• Royal Mint gold Waterloo Victory
    Feb 6, 2025, 09:00 AM

    Royal Mint continues Great Engravers series with ‘Victory’ side of Waterloo medal

    by Larry Jewett, Editorial Director
    2025 Victory gold and silver coins in the Royal Mint’s “Great Engravers” series reproduce designs created by Benedetto Pistrucci for the reverse of his never-produced Waterloo medal.

  • 1600 gold Noble
    Feb 4, 2025, 09:00 AM

    Rare circa 1600 Netherlands coin certified after sale

    by Staff
    PCGS graders have now encapsulated a recently auctioned circa 1600 Netherlands Kampen Double Rose gold noble, an extremely rare coin with perhaps five or six known examples, as MS-63.

  • Monnaie de Paris gold 50 euro
    Jan 31, 2025, 17:00 PM

    French Excellence series adds Rembrandt portrait coins

    by Larry Jewett
    The works of Rembrandt on display in the Louvre in Paris provide the backdrop for the next coin in the series of French Excellence by Monnaie de Paris with gold and silver choices.

  • Aruba seahorse coin
    Jan 30, 2025, 17:00 PM

    Grace and beauty of Aruban fauna seen on silver 5-florin coin

    by Larry Jewett
    Aruba is known as "One Happy Island" and the natural wonders found there support that message, as a new colorized silver 5-florin coin showcases some of the beauty, a delicate seahorse.

  • George Orwell Royal Mint
    Jan 25, 2025, 17:00 PM

    Royal Mint salutes George Orwell as a man of vision

    by Larry Jewett
    George Orwell is commemorated on the 75th anniversary of his death with a series of coins from the Royal Mint in several options, featuring a symbolic representation of a quotation from his writings.

  • 1711 5 guinea of Great Britain
    Jan 10, 2025, 09:00 AM

    1711 gold 5-guinea coin of Queen Anne soars to $180,135

    by Jeff Starck
    A 1711 gold 5-guinea DECIMO (edge inscription) variety featuring popular Queen Anne exceeded expectations in the sale of the Frank Waley Collection of Hammered Silver and Milled Gold Coins.

  • 2024 5 euro bumblebee
    Jan 7, 2025, 09:00 AM

    Germany closes out insects series with rock bumblebee

    by Jeff Starck
    One of the most common and best-known European bumblebee species, the rock bumblebee is featured in Germany's colorful “Wonderful Word of Insects" series of €5 coins.

  • Proof gold Niue Saturn coin
    Jan 6, 2025, 17:00 PM

    Saturn from Titan coins for Niue now available

    by Jeff Starck
    2025 coins offering the view of the planet Saturn as seen from one of its largest moons are the latest example of silver and gold coins for Niue, and are now available.

  • Noonan sovereign from Hammersley
    Jan 5, 2025, 09:00 AM

    Gold sovereign collection sale coming to Noonans

    by Jeff Starck
    The Hammersley Collection of British milled sovereigns will be offered in February in a Noonans sale, with several offerings considered to be among the top examples of the type.

  • Royal Mint commemorative coins
    Jan 4, 2025, 17:00 PM

    Royal Mint unveils 2025 coin themes and designs

    by Jeff Starck
    Prior to the start of the new year, the Royal Mint announced programs becoming available to collectors in 2025, with a wide variety of offerings, designed to appeal to a broad spectrum.

  • 2025 Austria dance coin
    Dec 29, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Austria’s New Year’s €5 coin celebrates dance and music

    by Jeff Starck
    Two who left a legacy in dance and music are honored by Austria's 2025 Dance Away €5 New Year coin celebrating the waltz in a major birth anniversay year for Johann Strauss and Grete Wiesenthal.

  • Latvia cabbage coin
    Dec 26, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Latvia celebrates cabbage with Proof silver €5 coin

    by Jeff Starck
    Health, wealth and wellbeing are attributes associated with cabbage, and Latvia offers a Proof 2024 23-gram .999 fine silver €5 collector coin depicting vegetable in time for New Year wishes.

  • Coins from Larry Jewett collection
    Dec 16, 2024, 07:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief for Dec. 16, 2024: What did you get?

    by Larry Jewett
    The end of the year is approaching and it's a time to take stock of how the collecting journey has progressed and get an assessment of objectives for the year ahead.

  • Greece tortoise and the hare
    Dec 15, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Greece offers coin depicting tortoise and the hare story

    by Jeff Starck
    One of the most popular tales among the fables of Aesop centers on a race between the tortoise and the hare, and this story is now pictured on a 2024 coin, the first in a series of Greek €1.5 coins.

  • Cook Island Great Wall of China
    Dec 14, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Cook Islands Great Wall of China 3-ounce silver coin

    by Jeff Starck
    A true-to-scale, three-dimensional colorful representation of the Great Wall of China is shown on a Proof 2025 3-ounce .9999 fine silver $20 coin from Cook Islands with a mintage of 888 pieces.

  • Paul McCartney coins
    Dec 13, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Royal Mint honors Paul McCartney with multiple coins

    by Jeff Starck
    One of the icons of the music world is going to be featured on a selection of coins as the Royal Mint offers 10 different coins for numismatists and music buffs to honor Paul McCartney.

  • Swissmint 20 franc holiday coin
    Dec 8, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Festive new Swiss coin honors celebration of St. Nicholas

    by Jeff Starck
    The Swissmint is celebrating Saint Nicholas and the role of holiday tradition with a new .999 fine silver 20-franc coin available in different versions in time for the holiday.

  • Japanese clay coins
    Nov 29, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Hoard of clay coins from Japan found in boxes

    by Jeff Starck
    A stash of coins made of clay for use in Japan near the end of World War II was discovered during a cleanup effort and the discovery has led to a reminder of conditions during the conflict.

  • 2025 Niue cranes
    Nov 26, 2024, 17:00 PM

    2025 Longevity and Harmony coins recognize symbolism of birds

    by Jeff Starck
    2025-dated Proof .999 fine silver $1 and Proof .9999 fine gold $100 coins from Niue celebrate cranes and highlight their meaning and place in nature.

  • Coins in Virginia museum
    Nov 25, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Coins displayed in Virginia’s Museum of Fine Arts

    by Steve Roach
    A visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond will provide a connection between coins of the Roman and Greek period with art works of the times.

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