Unusual Items: US Mint ‘Gold Disks’ Made for Oil Payments to Saudi Arabia
By CoinWeek .....
One of the things we find most exciting about reporting on the numismatic marketplace is coming across those things we either didn’t...
Numismatic History: The Loss of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet
By Phil Flemming and Ben Costello - 1715 Fleet Society .......
Prelude to History
In the early morning hours of July 31, 1715, one of the...
Collecting Strategies: The Financially Painless Way To Collect Gold Coins
By Al Doyle for CoinWeek .....
The appeal of gold is universal, and it has nothing to do with the state of one's finances. A desire to own...
Making the Case for Collecting World Coins – Moving Beyond US Coinage
Guest Commentary by Martin Kaplan for CoinWeek .....
In an article that I read discussing the results of a past Heritage World Coin Auction it...
World Coins – Small Circulating Silver Commemoratives
By Al Doyle for CoinWeek .....
Ask an American numismatist to describe silver commemorative coinage, and one of two possibilities will emerge. Younger people are likely to mention the...
NGC-Certified Million Dollar Chinese Coins to be Displayed During the Macau Numismatic Society Show
A Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) - certified China 1898 Hunan Pattern Silver Dollar, which recently sold for over US $1 million, will be on...
The Royal Canadian Mint: A Decade of Remarkable Innovation
Breaking new ground by launching the world's first colored circulation coin on October 21, 2004, the Royal Canadian Mint has continuously raised the bar...
A Guide to the Austrian Mint’s 25 Euro Niobium Coin Series
Niobium Coin Article by Louis Golino and updated August 2021 by CoinWeek .....
The Austrian Mint is one of the world’s oldest mints, with historical roots...
The Royal Mint Releases Winston Churchill Memorial 2-Coin Set
The Royal Mint has issued a two-coin set to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, one of history’s great figures....
Offbeat Numismatics: The Leper Colony Coins of Colombia
By Crystal Gomez - Content Writer, Gainesville Coins ......
Between 1900 and 1930, Colombia made special coins for leprosy colonies. In this epoch, leprosy cases...
Seizure of Counterfeit Chinese Euro Coins a First, Says Italian Police
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....
Sicilian investigators and Italian police seized 306,000 coins worth €556,000 (almost $693,000 USD at the time of writing) of...
David T. Alexander: Ships on World Coins!
By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek .....
With their natural grace and implied motion, Ships are among the most beautiful elements in the coin designs...
Niue: A Numismatic Hotspot
By Ron Drzewucki - Modern Coin Wholesale .....
Last October I wrote about the coinage of the tiny island nation of Tuvalu. I was curious...
Japan Mint to Issue Gold and Silver Coin Series to Commemorate Earthquake Reconstruction
By CoinWeek Staff Reports....
The Japan Mint has announced the release of two coins, issued to commemorate the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami that devastated the northeast...
Canada 2016 100th Anniversary Women’s Right to Vote $1 Coin
Description:
A century ago, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta granted most women the right to vote in provincial elections, beginning the journey that would one day...
Top 10 Women on World Coins, Part 2
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....
Link to Part 1
5.) Irene of Athens
Like much of the Middle Ages, the history of the...
CoinWeek News Wire for July 1, 2016
By Coinweek ....
CoinWeek News Wire for July 1, 2016
Brain Food
1.) History: June 30,1987: Introducing the ‘loonie’
In 1986, the Canadian government announced it would be...
Portugal 2016 Rio Olympic Games 2 Euro Coin
Description:
The 2016 Portugal 2 Euro bimetallic Olympic Coin honoring the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a legal-tender, circulating commemorative...
Mexico 1921 Aztec Sunstone 20 Peso Gold Coin
Description
At the turn of the 20th century, Mexico adopted the gold standard and issued new coin denominations. Five-peso and 10-peso gold coins were introduced...
NGC – Chinese Coins: The Last Palace
2016 is the 150th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen’s birth and the People’s Republic of China has just released three coins to commemorate this event
By...
Why the European Coin Market Is Better Than the U.S.
Europe has a modern, innovative and thriving coin market. Here’s why
By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....
On Monday, I received a call from a friend...
The East India Company and Its Coins
The East India Company's classic coins included Gold Mohur, Silver Rupiya, Pagoda, Anna, Fanams and Cash
Four centuries ago ships set sail in search of...
Rare & Inexpensive Early Silver Coins of Ecuador
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #395
By Greg Reynolds .....
The early silver coins of Ecuador are...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Contemporary Counterfeit Coins From the Reign...
By Patrick O’Connor - Aurora Rarities LLC ......
During a recent discussion, the subject of counterfeit coins arose - specifically, the odd circumstance whereby prices...
World Coin News – Silver Commemorative Celebrates 900th Anniv. Consecration of the Cathedral of...
Coin Commemorates the Home of the Famous Leaning Tower of Pisa
By the Italian Mint ......
On May 4, a silver coin with a face value...
Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1850 JB Costa Rica Gold Escudo
A missing skirt is among the clues that this coin isn't real
Only 6,167 Costa Rican gold escudos were struck in 1850, making it a...
Sir Isaac Newton Really Hated Coin Countefeiters… Really!
By Everett Millman - Gainesvillecoins.com ......
Contemporary scholarship has introduced a number of new mysteries regarding history's most famous "natural philosopher" (i.e. scientist), Sir Isaac...
NGC Announces Year of the Pig Label
Submitters can choose this label to celebrate coins featuring the next sign in the Chinese zodiac.
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced the availability of...
Pillar Dollar Coin Coveted by US Collectors Recovered From Rooswijk Shipwreck
The Spanish Pillar Dollar by Blanchard and Company, Inc .....
If there is one classic Mexican coin that serious U.S. numismatic collectors covet, it's the...
Mike Markowitz: The Coins of Shakespeare
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
Shakespeare’s works are rich in allusions to coins. Such references were meant to bring his audiences into closer identification...