World Coins
Recovered 1715 Treasure Fleet gold value pegged at $1 million
More than 50 gold coins and 40 feet of gold chain have been pulled up from the site of the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwrecks off the coast of Florida.
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World Coins
17th century wire money of Russia is very small: Readers Ask
Tiny silver slivers that are crudely struck turns out to be Russian wire money.
World Coins
Gold coins and more in recent salvage at site of 1715 Treasure Fleet wrecks
Gold estimated at worth $1 million was recently brought up from the site of the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwrecks off the Florida coast, according to CBS News.
World Coins
A War of the Spanish Succession medal: The Research Desk
The War of the Spanish Succession, 1700 to 1714, was a true world conflagration that pitted the major European powers against each other.
World Coins
Napoleonic medal for defeat in Paris realizes $3,044 in Baldwin’s June 23 auction
A silver medal marking Napoleon's capitulation at the Battle of Paris was a highlight of A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.’s June 23 Military auction No. 5 in London.
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Rare silver taler of Trier in Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio sale
A rare, possibly unique, 1591 silver taler from Trier, Germany, is a highlight of Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio’s Aug. 12, 14 and 17 world coin auction.
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Royal Canadian Mint issues first coin with color, fine art glass, glow paint
One of the Royal Canadian Mint’s newest collector coins is the first to combine color, glow paint and borosilicate fine-art colored glass.
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Slovakia to honor nationalist, linguist Ľudovít Štúr with €2 coin
Slovakia will honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ľudovít Štúr with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.
World Coins
Baldwin to offer Prospero Library in September in a fixed-price list
The Prospero Library on ancient coins will be offered for sale in a fixed-price list in September.
World Coins
Ethnic group in Middle East issues coins for Kurdistan
The ethnic groups of Kurds formed an entity known as Kurdistan which has issued fantasy coins.
