• Royal Mint City Views 2024
    May 7, 2024, 18:01 PM

    Royal Mint goes to Paris for City Views series

    by Jeff Starck
    The third issue of coins in the Royal Mint's City Views series depicts a popular section of Paris on the reverse, taken from a wood engraving of the scene made in 1900.

  • Denarius of Titus
    May 6, 2024, 18:02 PM

    Elephant coin celebrating Colosseum in Baldwin’s May 29 auction

    by Jeff Starck
    Baldwin's May 29 London auction offers a silver denarius of Emperor Titus, issued among festivities marking the Colosseum's A.D. 80 opening, with his obverse portrait and an elephant on the reverse.

  • Gold bar recovered from Atocha
    May 5, 2024, 13:00 PM

    Gold bar from 'Atocha' wreck in Sedwick auction

    by Jeff Starck
    A five-pound gold bar recovered from the 1622 wreck of the "Atocha" will be a featured lot in Treasure Auction 35, held May 7 to 9 by Daniel Frank Sedwick Auctions.

  • Holbein gold medal
    May 3, 2024, 18:00 PM

    Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit examines two-sided art, portable portraits

    by Steve Roach
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is offering a display exploring the relationship of images on multi-sided portraits, which includes selections demonstrating the use of the concept on coins and medals.

  • Slovakia Holocaust coin
    May 1, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Slovakia silver coin marks Holocaust report anniversary

    by Jeff Starck
    The National Bank of Slovakia marks the 80th anniversary of a report that made the world aware of the atrocities known as the Holocaust with a .900 fine silver €10 coin.

  • Silver medal of 1680 comet
    Apr 30, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Medal marking Great Comet of 1680 in SINCONA May sale

    by Jeff Starck
    A soothing silver medal issued in 1681 that commemorates the celestial arrival of the Great Comet of 1680 will be offered as a lot of interest in a mid-May SINCONA Ag sale in Switzerland.

  • Gold Solidus from 691 to 694
    Apr 28, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Islamic gold rarity leads Morton & Eden June 12 sale

    by Jeff Starck
    A gold solidus, the first gold coin issue to bear the words of the Shahada, issued between 691 and 694, seldom seen at auction will draw high interest when Morton & Eden offers it June 12 in London.

  • Poland zloty anniversary coin
    Apr 27, 2024, 17:00 PM

    New Polish coin celebrates centennial of zloty circulation

    by Jeff Starck
    Poland began using the zloty coins in 1924 and will mark the centennial with the release of a square Proof silver coin from the National Bank of Poland.

  • Niue Australia at Night fairy penguin
    Apr 21, 2024, 19:00 PM

    Penguins at night showcased on new Niue coins

    by Jeff Starck
    The fairy penguin, among the smallest of the species, adorns Niue's 2024 Australia at Night silver $1 and gold $100 coin, with moonlit effects applied to the little night birds waddling on a beach.

  • Austria 25 euro living soil
    Apr 21, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Austria’s annual niobium issue celebrates soil

    by Jeff Starck
    The living soil is the subject of the latest offering in Austria's modern series of niobium and silver ringed-bimetallic €25 coins offered by the Royal Scandinavian Mint.

  • 2024 5 euro silver commemorative
    Apr 16, 2024, 19:00 PM

    Dutch commemorative coins honor rescue organization

    by Jeff Starck
    The 200th anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Organization is the theme of a group of three 2024 commemorative coins issued by the Royal Dutch Mint.

  • Five ounce commemorative coin from RCM
    Apr 16, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Canada reprises classic design for 'thin' collector coin

    by Jeff Starck
    A commemorative 2024 5-ounce silver dollar coin calls up a design from the late 1930s, with a "thin" striking complementing its recreation of the pencil-marked paper document archiving the design.

  • Finland 10-euro from Coiniverse
    Apr 14, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Coiniverse app adds Mint, sells exclusive Finnish coin

    by Jeff Starck
    The digital platform Coiniverse recently offered the exclusive opportunity to purchase a €10 coin from Finland, which sold out, and the Perth Mint joined its Mint connection lineup.

  • Satircal medal from France
    Apr 12, 2024, 09:00 AM

    French silver franc turned into satirical medal in auction

    by Jeff Starck
    The artwork of a satirical artist who altered the design on an French 1869 silver franc to depict Napoleon III in chains was featured in a Classical Numismatic Group sale in April and sold for $72.

  • 2024 euro coin from Germany
    Apr 9, 2024, 15:00 PM

    Germany marks Frankfurt Constitution with circulating €2

    by Jeff Starck
    The 175th anniversary of the Frankfurt Constitution is the theme for the second circulating commemorative €2 coin of 2024, being minted at the five Mints of Germany.

  • Nomos Ag 1852 20 drachmai gold
    Apr 8, 2024, 20:00 PM

    Nomos Ag auction offers Holy Grail of Greek coins

    by Jeff Starck
    The El Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities was offered by Nomos Ag and the lots included an 1852 gold 20-drachma coin, one of three privately held, that sold for over $1 million U.S.

  • Silver ecu coin
    Apr 7, 2024, 08:00 AM

    MDC Monaco holds French auction with focus on silver

    by Jeff Starck
    MDC Monaco offers silver ecu coins of Louis XIV and Louis XV in a 1,450-lot online sale May 5, and its blue catalog, a nod to the George Sobin ecu collection's 1977 sale, lists 140 examples not in that collection.

  • all-the-coins-found-online
    Apr 2, 2024, 16:00 PM

    Man turns in coins found 60 years ago

    by Jeff Starck
    Two brothers rummaging around as youngsters underneath the church floor in a village in Norway 60 years ago found 14 silver coins likely issued by important kings in Norway in the Middle Ages.

  • Princess Leonor 40 euro silver
    Mar 27, 2024, 10:00 AM

    Spanish Mint notes International Women’s Day with exhibit

    by Jeff Starck
    To mark International Women's Day March 8, the Royal Spanish Mint showcased an online exhibit honoring women depicted on coins, from ancients to the current Princess Leonor on Spain's 2023 silver €40 coin.

  • Melbourne silver asteroid themed coin
    Mar 20, 2024, 18:00 PM

    Asteroid impact redirection silver $5 coin available

    by Jeff Starck
    Melbourne Coin Company offers a 2024 High Relief Proof 5-ounce .999 fine silver $5 coin for Niue featuring NASA's asteroid-redirection capacity on one side and an asteroid's destructive capacity on the other.

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