فضية

Currency of the Imamate of Oman

Silver coin for Expo 2020

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates issued new, high-quality silver coins to commemorate the emirate's hosting of Expo 2020 in its capital, Dubai. Originally scheduled to open on October 20, 2020, and end on April 10, 2021, the World Expo has now been rescheduled. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the dates have been postponed.

A seminar entitled "Maintenance and Preservation of Ancient Silver Coins"

Through the Zoom electronic platform, sponsored by Al-Muqtana Al-Arabi magazine and in cooperation with the lecturer: Al-Mu’taz Billah Al-Saeed Al-Shahawi – Member of the American Society for Numismatics, Researcher at the Paul Getty Institute of Archaeology, and Antiquities Restoration Specialist at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

A commemorative coin to honor Hazza Al Mansouri

The Central Bank of the UAE issued a commemorative silver coin on Sunday to honor the nation's first astronaut. The 40-gram coin celebrates Hazzaa Al Mansouri's historic journey to space and his time aboard the International Space Station last September. The coin, which features Al Mansouri's image, is inscribed with "UAE Mission 1" and the date 25/9/2019.

Niue Island Editions“

It's delightful to find that those responsible for minting coins abroad actually possess a knack for marketing. Take, for example, the silver coin pictured in this post – the first issue from Niue, near Australia, in 2020. It features Her Majesty the Queen on the obverse, as usual, but the reverse is the reverse of a 1930 Australian penny (and this penny, for those who don't know, is considered one of the rarest coins...).