New Coin From CIT Features Horror Author H.P. Lovecraft and His Cthulhu Mythos

New Coin From CIT Features Horror Author H.P. Lovecraft and His Cthulhu Mythos

H.P. Lovecraft – Cthulhu Palau. 20 Dollars 2022. Silver .999. 3 oz. 45 mm. Antique finish. Mintage: 750 pieces. Special technology: smartminting® (Ultra High Relief),...

Vitruvian Man and Modern X-Ray on New Silver Coin Show Two Ways of Looking...

X-Ray – Vitruvian Man Cook Islands. 5 Dollars. 2021. Silver .999. 1 oz. 38.61 mm. Special technology: smartminting® (Ultra High Relief), color application. Proof. Mintage:...
Most Valuable Coin Ever Sold in Germany Returns to US

Most Valuable Coin Ever Sold in Germany Returns to US

By John Saunders ......   The auction house of Künker sold a Double Rose Noble Piedfort issued by the Hanseatic League city of Kampen for €700,000...
Journey Series Continues With Coin Honoring the Truck

Journey Series Continues With Coin Honoring the Truck

Truck – King of the Road Cook Islands. 10 Dollars. 2022 Silver .999. 2 oz. 38.61 mm. Mintage: 999. Special technology: smartminting (High Relief); Black...
Royal Mint Celebrates Alexander Graham Bell With New £2 Coin

Royal Mint Celebrates Alexander Graham Bell With New £2 Coin

The Royal Mint celebrates the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell on a collectible £2 coin The collectible £2 coin features as...
Making the Case for Collecting World Coins - Moving Beyond US Coinage

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...
Rare Medieval British Coins Discovered by Metal Detectorists Sell at Auction

Rare Medieval British Coins Discovered by Metal Detectorists Sell at Auction

By Dix Noonan Webb ......   Two rare and noteworthy Medieval English gold coins were sold at Dix Noonan Webb on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in...
Medieval Coins of Portugal

Medieval Coins of Portugal

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   Portugal, a small, narrow country on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula ... was created during the Christian...
France 1896-A 20 Francs Faisceau privy Gad-1063, Full Brockage Reverse Mint Error, PCGS AU58. Courtesy of PCGS TrueView

PCGS Around the World – Full Mirror Brockage Mint Error French Gold

By Jay Turner for PCGS ......   France 1896-A 20 Francs Faisceau privy Gad-1063, Full Brockage Reverse Mint Error, PCGS AU58. Courtesy of PCGS TrueView In coin...
The Coins and Currency of Modern North Macedonia

The Coins and Currency of Modern North Macedonia

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Modern-day North Macedonia is a country of breathtaking natural beauty and ancient history that gained its independence in 1991...

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...
Perth Mint Issues Year of the Tiger Rotating Charm Antiqued Silver Coin

Perth Mint Issues Year of the Tiger Rotating Charm Antiqued Silver Coin

This 1oz silver antiqued coin features a central gold-plated rotating charm in the shape of the third animal in the ancient Chinese lunar calendar,...

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...

The Coin Analyst: From Una and the Lion to the Three Graces – Classic...

By Louis Golino, special to CoinWeek .....   The February 22 launch and instant sell-out of The Royal Mint’s Three Graces silver and gold coins underscores...
New Silver Coin Commemorates 100 Years of Last Morgan, First Peace Dollars

New Silver Coin Commemorates 100 Years of Last Morgan, First Peace Dollars

Produced in stunning 1oz Silver Piedfort Ultra High Relief (2oz Total) Limited to ONLY 650 coins worldwide! 250 pieces produced with unique reverse...
Treasure (Rhode) Island? Henry Every and Yemeni Coins Found in New England

Treasure (Rhode) Island? Henry Every and Yemeni Coins Found in New England

By Oliver Hoover for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   On April 1, 2021, the Associated Press ran a story about a handful of small silver...
A Brief History of the Latin Monetary Union and Its Coins

A Brief History of the Latin Monetary Union and Its Coins

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   For many, the Euro Zone is the first single currency union in Europe. But in 1865, Napoleon III introduced...
Russia 1845 СПБ 6 Rubles – Ex Hutten-Czapski and Mikhailovich Collections – PCGS PR65DCAM

An Extremely Rare Platinum Russian Coin Graded by PCGS

By Jay Turner for PCGS ......   Russia 1845 СПБ 6 Rubles – Ex Hutten-Czapski and Mikhailovich Collections – PCGS PR65DCAM For Russian numismatics, there are many...
New Cupro Nickel Coin Celebrates 75th Anniverary of Last Walking Liberty

New Cupro Nickel Coin Celebrates 75th Anniverary of Last Walking Liberty

Pobjoy Mint is thrilled to announce the release of a brand new $1 coin to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the last Walking Liberty...
Silver Burst High Relief Coin Continues Exploration of Humanity's Greatest Fears

Silver Burst High Relief Coin Continues Exploration of Humanity’s Greatest Fears

Silver Burst Cook Islands. 20 Dollars 2021. Silver .999. 3 oz. Proof. 50 mm. Mintage: 999. Special technology: smartminting (Ultra High Relief). B. H. Mayer’s...

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...
From the Dark Corner: An "Authenticated" Counterfeit 1882 Great Britain Shilling

From the Dark Corner: An “Authenticated” Counterfeit 1882 Great Britain Shilling

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ......   I am starting this series to review specific counterfeits that have actually been authenticated by third-party...
New Gold Coin Celebrates Swiss Watchmaking Prowess

New Gold Coin Celebrates Swiss Watchmaking Prowess

By Federal Mint Swissmint ......   On September 29, 2022, the Federal Mint Swissmint launched the new coin honoring Switzerland's watchmaking industry, "Timemachine", available starting from...

The Franc: A Coin, a Currency, an Orphan

By Gilles Bransbourg for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   The Franc is one of the oldest and most widespread currency units in the world, currently...
Royal Mint Sends Its Largest Coins Ever to 700-Year-Old Trial of the Pyx

Royal Mint Sends Its Largest Coins Ever to 700-Year-Old Trial of the Pyx

The Queen’s Beasts 10kg gold coin is one of the coins being sent to the Trial of the Pyx, an annual legal process...

Islamic and Medieval Coins: New Years and Old Years

By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   This essay is being written on December 31, 2021, to be posted on January 4, 2022....
The Coins of Medieval Serbia - Mike Markowitz

The Coins of Medieval Serbia

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   The Balkans produce more history than they can consume. — Attributed to Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) THE SLAVS BEGAN migrating into...
Offbeat Numismatics: The Leper Colony Coins of Colombia

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...
Medieval Scottish Coinage

Medieval Scottish Coinage

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   Flower of Scotland, when will we see your like again? That fought and died for your wee bit hill and...

Gold Bullion Spotlight: The Other Vintage Bullion Mexican Coinage

By Jay Turner for PCGS ......   A previous Gold Bullion Spotlight featuring the popular Mexico Centenario coinage offers a look at one of the most...