2014 PNG-ANA Numismatic Trade Show: Free Admission + Gold Coin Giveaway

Free Admission + Chance to win a gold coin at 2014 PNG-ANA Numismatic Trade Show... Complimentary admission coupons for collectors and the general public are...

Cassie McFarland Talks About Designing Baseball Hall of Fame Coin. VIDEO: 4:30

Cassie McFarland, Design Artist Interviewer: David Lisot for CoinWeek.com ......   A bright new star in the field of coin design talks about how she entered a...

ICTA Victory: Oklahoma Bullion Law makes Coins and Bullion Sales Tax Exempt – Video

Industry Council for Tangible Assets helps secure victory for precious metal investors in the Sooner State....   On June 4, 2014, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed...

Cryptocurrency NXT Payment System TXT Coins Now Prepares For Launch and Tech Conference

TXT Cash Now subsidiary TXT Coins Now is a cell-phone based micro-payment system for cryptocurrency NXT, enabling anyone worldwide to send NXT to anyone...

The Royal Mint Launches World War I UK Coin Series

The Royal Mint’s World War I Coin Series commemorates the First World War, and the journey from outbreak to armistice... As the world prepares to...

ANA Money Museum presents new exhibit: ‘Treasures of the Deep’

ANA members and the public are invited to free Open House at the ANA Money Museum Thursday, June 5.... The Edward C. Rochette Money Museum will...

Flying Eagle and Indian Cent Reference Book Goes Digital. VIDEO: 2:20.

Richard Snow - Eagle Eye Rare Coin Interviewer: David Lisot - CoinWeek.com .....   Rick Snow is an acknowledged expert in Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents....

Islamic Coins Headline 1st Wilkes & Curtis Sale

Fresh to the numismatic market, a collection of coins of Morocco will join more than 500 lots of Islamic, Indian, and world coins and medals in...

The “Royals” are Coming to the Toronto Coin Expo

The Royalty of Canadian banknotes are coming to Toronto, to be auctioned off by Geoffrey Bell Auctions at the Toronto Coin Expo May 29, 2014....

Colonial Coins: Higley Coppers Auctioned Over the Last Ten Years

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #222 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg...

Ancient Coin Insights: Real Roman Women on Coins

Coinweek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ....   MUCH LIKE AMERICANS, Republican Romans had a deep-rooted prejudice against depicting living people on their money. It...

Gorny & Mosch Auction Rediscovers an Old Collecting Field: Engraving Gems and Cameos

Gorny & Mosch Auction to feature dazzling engraving gems and cameos.... AMUGS, that is how the most renowned series of numismatic monographs in Germany published...

St. James’s Auctions of Great Britain Attends CICF Coinvention 2014. VIDEO: 1:30

Stephen Fenton, Owner, St. James's Auctions Interviewer: David Lisot, CoinWeek.com.......   Stephen Fenton has been involved in numismatics for half a century. He share what it is...

Latin American Colonial Coins: Sedwick Treasure Auction 15 Nets $1.65 Million

Latin American Colonial Coins among many offerings at Sedwick Sale....   Our 15th Floor auction was a another great sale for our growing company. Prices realized...

Rare US Gold Coins: The Bently Effect

By Doug Winter - RareGoldcoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   As I have discussed in prior blogs, a paradigm shift has occurred in the rare date...
Why Did Byzantine Coins Become Cup-Shaped?

Why Did Byzantine Coins Become Cup-Shaped?

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ....   ON MARCH 27, 2014 the United States Mint released its first curved coins: five-dollar gold, one-dollar silver...

The Coin Analyst: Interview with Ing Ing Jong, Perth Mint Coin Designer

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek.com .....   Ing Ing Jong, a Perth Mint coin designer, recently discussed with me her experience as a coin designer and...

Early April Not Taxing On World Coins – Pair of Auctions Reel In Over...

Posted by Jim Bisognani  for NGC....   NGC World Certified Rarities Attract Spotlight. 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Issues Remain Hot Property. 75th Central States Convention...

Mexican Banknotes: Two Mexican Women

By Peter Symes, with permission .....   For many years, two of the lowest denomination notes circulating in Mexico were adorned with portraits of women. The 10-peso...

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Offers Third Party Grading for Ancient Coins. VIDEO: 2:05.

David Vagi, Director of NGC Ancients, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Interviewer: David Lisot, CoinWeek.com....   One of the major third party grading services grades and authenticates ancient coins. NGC...

ANS Announces New Digitization Program for Roman Coins. VIDEO: 13:57

Giles Bransbourg, Adjunct Curator of Roman Coins, American Numismatic Society, Moderator: Harlan Berk....   A new program to digitize the Roman coins in the ANS Collection...

Numismatic Quick Hits: 1804 Dollar Presentation + Mt.Gox No More + New Book from...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   CoinWeek Gets Exclusive Rights to Film 1804 Dollar Presentation As reported last week, author and researcher Mark Ferguson will...

NGC Grades 30 Millionth Coin, First Grading Service to Reach Milestone

First coin certification service to reach this significant milestone On April 15, 2014, Sarasota, Florida-based Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) announced that it has graded its...

Exploring the World of Money – a Collaboration between MoneyMuseum and CoinsWeekly

As of 1 March 2014, MoneyMuseum presents podcasts revolving around numismatic topics to all those interested on iTunes U. In order to make this...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The First Real Woman to Appear on a Coin

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ....   THE EARLIEST COINS, which emerged around 650 BCE on the shores of the Aegean Sea, depicted ancient symbols of...

The Coin Analyst: CCAC Recommends New Reverse Design for American Silver Eagle Program

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   Editor's Note: A complete rundown of designs considered by the CCAC are included at the bottom of this article. On April 8, the...

Nobel Peace Prize Shines as Medals and Coins bring big numbers at Stack’s March...

The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo featured an array of five-to-six-figure items, together with thousands of...

Nebraska Passes Sales Tax Exemption for Coins and Bullion

ICTA Member Deb Evans-Olson Leads Effort Nebraska is the 31st state to pass a sales tax exemption on rare coins and precious metals product. Governor...

The Coin Analyst: Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Launch a Great Success for...

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   March 27, when sales of the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin series began, will be remembered as an exciting but...

Reselling Newman: eBay and the Eric P. Newman Coin Collection

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   It’s inevitable that much of the highly publicized Newman collection will find its way back into the...