Are you interested in coins and new to the world of collecting? We’ll be happy to help you with the basics. Today, we talk about the important topic of coin grading. You will see: newcomers have a lot to keep in mind. We answer frequently asked questions about the subject.

The traditional European system of coin grades is hardy used anymore in the USA. Since the 1970s, new developments have established themselves there, which had a major impact on the international coin trade. We explain what these developments are about and why they are so successful.

The West Point Mint is the US mint with the shortest history as the institution was only founded in 1988. And yet, the mint has a very important task: this is where US bullion coins are produced.

Structuring the world of modern coins isn’t that easy. Just some of the items laymen classify as coins are actually coins. In addition, there are special and hybrid forms and all kinds of unclear terms such as commemorative coin, collector coin, NCLT, bullion coin etc. Which types of coins exist? We present an overview.

Over the course of the Covid pandemic, health care professionals have attracted increased media attention. Gabriele Sturm examined the question of how women in health care professions were depicted on coins in the past, and how they are represented today.

Every coin has a history. And that history does not come out of nowhere, it is a reflection of its time. A typical example for this is the Somalia Elephant, a bullion coin from Germany that is minted every year featuring a new motif by the Bavarian State Mint on the initiative of Emporium Hamburg.

For the participating states, Euro coins are a great way of transporting their self-image to the outside world – to their citizens, handling small change on a daily basis, and to their visitors, taking the change back home after a holiday. Today we’re looking at Monaco and how it presents itself on its coins.

The US Mint in Denver started off as a small assay office during a gold rush – today it supplies the entire western part of the US with circulation coins.

The adventurous market for collector coins regularly comes up with new exciting innovations. Today, we present a technique that even the US Mint, which is considered conservative in such matters, has taken up after only a few years: domed coins.

The history of the San Francisco Mint began with the great California Gold Rush. After an eventful history, this US mint is now responsible for particularly sophisticated issues.