A Numismatist at War: Max von Bahrfeldt
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
...he Army had become the most popular, most admired, and most respected and most influential entity in the new...
Q. David Bowers: Cycles of the US Rare Coin Market 1900...
Rare Coin Market Observations by Q. David Bowers for CoinWeek .....
When one thinks of boom and bust cycles, the word "investment" usually comes to...
CoinWeek Podcast #146: Harriet Tubman Considered
CoinWeek Podcast #146: Harriet Tubman Considered
After a year-long public campaign to redesign the $20 bill, Obama Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that a portrait...
The Coins of Caesar’s Killers
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
Gaius Julius Caesar was murdered at a meeting of the Roman Senate on the Ides of March, 44...
Jeff Garrett: Mirror, Mirror – The Appeal of the Prooflike Morgan...
Who is the fairest of them all? A strong argument can be made for a Prooflike Morgan Silver Dollar
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty...
Ancient Coin Highlights of the Heritage January 2021 NYINC Auction
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
In recent years, Heritage Auctions has become a major player in the ancient coin market. Traditionally in America, the...
Theodosia, Gorgippia, & Phanagoria: Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s...
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
This is the third article in a series on the Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black...
Ancient Coins – Alexander the Great Tetradrachms and Herakles’ Slaying of...
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander the Great Tetradrachms (336-323 BC). AR
Tetradrachms by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The early Macedonian kingdom did not have...
Talking Ancient Coins With Mike Beall and Mike Markowitz, Part II:...
In Part II of Talking Ancient Coins, collector Mike Beall sits down with CoinWeek Ancients writer Mike Markowitz to take a numismatic tour of...
The Coins That Killed Caesar
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
The year 45 BCE ended with Gaius Julius Caesar being the most powerful man in the most powerful...
The Tetradrachms of Athens (and Athena)
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
A long time ago, the goddess Athena purchased the naming rights to the town now known as Athens....
The Medieval English Coins of the Wars of the Roses
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The late medieval monarchies of Europe were fundamentally fragile and prone to civil disorder. Political stability and harmony depended...
What are the “Keys” to the Clad Roosevelt Dime Series?
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....
Eight years ago, we took a deep dive into the clad years of the Roosevelt dime...
Reading Ancient Roman Coins
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
ANCIENT ROMANS WERE practical-minded people; they didn’t like wasted effort. Every letter on an ancient Roman coin die was...
CoinWeek Podcast #237: The Gold Standard in Kubrick’s The Shining
CoinWeek Podcast #237: The Gold Standard in Kubrick's The Shining
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe...
The Curious Case of the Condition Census 1879-CC Eagle
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
In February 2020, I purchased an important Condition Census 1879-CC eagle from the Jacobson Collection sale conducted...
Ancient Greek Coins – Agathokles’ Victory
Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BCE. Silver Tetradrachm
By Russell A. Augustin - AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Agathokles was the last of the larger-than-life rulers of...
Numismatics in Videogames – Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Numismatics remains ever-present in pop culture
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....
Several years ago, we took a look at the depiction of...
The Coinage of Rhegium
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
FOR CENTURIES, THE narrow Strait of Messina that separates Sicily from the toe of Italy...
Ancient Coins – A Soldier’s Share of Alexander the Great’s Plunder
Ancient Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Alexander the Great, born in the autumn of 356 BCE and taught by the...
From Valuable to Worthless and Back Again: Pre-1950 Chinese Currency
By Dr. Richard S. Appel - UniqueRareCoins.com ......
The year 1949 saw the culmination of the long, bloody Chinese civil war that had begun in...
The Ancient Coins of Phanes
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
The first coins to be struck appeared c. 650 BCE in what is now western Turkey. These coins...
CoinWeek Podcast #145: Ancient Coin Weight Standards
CoinWeek Podcast #145: Ancient Coin Weight Standards
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on...
Coin Board News Number 57 – For Collectors of Antique Coin...
Antique Coin Boards with David W. Lange - www.coincollectingboards.com .....
For Collectors of Antique Coin Boards
Number 57 — Winter 2021
Annual Update Issue
A YEAR OF MINIMAL CHANGE
Yes,...
Ancient Roman Coins – Vespasian Aureus Buried at Pompeii
Vespasian. 69-79 CE. AV Aureus - Rome Mint - Struck 70 CE
Aureus Buried at Pompeii by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Mt....
The Coin Analyst: Why Were the 2020 Libertads Delayed So Long?
By Louis Golino, special to CoinWeek .....
Sometimes studying a modern coin series can involve solving a mystery.
One such mystery is exactly why the popular...
The Last Coins of the Roman Empire
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
The Roman Empire began on January 16, 27 BCE when the Roman Senate conferred the titles Augustus and...
Ancient Roman Coins – A Conspiracy to Assassinate the Emperor Nero
Aureus 64-65, AV 7.27 g. NERO CAESAR – AVGVSTVS
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The name Nero holds a particularly sinister connotation...
CoinWeek Podcast #144: A Priceless Treasure Coin Comes to the Block
CoinWeek Podcast #144: A Priceless Treasure Coin Comes to the Block
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or...
Struck Counterfeit Coins: A Second “Family” of Struck Fake Draped Bust...
By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ......
As I noted in my past CoinWeek article on the 1795 "off-center" Bust dollar fakes, my...