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US Coins Dec 5, 2019, 1 PM
Tyrant Collection gold eagles going on public exhibition
Insured for $50 million, the Tyrant Collection of United States gold $10 eagles will go on public display for the first time Feb. 20 to 22 at the Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectibles Expo in Long Beach, California. -
US Coins Dec 4, 2019, 8 AM
Market Analysis: Herbert Hoover bronze medal sells for $2,640
Presidential inaugural medals remain very popular with both numismatists and political history collectors, and this bronze Herbert Hoover example performed well along with others from the Roaring Twenties at Stack’s Bowers’ Nov. 13 Baltimore Expo auction. -
World Coins Dec 3, 2019, 11 AM
Royal Mint builds another snowman 50-penny coin
The Royal Mint celebrates the classic Christmas cartoon The Snowman on new 50-penny coins. -
Paper Money Dec 3, 2019, 8 AM
BEP’s Year of the Rat set available Dec. 11
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will release the Year of the Rat 2020 set in its Lucky Money Lunar Calendar product line at noon on Dec. 11. -
US Coins Dec 2, 2019, 7 PM
Tompa and tetradrachms: Ancient coins, Athenian silver, and an interview with Peter Tompa
Jeff and Chris have an illuminating conversation with Peter Tompa of the Ancient Coin Collectors' Guild (ACCG) and read some letters and headlines from Dec. 7, 1988. -
US Coins Dec 2, 2019, 8 AM
Market Analysis: Calvin Coolidge 1925 medal second rarest
Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 presidential inaugural medal is a rarity in the series, with just 75 struck in bronze, two in silver and three in gold; a bronze example graded PCGS Specimen 63 sold for $11,400 in Baltimore at Stack’s Bowers’ Nov. 13 auction. -
World Coins Dec 2, 2019, 7 AM
Monday Morning Brief for Dec. 2, 2019: Treasure finders go to prison
The cultural value of found coin treasure, and how finders can treat it, differs greatly between the United States with its 200+ years of history and the United Kingdom, where finds can predate the A.D. epoch. -
Paper Money Dec 1, 2019, 11 AM
Cuba releases bank note celebrating founding of Havana
The Central Bank of Cuba is commemorating the 500th anniversary of the city of Havana with a 2019 500-peso commemorative bank note. -
US Coins Nov 30, 2019, 9 AM
Market Analysis: Warren Harding’s inaugural medal
Presidential inaugural medals like the profiled silver one for the March 4, 1921, inauguration of President Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge remain very popular with both numismatists and political history collectors. -
Precious Metals Nov 29, 2019, 10 AM
Niue celebrates Mickey, ‘Fantasia’ on new silver bullion coin
A new 2019 1-ounce silver bullion coin from Niue celebrates the genius of Walt Disney and the 1940 movie “Fantasia.”