Singapore Mint announces Lunar Snake Commemorative Coins
The Singapore Mint presents the 2013 Singapore Lunar Snake Commemorative Coins. The collectible series also includes Singapore’s largest silver coin as well as the Fine Gold BU Coin being Singapore’s smallest coin.
Floor made with pennies
One of our readers called our attention to an article that described how a retired industrial engineer paved her bathroom floor in Texas (USA): she employed 10,000 US pennies creating thus an absolutely individual floor design.
Catalogue of Indian Coins
The new catalogue book ‘Specialized Study of Coins of India’ presents coins from pre independence era till date with valuations, description representative photos including proof and UNC sets highlighting the individual characteristics and composition of each coin.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in the countryside ...
Royal Canadian Mint offers Canada’s first gold coins 1912-1914
The Royal Canadian Mint offers of a rare collection of Canada’s first gold coins, produced by the Mint from 1912 to 1914 and not seen since the outbreak of the First World War. The highest quality of these $5 and $10 gold coins are now being offered for sale.
New York International Numismatic Convention Announces Final Plans
The 41st annual edition of the New York International Numismatic Convention will take place at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria with activities starting on Friday, January 4 and the final convention related event concluding on Monday, January 14.
Important gold coin hoard in the UK
A metal detectorist led to what turned out to be one of the largest Roman gold coin hoards ever found in the UK. 159 gold coins from late fourth century CE were found in Hertfordshire and are now being analysed.
Numismatics in Gotha
From November 22 to 23, 2012 a congress on ‘Coin cabinets and numismatics in the baroque epoch’ was held in Gotha. And Gotha is indeed the perfect place for dealing with that topic. This is a picture story on what you can expect in Gotha from a numismatic point of view!
2013 Gold Proof Sovereign revealed
In celebration of 60 years of Her Majesty the Queen’s coinage, The Royal Mint has unveiled the 2013 Sovereign Collection. The definitive St George and the dragon design by Benedetto Pistrucci graces the coin once more, just as it did on the first Sovereigns of the Queen’s reign 60 years ago.
Greece honours Socrates with collector coin
The Bank of Greece has issued a new 10 Euro silver collector’s coin which pays tribute to one of the world’s most noted and quoted philosophers emerging from the ancient world.