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Feb 27, 2020, 09:00 AM
Pobjoy Mint issues $1 coin for Aussie fire
The Pobjoy Mint is issuing coins to raise funds for wildlife assistance efforts in Australia, after a devastating fire season. -
Feb 24, 2020, 12:00 PM
Australia celebrates 2020 women's cricket event with $2 coin
Australia is issuing a colorful 2020 $2 coin to commemorate the 2020 International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. -
Feb 24, 2020, 11:00 AM
Estonia marks Antarctica discovery with circulating €2 coin
Estonia honors the bicentennial of the sighting of Antarctica with a 2020 circulating commemorative €2 coin. -
Feb 23, 2020, 09:00 AM
Coronavirus scare leads to cancellation of coin show in Asia
The Singapore International Coin Fair scheduled for April 3 to 5 is canceled, but organizers still hope to reschedule it in June or August; several other events in Asia are also rescheduled to later in the year. -
Feb 21, 2020, 10:45 AM
‘Priceless’ ancient coins in test case returned to Cyprus
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Baltimore Field Office returned seven ancient coins to representatives of Cyprus during a ceremony Feb. 14. -
Feb 17, 2020, 15:00 PM
Rare silver penny of Saxon ruler coming to auction
A rare silver penny from the ruler Ludica, struck circa 826 to 827, is being offered by Dix Noonan Webb in its March 10 auction. -
Feb 16, 2020, 10:30 AM
Market Analysis: Private platinum pattern has peculiar appeal
Collectors who love patterns in unusual metals might be drawn to a 1913 platinum 8-penny piece, sometimes known as a octarino, depicting George V, that was sold at auction in January. -
Feb 14, 2020, 12:25 PM
Gold siege coin of Vienna from 1529 in auction
A gold ducat klippe from 1529 struck in Vienna during the Ottoman siege on the city is offered March 20 in Fritz Rudolph Künker’s auction No. 336. -
Feb 14, 2020, 12:19 PM
Yap stones and odd and curious money offered at ANA sale
A 70.8-pound Yap stone is the largest of six offered at Kagin’s auction of the Kenneth L. Hallenbeck’s collection of “Odd and Curious” money to be conducted at the February ANA National Money Show in Atlanta. -
Feb 10, 2020, 07:30 AM
Market Analysis: ‘Three Graces’ grace 1817 crown in Proof 65
Collectors who appreciate rarity and beauty might be drawn to the featured 1817 crown issued for George III depicting William Wyon’s beautiful Three Graces reverse. -
Feb 10, 2020, 07:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief for Feb. 10, 2020: Another fast sellout!
Does this sound familiar? A mint offers a coin with novel features and an extremely low mintage, a formula that ensures a fast sellout and rising secondary market prices. It's not the story you think though. -
Feb 8, 2020, 10:00 AM
Market Analysis: Proof 65 Ultra Cameo 1893 Victoria, Widow Head £5 coin stands out
An 1893 gold £5 coin issued under Victoria graded Proof 65 Ultra Cameo by NGC sold for $72,000 in Heritage’s recent New York auction. -
Feb 3, 2020, 09:30 AM
Brexit is finally here, and so is a coin commemorating it
After months of delay, the United Kingdom on Jan. 31 did what many have anticipated for several years — it issued a Brexit coin. -
Jan 30, 2020, 10:31 AM
France features Charles de Gaulle on new €2 coin
Charles de Gaulle is honored with a circulating 2020 commemorative €2 coin from France. -
Jan 28, 2020, 11:30 AM
Royal Australian Mint coin makes tracks to collectors
The Royal Australian Mint has issued a new 50-cent coin to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Indian Pacific Railway. -
Jan 28, 2020, 10:34 AM
Hungary issues gold coin with design from the 15th century
Hungary’s only gold coin design for 2020 celebrates the 15th century gold florin of King Ulászló (Vladislaus) of Jagiello (1440 to 1444). -
Jan 26, 2020, 10:30 AM
Downies continues Australia at Night coin series
The third coin in the Australia at Night series is in the marketplace, this one honoring the echidna. -
Jan 23, 2020, 17:30 PM
Possible convict love token offered in London auction
An engraved halfpenny created for a Moses Robus apparently circa 1776 is being offered at auction Feb. 1 in London. -
Jan 18, 2020, 09:00 AM
Numismatist seeks identity of circa 1807 shipwreck in Cuban waters
Numismatist Ricardo Lopez has been conducting research to positively identify a circa 1807 shipwreck in the ocean waters surrounding Cuba that yielded roughly 175 silver 8-real coins issued by a handful of Spanish Colonial nations. -
Jan 13, 2020, 08:50 AM
Gold coins, medals stolen from Mexico
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the theft of numismatic items from a museum at the Fort of Guadalupe, site of an important battle in 1862 where Mexicans achieved a victory that is celebrated every May 5.
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