Medals and Tokens

Collectibles Authentication Guaranty® (CAG™) has launched the CAG Artifact Registry™, a searchable online gallery of CAG-certified collectibles. It can be viewed at CAGcertified.com/Registry. The first...

By David Lawrence Rare Coins ......   Our Sunday Internet Auction #1041 includes a selection of 260 New Items along with 60 Special No Reserve Lots, 25...

By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......   Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has certified a very rare gold medal struck by Mexico for the Brazilian soccer team...

Artifacts from the Armstrong Family Collection, which was entirely certified by Collectibles Authentication Guaranty (CAG), realized an incredible $5,276,320 USD at auction, November 1-3,...

So-Called Dollar dealer Jeff Shevlin and William D. Hyder announced the release of their new book, So-Called Dollars from the Pacific Coast Expositions. It...

Silver Bullion Medallions from KOMSCO Until 2016, many investors and collectors in North America were unfamiliar with the official sovereign mint of the Republic of...

1892-3 Columbus So-Called Dollar/Award Medal by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Charles Barber Bronze, 38.1 mm, R.5. One of our favorite so-called dollars, the Saint-Gaudens/Barber HK-223. This is the...

Medallic Art Company Dies for the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Captain Arthur Henry Rostron for the rescue of victims from the sinking...

By Peter Anthony – Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ……. Several medals featuring Lu Xun are worth hunting for. “We are going to a Lu Xun restaurant,” my friend announced as we...

American Numismatic Society..... Bulgarian artist Bogomil Nikolov is the recipient of the 2017 J. Sanford Saltus Award for excellence in medallic art, which will be...

The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the George Washington Presidential Silver Medals (product code S801)and the John Adams Presidential Silver Medals (product...

The exhibit at the NGC booth includes Apollo 11 Robbins Medals, which show an early version of the design eventually used on the Eisenhower...

 At the 2018 Early American Coppers Convention in Traverse City, Michigan, numismatist John Kraljevich, a noted expert on U.S. Coins and Americana, gave an...

By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek .... In 2016, the meteoric career of the Franklin Mint (FM) has ended in Never-Never-Land as a dusty footnote...

The China Garden of Life medals celebrate insects that are honored in Chinese tradition By Peter Anthony - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation .......   Spring has already slipped into...

By Sincona ......   In May of 2018 Sincona held its 46th and 47th auctions. A so-called “Stirnlocken-Vreneli” was sold at 130,000 CHF, a 10 ducat...

A revised commemorative medal design for the Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money was unveiled Friday (June 8) by the American Numismatic Association (ANA). Designed...

2018 Silver Eagle and Palladium Proof Coins Among Anticipated Upcoming Releases By CoinWeek News Staff ....   Over the weekend, the United States Mint added several new...

Dutch artist Geer Steyn became the 57th recipient of the J. Sanford Saltus Award for excellence in medallic art at the biannual conference of...

Selection of 18 unique portraits Galvanos highlight June Long Beach Expo A rare group of artist Edward Warren Sawyer's Native American Portrait Galvanos, heralded as...

By Atlas Numismatics ......   Atlas Numismatics will be attending the The 2018 World's Fair of Money from August 14-18, 2018. If you'd like us to...

"I am a true Roman Emperor; I am of the best race of Caesars - those who are founders." --Napoleon Bonaparte, 1812. The Charles J. Ricard...

By CoinWeek News Staff ....   On Monday, May 21, news media outlets in the United States noticed a curious knickknack available at the White House...

By Medalcraft Mint ......   Medalcraft Mint, a designer and producer of custom medallions, challenge coins and other awards, has expanded its customer base with the...

By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins .......   The committee tasked with preparing Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics is exploring a frugal plan for producing the bronze,...

By CoinWeek ....   In conjunction with Dorotheum Jewellers in Vienna, the Austrian Mint has created a line of jewelry based on medallic art from its...

 CoinWeek Podcast #97: Numismatic Americana Through the Eyes of John Kraljevich Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to...

By CoinWeek .....   When astronaut and Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong stepped on the lunar surface at 10:56 Eastern Time on July 21, 1969,...

By Don Everhart - Former Sculptor-Engraver, United States Mint ..... Exclusive for CoinWeek   Links to earlier parts: 1 | 2 During my 13+ years as a sculptor-engraver...

2017 + 2018 J. Sanford Saltus  Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of the Medal The Board of Trustees of the American Numismatic Society...