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Apr 30, 2019, 5 AMRare Egyptian silver coin in Steve Album auction
Jeff Starck
A rare silver piastre of rebel leader Ali Bey highlights Stephen Album Rare Coins’ May 23 to 25 auction. -
Apr 29, 2019, 6 AMCanada’s 2019 circulation $1 for equality anniversary
Jeff Starck
Joe Average, a Vancouver artist, designed the reverse of Canada’s new dollar celebrating Equality. -
Apr 29, 2019, 5 AMTrans-Siberian Gold granted 20-year mining license
Paul Gilkes
A subsidiary of Russia's Trans-Siberian Gold plc has secured a new 20-year license to explore and develop the Rodnikova deposit, one of the largest gold fields. -
Apr 29, 2019, 4 AMWhen green ink served as anti-counterfeiting device
Arthur L. Friedberg
The first federal notes, the demand notes of 1861, were given the nickname “greenback” because of the fraud-preventing green ink used on the back. -
Apr 29, 2019, 3 AMMonday Morning Brief for April 29, 2019
William T. Gibbs
Standard price guides list only a fraction of known die varieties and marriages. How do you decide when to add a new variety, especially when no market exists? -
Apr 28, 2019, 6 AMGerman auction house offers some really wild coins
Jeff Starck
A collection of Brunswick coins, most of them “Wildman” talers, are being offered individually during Heidelberger Münzhandlung's May 14 and 15 auction. -
Apr 28, 2019, 4 AMMacao celebrates anniversary with commemorative notes
Arthur L. Friedberg
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Macao’s return to China, two banks will release commemorative notes later this year. -
Apr 27, 2019, 6 AMCFA recommends 2019 American Innovation dollars
Paul Gilkes
During its April 18 monthly meeting, the CFA recommended reverse designs for three of four 2019 American Innovation dollars. -
Apr 27, 2019, 5 AMCCAC taps designs for 2019 Innovation dollars
Paul Gilkes
The CCAC meeting April 16 and 17 approved a reverse design for each of the four planned 2019 American Innovation dollars. -
Apr 26, 2019, 8 AMAustralia issues colorful circulating Repatriation $2
Jeff Starck
Australia has a new circulating colorful commemorative $2 coin, to mark bringing home the country's soldiers and nurses after World War I. -
Apr 26, 2019, 5 AMInside Coin World: Unusual brockaged cent's origin
William T. Gibbs
Columns in the May 20 issue serve up an unusual brockaged Lincoln cent, a fake 1897-S Morgan dollar and the market for the 1922 Grant Memorial coins. -
Apr 26, 2019, 5 AMMint resumes American Eagle silver bullion sales
Paul Gilkes
The United States Mint resumed sales April 1 of American Eagle silver bullion coins to its authorized purchasers as West Point Mint production increases. -
Apr 26, 2019, 5 AMWeek's Most Read: Coming to circulation near you
William T. Gibbs
Multiple articles about collectible coins being placed into circulation, and being found, drew reader interest during the past week. -
Apr 26, 2019, 4 AMPrivate security concerns reveal new technologies
Arthur L. Friedberg
New technologies recently introduced by Crane Currency and De La Rue show the effort and expense now a part of bank note production. -
Apr 26, 2019, 4 AMReverse Proof Lincoln cent makes early debut
Paul Gilkes
NGC graded and encapsulated a Reverse Proof 2019-W Lincoln cent two weeks before the coin’s official release from the U.S. Mint. -
Apr 26, 2019, 3 AM2019-W Uncirculated silver Eagle on Mint schedule
Paul Gilkes
The U.S. Mint is scheduled to offer the Uncirculated 2019-W American Eagle silver dollar beginning at noon Eastern Time May 29. -
Apr 25, 2019, 10 AMCCAC fails to select Mayflower designs for 2020
Paul Gilkes
The CCAC was unable to reach consensus on designs for the 2020 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing at Plymouth Rock. -
Apr 25, 2019, 10 AMFine Arts Commission makes Mayflower recommendations
Paul Gilkes
The Commission of Fine Arts has recommended designs for the gold coin and silver medal to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower in 2020. -
Apr 25, 2019, 7 AMUS Mint issuing silver James Madison medal
Paul Gilkes
The U.S. Mint will issue the fourth release in its ongoing series of Presidential silver medals when it offers the James Madison medal May 6. -
Apr 23, 2019, 5 AMMissing Mint mark makes 1922-D Lincoln cent valuable
Steve Roach
The 1922-D Lincoln, Missing D, Strong Reverse cent, identified as Die Pair 2, is a tricky coin to both authenticate and grade.