Thursday, November 7, 2019

Myanmar issued Aung San gold coin

Today, The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) has issued a new tical gold coin with a portrait of late national hero Bogyoke Aung San. The new tical gold coin has a diameter of 26.0 millimeters ( mm) and a thickness of 2.0 mm.

Aung San coin

At the center of the face of the new gold coin is a portrait of Bogyoke Aung San with the words “Aung San” written at the bottom. Along the circumference of the coin, “Central Bank of Myanmar”, and “16.329 gm 999.9 Fine Gold” will be etched in the English language.

The coin opposite will show words in Burmese "Central Bank of Myanmar 2018", "a tical", "999.9 Fine Gold".

The gold coins can be purchased from the first week of November, 2019 at the Myanmar Gems Enterprise sale centers in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay.

CBM has been issuing quality tical, half-tical, and a quarter- tical gold coins since 1991. It has also introduced a new quarter- tical quality gold coin in 2018. A single star is depicted in the center of the tical gold coin. Images of a plowing farmer and an elephant hauling a log are depicted on the half- and a quarter- tical gold coins, and image of Bogyoke is depicted at the center of the new quarter-tical quality gold coin.
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Friday, October 25, 2019

4th Trigo KL Money Show 25 October 2019

4th Trigo Kuala Lumpur International Money Show start today (25 October 2019) until Sunday (27 October 2019) at Anggerik Suite 1 & 2, Level 2, Hilton Hotel Petaling Jaya, (P.J. Hilton), Petaling Jaya, Selangor. 24 exhibitors will be participating in the 2019 KL Money Show.

Money Show

This year, a hornbill is featured on the entrance ticket. Paper Money Guaranty™ (PMG®) can certify and encapsulate the ticket with Special Label for 4th Trigo KL Money Show.

4th Trigo ticket

This is the only official souvenir from that show. The ticket includes various anti-counterfeiting elements, including optical variable ink, background printing, fluorescent ink, a security thread, and registration features that are difficult to imitate.

4th Trigo Kuala Lumpur International Money Show Exhibitors (Official list):
  • No. A3: Alexey Zemlyakov (Russia)
  • No. A11: Colonial Coins & Banknotes (USA)
  • No. A5: Alwrich Numismatics (Singapore)
  • No. A4: Denis Lapaev (Russia)
  • No. B1: Di Wang Coins (China)
  • No. F6: GBCA (China)
  • No. B9: Eccles Coins & Banknotes (New Zealand)
  • No. F4: Intrepid Numismatics & Philately (Hong Kong)
  • No. A1: Heritage Auctions (USA)
  • No. B2: Henry Hinrose (Japan)
  • No. B3: Joshua D. Risi (Colombia)
  • No. B11: Super Buy HK Company (Hong Kong)
  • No. A10: Kosendo Co., Ltd (Japan)
  • No. A2: Myntkompanient (Sweden)
  • No. B5, B6, B7: Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) & Numismatic Conservation Services® (NCS®) (USA)
  • No. A7, A8, A9: Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS®) (USA)
  • No. F3: (Malaysia)
  • No. B4: Raymond Chow Galleries (Malaysia)
  • No. B10: RCH Rare Collection House (Malaysia)
  • No. A6: Sakura Collection House (Japan)
  • No. F2: Stack's Bowers & Ponterio Ltd (USA)
  • No. F5: Hon Numismatics (Hong Kong)
  • No. B8: Shanghai Tian Li Collection (China)
  • No. F1: Trigometric (Malaysia)
  • No. B12: PCRP (China)

Welcome to Malaysia to all International exhibitors for 4th Trigo Kuala Lumpur International Money Show.
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