• Women
    Nov 15, 2023, 09:03 AM

    Belgian coin honors anniversary of women’s suffrage

    by Jeff Starck
    Belgium, one of the last European countries to offer women's suffrage, recognizes its historic shift of 75 years ago with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

  • Voernedaal hoard and stone container
    Nov 14, 2023, 09:09 AM

    American collector buys, donates hoard to museum

    by Jeff Starck
    An American collector bought the entirety of a hoard found in the Netherlands and promptly donated the purchase to a museum near the place where the discovery was made.

  • King Charles III 75th birthday coin
    Nov 13, 2023, 08:11 AM

    Royal Mint issues honor King Charles III’s 75th birthday

    by Jeff Starck
    The Royal Mint issued a suite of coins in November to commemorate the 75th birthday of King Charles III, with designs reflecting the monarch's passion for nature.

  • Snowman coin
    Nov 9, 2023, 10:00 AM

    Snowman coinage continues Royal Mint tradition

    by Jeff Starck
    The Royal Mint's sixth officially licensed collectible 50-penny coin multi-variety issue celebrating the children's book "The Snowman" carries the Christmas-themed coins' first use of King Charles III's likeness.

  • Latvia basketball coin
    Nov 6, 2023, 08:15 AM

    Latvian silver €5 coin celebrates 100 years of basketball

    by Jeff Starck
    Basketball and 100 years of the sport in Latvia is the focus of a silver Proof .999 fine silver collector coin made by the Italian State Mint and featuring gold coloring.

  • Comparison of trial and proper
    Nov 4, 2023, 09:35 AM

    2023 trial $100 coin found outside of Perth Mint

    by Jeff Starck
    A coin dealer in the UK discovered a trial 2023 Kangaroo $100 gold bullion coin Perth Mint produced with the previous years' standard obverse design, before the updated 2023 obverse was approved.

  • Hercules slaying of the Hydra
    Nov 2, 2023, 08:48 AM

    Market Analysis: Hercules battles hydra on gold aureus

    by Steve Roach
    The "Twelve Labors of Hercules" provide a challenge for those interested in collecting a complete set and a gold aureus depicting the slaying of the Hydra sold by Heritage for $33,600.

  • Roman emperor Otho
    Nov 1, 2023, 08:42 AM

    Market Analysis: Hairless Otho remains elusive

    by Steve Roach
    A gold coin of Otho, one of the emperors of Rome with a short tenure, is the rarest of the Twelve Caesars and Heritage recently offered an example that brought $87,000 in a sale.

  • UK Royal Mint 2023 circulating
    Oct 30, 2023, 08:30 AM

    Royal Mint redesigns circulating coinage with nature themes

    by Jeff Starck
    New 2023 circulating United Kingdom coins will begin to appear as the Royal Mint has revealed the designs that pay homage to King Charles III's passion for conservation and nature.

  • World coinage
    Oct 29, 2023, 09:38 AM

    Mint Directors Conference includes digital currency talks

    by Jeff Starck
    The 31st Mint Directors Conference took places in Ottawa, bringing in more than 250 interested participants from around the world to address topics of mutual concern.

  • Marcus Aurelius aureus
    Oct 27, 2023, 12:31 PM

    Market Analysis: Aureus of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus

    by Steve Roach
    Roman Imperial gold coins have proven to be attractions when offered for sale and Heritage sold a gold aureus struck by Marcus Aurelius as Augustus for $25,200 in an August sale.

  • Aurora Borealis coins
    Oct 23, 2023, 09:27 AM

    Aurora borealis shines on two new commemoratives

    by Jeff Starck
    The impressive light display of the aurora borealis is captured on two 2023 colorized collector coins, a Tuvalu silver dollar with a Queen Elizabeth II obverse, and a Niue gold $100 coin with King Charles III.

  • Tuvalu Phoenix silver $5
    Oct 22, 2023, 09:48 AM

    Phoenix $5 coin celebrates bird’s legend

    by William T. Gibbs
    The legend of the phoenix is depicted with a multicolored Chinese phoenix on an Antique Finish 2023 5-ounce .999 fine silver $5 coin for Tuvalu, made by the The Perth Mint of Western Australia.

  • Pobjoy Mint
    Oct 20, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Week's Most Read: Closing of Pobjoy Mint

    by Larry Jewett
    The startling news of the planned closing of the Pobjoy Mint after 58 years was by far the most attention-grabbing news of the week, though readers were also interested in upcoming Mint products.

  • Greek coin in Canadian museum
    Oct 16, 2023, 08:16 AM

    Coins help support exhibits at Canada’s largest museum

    by Steve Roach
    Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum displays coins in historical settings, using Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins to illustrate economic patterns, artistic movements and how cultures depicted themselves.

  • Pobjoy Mint
    Oct 16, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief for Oct. 16, 2023: End to an era

    by William T. Gibbs
    The closing of the Pobjoy Mint, a private minter that has issued thousands of coins since its founding in 1965, comes as a huge surprise to us. Its influence was substantial and its legacy, long-lasting.

  • 2023 Canada $2
    Oct 15, 2023, 09:05 AM

    Canada 2023 $2 coin honors work of modern artist

    by Jeff Starck
    Plain and colorful 2023 circulating commemorative $2 coins celebrating the centennial of the birth of Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle are being issued by the Royal Canadian Mint.

  • Swiss 25 francs trial strike
    Oct 14, 2023, 08:27 AM

    Swissmint offers trial pieces in Oct. 26 SINCONA auction

    by Jeff Starck
    SINCONA Ag is offering 51 trial coins consigned by the Swissmint, pieces from production dated 2022 to 2024, to give collectors an opportunity to own a piece of important minting history.

  • Pobjoy Mint
    Oct 12, 2023, 11:30 AM

    After 58 years of operation, UK’s Pobjoy Mint closing

    by Jeff Starck
    The Pobjoy Mint will cease operations at the end of 2023 with the retirement of managing director Taya Pobjoy, ending 58 years of the company's involvement in producing coins and medals.

  • sicily-silver-tetradrachm-morton-eden-auction-online
    Oct 8, 2023, 11:30 AM

    Signed classic silver decadrachms in Morton & Eden sale

    by Jeff Starck
    Three different silver decadrachms, one signed by the artist Kimon and two by Euianetos, sold during Morton & Eden’s Sept. 26 and 27 auction, realizing a range of prices that fell on, above and below their estimates.

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