BERLIN _ The aluminum East German coins being taken out of circulation are being melted down for car parts, and the flimsy bank notes are to be buried deep in a mine shaft to decompose. A ...

East German phantom banknotes Manuela Kasper-Claridge / sgb 11/03/2014 November 3, 2014. A visit to the Berlin headquarters of the state-owned KfW bank is full of surprises.

A coin is being released by the Royal Mint marking the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. On 27 September 1825, Locomotion No. 1 pulled a train along the 26-mile line in ...

The stolen gold coins were discovered near Manching in 1999, and are thought to date back to the first century BC Thieves have stolen a hoard of Celtic gold coins worth about €1.6m (£1.4m) from ...

A one-mark coin from 1950 in good condition could fetch up to 800 euros. Such dream dividends and nostalgia for the disappearing Deutsche mark has also caught the interest of people who previously ...

A few years back, he was runner-up in the Mint’s design contest for a Baseball Hall of Fame 75th-anniversary coin. In between, he pitched numerous other ideas. Then, for a coin to mark 50 years since ...

The Royal Canadian Mint produced its first $1 million (Canadian) gold coin in 2007. ... Record 220-pound gold coin stolen from German museum in mysterious heist. March 28, 2017.

A German coin manufacturer has commemorated the country’s love of currywurst with a speciality coin to mark 70 years since the savoury snack was first sold in Berlin.

By Mark Price. September 20, 2021 1:32 PM. A pierced 17th-century German coin was found at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland. How did it get there?

A display case in the hotel lobby contains East German souvenirs such as plastic egg cups, chocolate GDR-Mark coins and even a rare roll of GDR toilet paper, German media report. Guests cannot escape ...

To commemorate the one-year death anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, the Indian-origin CEO of UK-headquartered East India Company, Sanjiv Mehta, has unveiled a glittering diamond and gold Crown ...