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Paper Money Apr 18, 2021, 11 AM
Firm gains patent for note disinfectant system
An American firm's newly patented system for quickly disinfecting millions of notes, thus maintaining note use, responds to worldwide fears of viruses like SARS-2 spreading on money. -
World Coins Apr 18, 2021, 10 AM
Lithuania issues nature €2 coin
Lithuania’s next 2021 circulating commemorative €2 coin focuses on the country's largest wetland, Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, with release of the 500,000-coin mintage planned for May. -
World Coins Apr 17, 2021, 4 PM
Jacobson selected as winner of AINA’s 2021 Shekel Prize
The award for the American Israel Numismatic Association's Shekel Prize for 2021 has been given to David Jacobson for his work on Agrippa II, the last of the Herodian kings. -
World Coins Apr 17, 2021, 11 AM
Finland plans commemorative coin for journalism
Finland is celebrating its freedoms, giving a nod to the role of journalism and effective communication, with a 2021 circulating commemorative €2 coin to be issued in a mintage of 800,000. -
US Coins Apr 17, 2021, 10 AM
2022 American Women quarter dollar design review is set
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meets April 20 to examine proposed designs for the reverses of 2022 quarter dollars, the first in the American Women Quarters Program (2022–2025). -
US Coins Apr 17, 2021, 7 AM
Market Analysis: Proof 1903 dollar in its original holder
Stack’s Bowers Galleries' March 25 auction offered a Proof 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, McKinley commemorative gold dollar in its original Philadelphia Mint holder, with wax Mint seal. -
US Coins Apr 16, 2021, 6 PM
PCGS grades sole legal 1933 $20 as MS-65
Professional Coin Grading Service has evaluated the Stuart Weitzman-owned 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 double eagle prior to the June 8 Sotheby's sale, giving the coin an MS-65 rating. -
World Coins Apr 16, 2021, 5 PM
ACCG offers guidance for importing ancient coins
Collectors seeking to legally add ancient coins to their collections are invited to read updated information at the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild website regarding import restrictions. -
US Coins Apr 16, 2021, 9 AM
Metal detectorist finds 10th known 1800s 'Free Slave' badge
A metal detectorist exploring a South Carolina construction site in February uncovered the tenth known example of a copper Charleston Free Slave badge, one of only five in private hands. -
US Coins Apr 16, 2021, 9 AM
First honorees include poet and physicist-astronaut for 2022 quarters
Coin designs depicting Sally Ride and Maya Angelou, the first two of an eventual possible 20 American women to be honored through 2025, are under review for 2022 quarter dollars.