• 100-forint circulating commemorative for Hungary
    Apr 2, 2022, 09:20 AM

    Hungary issues 100-forint coin for money museum opening

    by Jeff Starck
    A circulating commemorative 100-forint coin with an issue of 2 million coins from Hungary's Central Bank calls attention to the opening of the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Centre.

  • Lavinia Fontana medal
    Mar 31, 2022, 10:30 AM

    Detroit exhibit features medals of 17th century female artists

    by Steve Roach
    Medals created by two female artists of the 17th century in Italy feature prominently in an ongoing exhibition at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

  • Pobjoy Mint British Antarctic Territory 50-penny Endurance
    Mar 28, 2022, 09:19 AM

    'Endurance' subject of a new 50-penny coin in ship series

    by Jeff Starck
    The latest in a 50-penny coin series honoring historical vessels, issued by Pobjoy Mint for British Antarctic Territory, features polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's recently rediscovered ship "Endurance."

  • British Virgin Islands Tall ships
    Mar 21, 2022, 08:45 AM

    Pobjoy continues British Virgin Islands’ $1 series

    by Jeff Starck
    The latest Tall Ships dollar coin for British Virgin Islands from the Pobjoy Mint features the HMS "Nymph," which served the British Royal Navy in the 18th century and sank in the harbor of the Islands' capital.

  • Pearl Black British Virgin Island tribute dollar
    Mar 14, 2022, 09:14 AM

    Pearl Black Finish offered for tribute coins

    by Jeff Starck
    A unique practice offered by Pobjoy Mint allows for production of "Peral Black" finish applied to coins with Morgan and Peace tribute coins set to get the stunning treatment.

  • 1927 Ireland penny pattern coin
    Mar 13, 2022, 11:00 AM

    Rare Irish pattern penny from 1927 stars in London auction

    by Jeff Starck
    A pattern that served for Ireland's first coinage in the 1920s was offered in a Dix Noonan Webb auction in London with the penny bringing £17,360 with the buyer's fee.

  • 3000 forint commemorative coins
    Mar 8, 2022, 14:00 PM

    Hungary releases coins highlighting role of researchers

    by Jeff Starck
    Two Hungarian researchers played an important role in the development of vaccines used in combatting the global pandemic and their work is being honored on two commemorative coins.

  • Wildman taler from 1605
    Mar 3, 2022, 15:44 PM

    Wildman taler in Künker auction of Brunswick Collection

    by Jeff Starck
    Fritz Rudolf Künker’s March 21 auction of coins and medals from Brunswick will include a 1605 "Wildman taler" depicting a mythological creature, with an estimate equivalent to $2,216 U.S.

  • 2022-uk-lion-of-england-gold-quarter-ounce-reverse-stack-online
    Mar 3, 2022, 10:30 AM

    Royal Mint continues Tudor Beasts series

    by Jeff Starck
    The second coin in the Royal Mint’s new Royal Tudor Beasts series of bullion and collector coins will feature the Lion of England in a variety of offerings for the special program.

  • 2022 Spain 2-euro
    Feb 26, 2022, 11:00 AM

    Spain to issue circulating commemorative €2 coin for explorer

    by Jeff Starck
    Spain will release a circulating commemorative €2 coin celebrating explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano and the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the Earth in late March.

  • 2022 Perth Mint Deadly & Dangerous series
    Feb 21, 2022, 09:00 AM

    New Deadly & Dangerous coins feature venomous black snake

    by Jeff Starck
    The red-bellied black snake is featured on the latest offerings of the Perth Mint's Deadly & Dangerous coin series: a silver coin for Tuvalu and a gold coin for Niue both starring the snake in color.

  • 2022 British Virgin Islands RMS Rhone
    Feb 20, 2022, 09:00 AM

    British Royal Mail ship featured in Pobjoy Mint series

    by Jeff Starck
    The fourth in a planned six-coin series showcasing ships by the Pobjoy Mint will center on a British Royal Mail ship that sank off the coast of the British Virgin Islands in 1867.

  • 2022 Poland Olympic coins
    Feb 19, 2022, 09:30 AM

    Poland issues two coins for 2022 Olympics

    by Jeff Starck
    Poland's past Olympics teams' success is honored and the nation's involvement in the latest games is marked with 2022 gold and silver issues for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games.

  • croatia-marten-photo-controversy-online
    Feb 14, 2022, 09:00 AM

    Stolen design claim leads to new design contest for Croatian euro

    by Jeff Starck
    Controversy continues to cast a shadow on Croatia’s adoption of the euro currency, with the latest kerfuffle involving allegations of a stolen coin design, requiring a second design contest.

  • 2022 South Georgia and Sandwich Islands ship 50-penny
    Feb 10, 2022, 08:33 AM

    Pobjoy Mint marks ship visit to island on 50-penny coin

    by Jeff Starck
    The SMS Moltke of the German Imperial Navy is the subject of a 2022 50-penny coin in Pobjoy Mint's series for South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands featuring historical ships related to the islands.

  • 2022 Proof silver $20 Underground Railroad
    Feb 7, 2022, 11:00 AM

    Underground Railroad is subject of new Royal Canadian Mint coin

    by Jeff Starck
    The RCM's theme for the 2022 Proof .9999 fine silver $20 issue just released in its ongoing Commemorating Black History series is the Underground Railroad, in a design by Toronto artist Kwame Delfish.

  • 2022 UK Henry VII coin
    Feb 5, 2022, 10:00 AM

    Royal Mint reuses historic portraits of monarchs

    by Jeff Starck
    The Royal Mint begins a five-year multicoin program in honor of historic British monarchs with 2022 Proof gold and silver coins celebrating Henry VII, using a remastered image from his coinage.

  • 2-euro coin for France with Jacques Chirac
    Feb 3, 2022, 16:00 PM

    France unveils €2 coin honoring late President Jacques Chirac

    by Jeff Starck
    Two-term French president Jacques Chirac is honored with a circulating commemorative 2022 €2 coin from France, also available in Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated versions.

  • 2022 Sierra Leone antelope silver coin
    Feb 3, 2022, 10:37 AM

    Antelope featured in Pobjoy Wild 5 series

    by Jeff Starck
    The third release in a planned five-issue series produced by Pobjoy Mint for Sierra Leone spotlights the antelope, with a copper-nickel dollar coin and Proof High Relief .999 fine silver $20 coin.

  • Henry III gold penny from 1200s
    Jan 31, 2022, 07:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief for Jan. 31, 2022: Found treasure coin exciting

    by William T. Gibbs
    All of us imagine finding buried treasure in the form of a rare coin or hoard of coins. Some achieve that dream. A metal detectorist in the UK whose find excited historians now reaps the windfall.

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