• 2022 commemorative for Tamworth country music festival
    Dec 20, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Australia issues collector coins for country music festival

    by Jeff Starck
    An annual country music festival that has attracted fans from Australia and around the world will get the recognition of its own commemorative coin in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

  • 2022 Niue Chinese Lunar Series tiger
    Dec 19, 2021, 11:50 AM

    Year of the Tiger Black Proof 2022 5-ounce silver coin continues series

    by Jeff Starck
    The ninth coin in the Niue series celebrating animals of the Chinese Lunar calendar features a tiger with gold plating on a Black Proof 2022 .999 fine silver $10 coin.

  • Pobjoy Mint David Walliams coin
    Dec 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Pobjoy 2021 coins honoring children’s author David Walliams

    by Jeff Starck
    The works of internationally acclaimed children's author David Walliams will become the subject of the second coin in a series produced by Pobjoy Mint on behalf of Gibraltar.

  • Gibraltar Lady Justice  2021 coins
    Dec 12, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Scottsdale showcases Lady Justice on Gibraltar gold coins

    by Jeff Starck
    Two new low-mintage 2021 Gibraltar .9999 fine gold coins made by Scottsdale Mint are offered not far above the price of gold and depict Lady Justice: a tenth-ounce £5 coin and 1-ounce £10 coin.

  • Aboriginal flag commemorative $2
    Dec 11, 2021, 12:00 PM

    Colorful coin from Royal Australian Mint shows 1971 Aboriginal flag

    by Jeff Starck
    A Royal Australian Mint 2021 circulating $2 commemorative coin marks 50 years since the first raising of the Aboriginal flag in 1971, a unifying symbol and an acknowledgement of shared history.

  • 2022 Swiss shooting talers
    Dec 11, 2021, 11:00 AM

    2022 Swiss shooting gold and silver taler available for order

    by Jeff Starck
    Switzerland’s annual shooting taler will be released in February, but interested parties can pre-order as the item is expected to sell out again in both gold and silver.

  • Australia error coins
    Dec 8, 2021, 15:00 PM

    Australian error coins in 128th Noble auction

    by Jeff Starck
    Error coins sold in Noble Numismatics' auction in Sydney, Australia, in November were primarily Australian pieces but included New Zealand, Britain and even U.S. coins.

  • 2022 50-penny Royal Mint coin for Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee
    Dec 6, 2021, 08:00 AM

    Royal Mint announces 50-penny coin fit for a queen

    by Jeff Starck
    To celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, the Royal Mint created a special 50-penny coin to be issued in 2022 using designs personally approved by the monarch.

  • Munich show antiquities confiscation
    Dec 5, 2021, 08:00 AM

    Extension expands import restrictions on coins that circulated in Greece

    by Jeff Starck
    Coins that circulated in Greece during the Byzantine and medieval periods are the target of expanded import restrictions, though where any coin ‘primarily circulated’ is open to scholarly debate.

  • 2021 New Zealand Middle Earth silver dollar
    Dec 4, 2021, 08:00 AM

    ‘Middle Earth’ issues Lord of the Rings 1-ounce silver coin

    by Jeff Starck
    A Brilliant Uncirculated 2021 .999 fine silver dollar issued by New Zealand marks the 20th anniversary of the Lord of the Rings movie franchise and stars the always precisely on time wizard Gandalf.

  • British palladium hydrogen pattern coin from 1869
    Nov 29, 2021, 09:15 AM

    Early experimental coin in Sincona sale

    by Jeff Starck
    An 1869 pattern half sovereign of Queen Victoria struck from palladium and hydrogen brought 12,000 Swiss francs in a Sincona auction sale on November 21.

  • 2022 silver coins gold plated for Niue
    Nov 28, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Apex predators from Africa face off on 5-ounce silver coin

    by Jeff Starck
    A new coin for Niue showcase the apex predators of Africa, beasts that are so designated because they sit at the top of the food chain without natural predators, like the lion and the hyena.

  • William Pitt medal
    Nov 25, 2021, 09:00 AM

    London sale offers British medal of interest to America

    by Jeff Starck
    A December Dix Noonan Webb sale includes a British medal attractive to U.S. collectors, as it features British statesman William Pitt, who was sympathetic to the cause of the American colonies.

  • 1492 soveriegn
    Nov 24, 2021, 10:00 AM

    Royal Mint, Taisei Coins plan collaboration

    by Jeff Starck
    Britain’s Royal Mint and Taisei Coins, Japan’s largest numismatic firm, are collaborating for an auction featuring British, Japanese and world coins at the Tokyo International Coin Convention in 2022.

  • 2022 Year of the Tiger
    Nov 22, 2021, 09:00 AM

    Celebrating the Year of the Tiger on three 2022 coins

    by Jeff Starck
    In anticipation of the forthcoming Chinese Year of the Tiger, new coins have been created by the Perth Mint with two coins from Niue and a single offering from Tuvalu to be produced.

  • Spain gold bullion coin
    Nov 21, 2021, 09:06 AM

    Spain enters gold bullion market with new Lynx coin

    by Jeff Starck
    Spain will become the latest nation to enter in the realm of bullion coins with the planned release of a Reverse Proof Pillars of Hercules 1-ounce .999 fine gold coin in December.

  • Father Christmas 2021 for British Indian Ocean
    Nov 20, 2021, 09:02 AM

    Pobjoy continues Father Christmas 50-penny series

    by Jeff Starck
    For the fourth consecutive year, the Pobjoy Mint is keeping the spirit of Father Christmas alive with four versions of coins and include packaging that can transform the coin to a holiday ornament.

  • 2021 UK Remembrance day coins
    Nov 14, 2021, 08:30 AM

    Royal Mint honors Remembrance Day with poppy coins

    by Jeff Starck
    The Royal Mint's 2021 release of colorful £5 coins in commemoration of Remembrance Day offers three versions, including a Brilliant Uncirculated copper-nickel coin and two Proof silver versions.

  • South African Big Five Series II elephant
    Nov 13, 2021, 08:30 AM

    South Africa begins second Big 5 precious metal series

    by Jeff Starck
    Two years after completiing the first series, the South African Mint is beginning a second series of Big Five coinsin silver, gold and platinum, with some design differences and new sizes.

  • lower-main-mast-of-hms-victory-lifted-from-ship-for-first-time-in-130-years-online
    Nov 8, 2021, 09:00 AM

    Farthing found under mast of HMS ‘Victory’

    by Jeff Starck
    The 1894 coin is not rare, but the ship under whose mast it was found is famous as the vessel used by Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson at the historically pivotal 1805 Battle of Trafalgar.

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