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World Coins Apr 7, 2024, 8 AM
MDC Monaco holds French auction with focus on silver
MDC Monaco offers silver ecu coins of Louis XIV and Louis XV in a 1,450-lot online sale May 5, and its blue catalog, a nod to the George Sobin ecu collection's 1977 sale, lists 140 examples not in that collection. -
World Coins Apr 2, 2024, 4 PM
Man turns in coins found 60 years ago
Two brothers rummaging around as youngsters underneath the church floor in a village in Norway 60 years ago found 14 silver coins likely issued by important kings in Norway in the Middle Ages. -
World Coins Mar 27, 2024, 10 AM
Spanish Mint notes International Women’s Day with exhibit
To mark International Women's Day March 8, the Royal Spanish Mint showcased an online exhibit honoring women depicted on coins, from ancients to the current Princess Leonor on Spain's 2023 silver €40 coin. -
World Coins Mar 20, 2024, 6 PM
Asteroid impact redirection silver $5 coin available
Melbourne Coin Company offers a 2024 High Relief Proof 5-ounce .999 fine silver $5 coin for Niue featuring NASA's asteroid-redirection capacity on one side and an asteroid's destructive capacity on the other. -
World Coins Mar 19, 2024, 9 AM
Deadly and Dangerous series honors Australia’s Bluebottle
The only safe way to encounter a Pacific Man O'War is on a coin in Perth Mint's Deadly and Dangerous coin series: the 2024 1-ounce silver $1 for Tuvalu and a Proof 2024 1-ounce gold $100 for Niue. -
World Coins Mar 16, 2024, 12 PM
Final Pobjoy Mint coin issue available from distributors
A specially privy-marked Proof 1-ounce .999 fine silver $10 coin for the British Virgin Islands, the nearly 60-year-old Pobjoy Mint's final issue before closing in late 2023, is available from distributors. -
World Coins Mar 12, 2024, 12 PM
Krugerrands to be final strikes on historic press
The South African Mint has struck the final issues of quarter-ounce and 1-ounce gold Krugerrands on the Oom Paul press, which dates to 1891 with the coins available from a U.S. distributor. -
World Coins Mar 8, 2024, 8 PM
Grizzly launches Canada’s Wildlife Reflections $20 series
The first coins of a new Wildlife Reflections series that is being offered by the Royal Canadian Mint will be a Proof .9999 fine silver $20 issue honoring the grizzly bear. -
World Coins Mar 6, 2024, 10 AM
Royal Mint honors British pop star George Michael
The popularity of British pop star George Michael became obvious when the Royal Mint's Music Legends series featured the artist on its 2024 release and many of the coins were an instant sellout. -
World Coins Mar 3, 2024, 10 AM
Scottish Hat coin leads Davissons auction ending Mar. 20
One of the most famous coin types in the history of Scotland, representing the first issues of the nation struck in .916 fine gold, will be offered in a Davissons sale ending March 20.