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Eupator’s Bosporan Stater: A Gold Coin at the Edge of Collapse
The Ancient Gold Coin That Sent Rome a Silent Distress Signal
Most royal coins announce power. This one also reveals fear.
A rare stater of Tiberius...
From $30 Coin Shop Find to GreatCollections: The 1967 Australia Mészáros Swan Dollar in...
A major Australian “might-have-been” comes to GreatCollections this summer.
The coin is a 1967 Australia Andor Mészáros Silver Dollar Plain Edge, KM-XM2. PCGS grades it...
Atlas Numismatics Adds 606 Fixed-Price Coins, Medals, and Tokens
Atlas Numismatics’ New List Features a $79,500 Tudor Gold Rarity
Atlas Numismatics has announced its latest fixed-price inventory update. The new release adds 606 coins,...
Unique 1937 George VI Florin Die Trial Reveals Edward VIII Coinage Connection
The Coin That Never Was: Unique 1937 Florin Die Trial Tells the Edward VIII Story
A remarkable Royal Mint artifact captures one of the most...
The Last Duke’s Silver Coin: Peter Biron and the 1780 Courland Thaler
The Last Duke’s Silver Coin Before Russia Took Courland
By Lev Moiseev
A Small Baltic Duchy With an Outsized Story
In the middle of the 18th century,...
Ephraim Brasher Regulated Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis: EB Mark, ANS Fame, and $168,000 Result
The Ephraim Brasher regulated Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis ranks among the most important American-related gold coins of the post-Revolutionary era. It began life as...
Shipwreck Treasure: The Real Story Behind Lost Coins and Sunken Gold
Shipwrecks and buried treasure still fire the imagination. Yet real treasure carries history, legal risk, and ethical responsibility.
Lost treasure has always stirred the imagination.
Robert...
Regulated Gold Coins: The Rare Money That Kept Early America Moving
What Are Regulated Gold Coins?
Before the United States Mint struck gold coins, Americans relied on foreign gold, trusted local standards, and the marks of...
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...
