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Jun 23, 2021, 10:00 AM
Tokelau celebrates Princess Diana with silver, gold coins
Princess Diana is remembered on what would have been her 60th birthday with a Proof 1-ounce .9999 fine silver $5 coin and a Proof 1-ounce .9999 gold $100 coin issued for Tokelau. -
Jun 21, 2021, 10:00 AM
Pobjoy Mint’s 50-penny Sea Creatures series continues
The fourth issue in Pobjoy Mint's 2021 50-penny Sea Creatures series spotlights an interesting tropical fish native to the Indian Ocean, which changes color or even gender as it ages. -
Jun 19, 2021, 13:29 PM
Dix Noonan Webb offers 18th century Betts medal associated with lottery
A 1736 silver medal associated with a lottery set up to help pay for creation of a giant silver wine cooler is among lots in a July Dix Noonan Webb auction in London. -
Jun 18, 2021, 13:00 PM
Latvian marriage coin makes decision a positive
The design of a silver collector coin from Latvia, by a couple as their first foray into coin design, celebrates marriage with the mutual "yes" on both sides, as required for a marriage. -
Jun 16, 2021, 10:00 AM
Market Analysis: Hands clasped in friendship and alliance
A bronze Roman Provincial coin struck circa A.D. 43 or 44 at a mint in Judaea under King Agrippa I offers a complex pictorial narrative of a treaty of friendship and alliance between leaders. -
Jun 14, 2021, 10:15 AM
Royal Australian Mint coin honors battle in Vietnam
A battle in Vietnam, among the last in the conflict to involve Australian soldiers, is the subject of the collector-only issue of an Uncirculated copper-nickel 50-cent coin from the Royal Australian Mint. -
Jun 14, 2021, 10:00 AM
Market Analysis: One gold aureus, four portraits
Four faces of the family of Septimus Severus grace a gold aureus struck around A.D. 202 in Rome, which sold for $36,000 in a Classical Numismatic Group auction in May. -
Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 AM
Princess Diana Proof gold £5 coin soars in sale
A 1997 Proof gold £5 coin tribute to Princess Diana brought more than three times its estimate at a Dix Noonan Webb auction in London, realizing £6,200 on June 2. -
Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 AM
Market Analysis: Ancient coins with stories in CNG auction
A bronze drachm dated RY 8 (A.D. 144 to 145) minted in Alexandria, Egypt, under Antoninus Pius featuring a zodiac wheel and graded Extremely Fine by CNG sold for $43,200 in May. -
Jun 8, 2021, 09:05 AM
Shipwreck silver and gold treasure soars in Sedwick sale
A 1714-J Royal silver 8-real cob minted in Mexico City and rescued from the 1715 Plate Fleet wreck, and a .927 fine gold bar of Colombia in the wreck of the Atocha led Sedwick auction to a sales record. -
Jun 5, 2021, 10:00 AM
Pobjoy’s tributes to American silver dollars sell out
The Pobjoy Mint created a three-coin 2021 program for the British Virgin Islands commemorating the U.S. Morgan and Peace dollars, and the gold and silver versions sold out fast. -
Jun 1, 2021, 10:19 AM
The Who (the band) graces new commemorative coins from UK
The British rock group The Who is feted on the latest entry in the Royal Mint's Music Legends series, with 2021 coins in an array of compositions and denominations, some including color. -
Jun 1, 2021, 09:30 AM
Pobjoy Mint issues fourth coin in Queen’s Beasts series
The Welsh Red Dragon, a mythical beast associated with strength, wisdom, power, and the first Tudor monarch, is Pobjoy's latest Queen's Beast in a series of £2 coins for British Indian Ocean Territories. -
May 30, 2021, 11:00 AM
Medal marks Danish attack on city in Germany
A silver medal presented to Denmark's King Christian V as a 1694 birthday gift commemorates his 1693 attack on a German city and is a featured lot in a June MDC auction in Monaco. -
May 26, 2021, 11:00 AM
Canadian Recognition medal sales benefit charity
The Breakfast Club of Canada COVID-19 Emergency Fund has received $600,000 Canadian from sales of an RCM wearable nickel-plated steel Recognition medal for those fighting the pandemic. -
May 25, 2021, 11:00 AM
Gold issue from Spink recalls fairy-tale marriage of Grace Kelly
A Proof .920 fine gold 200-franc piece from 1966 marks the 10th anniversary of the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier and will be sold June 17 in the Netherlands. -
May 23, 2021, 11:00 AM
Portugal honors explorer Magellan on 2021 silver issue
Ferdinand Magellan is the subject of the Proof 2021 .925 fine silver €7.5 coin in the latest offering in Portugal’s four-year series honoring his famous expedition 500 years ago. -
May 23, 2021, 11:00 AM
Austria explores Milky Way on 2021 Proof silver €20
The alternating concave and convex surface of the Austrian Mint's Proof .925 fine silver €20 coin designed to depict the Milky Way offers an intriguing collectible and coinage creativity. -
May 22, 2021, 09:00 AM
Pobjoy Mint honors emperor angelfish in third release of 50-penny coin series
Pobjoy Mint has produced a third coin in the new series of Sea Creatures 50-penny coins issued on behalf of the British Indian Ocean Territory with the latest release featuring the emperor angelfish. -
May 21, 2021, 10:41 AM
Silver, gold coins get up close with Australian wildlife
The latest coins in the Wildlife Up Close series, 2021 silver dollar and gold $100 coins issued in the name of Niue, feature Australia' red kangaroo, the largest of the species.
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