All Set for the Coin Conference 2024

The Coin Conference takes place in Lisbon 28-30 October, against a backdrop of considerable change (no pun intended) in the world of circulating coins. Not surprisingly, the agenda is busy and full of substance, reflecting the key challenges, and opportunities, that face issuers and producers.

The conference starts with two workshops.

That was then, this is now

The first – ‘That was Then, This is Now – the New Priorities for Coin Issuers’ – is for central banks and coin issuers. It is a continuation of the workshop held at the 2017 Coin Conference in 2017, where the then MDC Technical Committee Customer Taskforce led by Dieter Merkle of Schuler brought together national authorities (central banks and finance ministries/ treasury departments) to discuss and identify their key priorities for circulating coins. Participants from 23 different countries were asked to rank these priorities in terms of public perception, seigniorage, security, trust, attractiveness, innovation and obligation – with a survey at the start and end of the workshop resulting in a surprising shift of views.