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Jul 31, 2015, 10:25 AM
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. -
Jul 28, 2015, 14:42 PM
Wire money of Russia is very small
Tiny silver slivers that are crudely struck turns out to be Russian wire money. -
Jul 28, 2015, 10:47 AM
1715 Treasure Fleet gold recovered off Florida coast
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. -
Jul 28, 2015, 06:45 AM
War of Spanish Succession medal graphic reminder
The War of the Spanish Succession, 1700 to 1714, was a true world conflagration that pitted the major European powers against each other. -
Jul 27, 2015, 10:49 AM
Napoleonic medal for defeat in Paris realizes $3,044 in 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. -
Jul 27, 2015, 10:41 AM
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. -
Jul 27, 2015, 10:32 AM
Royal Canadian Mint coin has 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. -
Jul 27, 2015, 09:30 AM
Slovakia to honor nationalist, linguist with €2 coin
Slovakia will honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ludovít Štúr with a circulating commemorative €2 coin. -
Jul 24, 2015, 14:28 PM
Baldwin to offer Prospero Library in September at fixed prices
The Prospero Library on ancient coins will be offered for sale in a fixed-price list in September. -
Jul 24, 2015, 11:00 AM
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. -
Jul 24, 2015, 09:13 AM
Ground-breaking kicks off construction at Schuler Innovation Tower
A symbolic groundbreaking July 14 opened construction of the Schuler Innovation Tower at Göppingen, Germany. The company makes coin presses among other things -
Jul 23, 2015, 10:20 AM
Domestic Birds series brings birds of Germany to gold €20 coins
Germany in 2016 will began a six-year series of gold €20 coins honoring the nation’s domestic birds. -
Jul 22, 2015, 19:13 PM
Germany plans 2016 €100 gold coin in UNESCO World Heritage series
The medieval-era Danube River town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is the theme for Germany’s 2016 .9999 fine gold €100 coin in its UNESCO site series. -
Jul 22, 2015, 15:27 PM
Pobjoy Mint celebrates 50 years of designing coins for collectors
The private Pobjoy Mint celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2015. The British firm was founded by Derek Pobjoy. -
Jul 22, 2015, 13:50 PM
Little Red Riding Hood Germany’s first €20 silver coin
Germany’s first commemorative silver €20 coin to be offered at face value will celebrate the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. -
Jul 22, 2015, 11:11 AM
Second part of Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money available
The second volume in the four-volume Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money series is now available. -
Jul 22, 2015, 10:15 AM
Hutt River Province among most prolific coin issuing micronations
The Hutt River Province, if not the most prolific coin-issuing secessionist state in history, is among the top contenders. -
Jul 21, 2015, 11:00 AM
Platform off coast of England serves as home to Sealand
The most famous unrecognized state probably is Sealand, founded as a sovereign principality in 1967 in international waters off the coast of Britain. -
Jul 21, 2015, 10:18 AM
Quebec rodeo issues trade token struck by Royal Canadian Mint
A rodeo and western gathering in Quebec, Canada, has issued its first collectible trade token. -
Jul 20, 2015, 15:25 PM
Luxembourg marks anniversary with commemorative €2 coin
Luxembourg’s newest commemorative €2 coin marks the 125th anniversary of the House of Nassau-Weilburg, the governing family of the tiny, wealthy nation. -
Jul 20, 2015, 11:00 AM
Japan Releases New High Speed Train Coins
This five coin set depicts 5 different Shinkansen train lines on the obverse of the coins. -
Jul 20, 2015, 10:40 AM
Images of gold coin hoard in Germany released by museum
Images of a gold coin hoard and its recovery in Germany were released on July 17. -
Jul 20, 2015, 08:00 AM
Kingdom of Bermania all in good fun, mind of Connecticut dealer
The Kingdom of Bermania is all in fun, and perhaps all in the mind of Connecticut coin dealer Allen Berman. -
Jul 20, 2015, 07:55 AM
Greek wreath bearer coins among most impressive: Ancients Today
Among the impressive ancient Greek coins are silver tetradrachms struck by independent cities in the second century B.C., with reverse designs within a wreath. -
Jul 17, 2015, 14:29 PM
Muskoxen charge collectors on silver $100-for-$100 coin
The muskox is the sixth animal honored in the Royal Canadian Mint’s Wildlife in Motion series.