin features an illustration of a tiger and, thanks to the phosphorescent materials used, the image glows in the dark.

Bulgarian authorities recently seized more than 1,500 ancient coins and arrested five suspects, according to the country’s Interior Ministry and Specialized Prosecutor’s Office. The authorities discovered over 1,500 ancient coins in the cars and homes of the suspects, along with other artefacts and metal detectors.

The Royal Dutch Mint’s

‘Day of the Mint Set 2020’ (limited to 2,020 sets) features the official Dutch Euro coins of 2020, as well as a unique piece featuring four previously unseen privy marks. The reverse of the collectable piece shows a coin stamp inside a coin press.