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1935 Waitangi Crown: Six Silver Coins and a Founding Treaty
The 1935 Waitangi Crown tells a larger story than most rare coins can hold. It links New Zealand’s first major commemorative coinage issue with...
1916-C George V Gold Sovereign: Canada’s Wartime Key Coin
The Gold Sovereign That Almost Vanished During World War I
The 1916-C George V Gold Sovereign carries one of the strongest backstories in Canadian numismatics.
Ottawa...
The Jever Thaler: A Russian Eagle on a German Coin
The Rare Jever Thaler That Linked Russia to the North Sea
In 1798, a small North Sea lordship issued one of the strangest coins of...
Peter the Great’s 1704 Ruble: The Coin That Stood Between Old Russia and the...
By Lev Moiseev - Auction House Alexander
In 1704, Peter I was 32 years old. By then, he had already traveled through Western Europe during...
Atlas Numismatics Drops 589 New Rarities – Ancient Masterpieces, Gold Ducats, and Museum-Level Coins...
Atlas Numismatics has released a major new fixed-price list. In total, 589 coins, medals, and tokens are now available through its website. The selection...
Rare Kweichow Bamboo Dollar Heads to Stack’s Bowers Hong Kong Rarities Night
A remarkable 1949 Kweichow Bamboo Dollar will cross the block in Stack’s Bowers’ April 13, 2026 Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Rarities Night, where it...
Britannia Meets Liberty: Inside the Ultra-Rare 2024 £1,000 Gold Kilo Proof
A Coin That Redefines Modern Numismatics
Some coins mark history. Others become history.
The 2024 Great Britain £1,000 Gold Britannia & Liberty Kilo Proof does both....
Rare Gold Treasures Headline Baldwin’s March 30 Auction: Cromwell, St. Vincent, and Tudor History...
Baldwin’s upcoming March 30 auction delivers an exceptional lineup of historic British gold. Notably, it features naval heroism, political symbolism, and royal tragedy, all...
Stack’s Bowers Offers $1 Million Norwegian Ultra-Rarity in L.E. Bruun Collection Auction
Stack’s Bowers Galleries has launched one of the most important Scandinavian coin sales in recent years. The March 2026 L. E. Bruun Collection ,...
Stack’s Bowers to Offer Potentially Unique Napoleonic 40 Francs Proof From Margolis Collection
By Jeremy Bostwick - Senior Numismatist and Cataloger, Stack's Bowers ...... Updated by CoinWeek March 2026
At the January 2025 New York International Numismatic Convention...
The St. Patrick Farthing
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, CoinWeek is pleased to present a bit of numismatic history on the Irish nation's favorite saint.
The Irish Coin...
Magnificent Genroku Oban: A Monumental Gold Treasure from Japan’s Cultural Golden Age
Giant Gold Coin from Japan’s Golden Age Could Bring $350,000
A massive gold coin from Japan’s celebrated Genroku era will headline the upcoming Stack’s Bowers...
