• 2021 Latvia silver 5 euro marriage coin
    Jun 18, 2021, 13:00 PM

    Latvian marriage coin makes decision a positive

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • Judaea friendship coin
    Jun 16, 2021, 10:00 AM

    Market Analysis: Hands clasped in friendship and alliance

    by Steve Roach
    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.

  • Australia Vietnam battle 50-cent coin
    Jun 14, 2021, 10:15 AM

    Royal Australian Mint coin honors battle in Vietnam

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • Roman gold aureus
    Jun 14, 2021, 10:00 AM

    Market Analysis: One gold aureus, four portraits

    by Steve Roach
    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.

  • 1997 Proof gold £5 Princess Diana coin
    Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 AM

    Princess Diana Proof gold £5 coin soars in sale

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • Bronze drachm 144-145 A.D.
    Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 AM

    Market Analysis: Ancient coins with stories in CNG auction

    by Steve Roach
    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.

  • Gold bars and Mexico coins
    Jun 8, 2021, 09:05 AM

    Shipwreck silver and gold treasure soars in Sedwick sale

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • British Virgin Island tribute dollars
    Jun 5, 2021, 10:00 AM

    Pobjoy’s tributes to American silver dollars sell out

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • Royal Mint Who coin with Roger Daltrey
    Jun 1, 2021, 10:19 AM

    The Who (the band) graces new commemorative coins from UK

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • Queen
    Jun 1, 2021, 09:30 AM

    Pobjoy Mint issues fourth coin in Queen’s Beasts series

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 1694 silver medal for Denmark King Christian V
    May 30, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Medal marks Danish attack on city in Germany

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 2020 recognition medal for fighting hunger
    May 26, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Canadian Recognition medal sales benefit charity

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 1966 Proof 200-franc gold from Monaco
    May 25, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Gold issue from Spink recalls fairy-tale marriage of Grace Kelly

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • Silver euro coin from Portugal honoring Magellan
    May 23, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Portugal honors explorer Magellan on 2021 silver issue

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 2021 Milky Way 20 Euro Austria
    May 23, 2021, 11:00 AM

    Austria explores Milky Way on 2021 Proof silver €20

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 2021 Sea Creatures emperor angelfish 50-penny
    May 22, 2021, 09:00 AM

    Pobjoy Mint honors emperor angelfish in third release of 50-penny coin series

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 2021 gold $100 kangaroo coin for Niue
    May 21, 2021, 10:41 AM

    Silver, gold coins get up close with Australian wildlife

    by Jeff Starck
    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.

  • 2021 Slovenia three-euro
    May 20, 2021, 10:46 AM

    Slovenia launches €3 coin celebrating Passion Play anniversary

    by Jeff Starck
    Slovenia's 2021 non-circulating €3 collector coin honors the Škofja Loka Passion Play as the nation's central bank issued 40,000 examples at face value and 750 Proof coins were sold.

  • 2014 Somalia Elephants gold coin
    May 18, 2021, 14:30 PM

    An elephant coin that’s lost weight

    by Jeff Starck
    Emporium Hamburg acknowledges error pieces dicovered in its 2014 Somalia Elephants series, as 0.5 gram gold planchets were used for a batch of the series' 1/50-ounce (0.62-gram) gold 20-shilling coin.

  • Silver Royal Canadian Mint coins
    May 15, 2021, 13:00 PM

    Two Canadian silver coins honor Avro Arrow

    by Jeff Starck
    Two 2021 .9999 fine silver coins from the Royal Canadian Mint are dedicated to a top aviation design created in Canada that was faster and more efficient than any other aircraft in the 1950s.

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