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Building on the scope of Robert Friedberg’s groundbreaking research, the “Guide Book of United States Paper Money”, fourth edition, is an engaging history and price guide of the paper currency of the United States.

For years, Coin Invest Trust has been designing coins which stand out for their bold design, innovative minting technology and exceptional quality. Now, the creative thinkers from Liechtenstein have developed a new security feature to ensure collectors can be certain to have bought a coin from Coin Invest Trust: SeQrySign.

On September 10, 2014, the Austrian Mint has issued the fourth coin in its popular “Back from the Dead” dinosaur coin series, accompanied with a new and improved augmented reality app. The first two coins of the series moved from “Life in the Water”, to “Life in the Air”. The third and fourth coins represent “Life on the Ground”.

The Royal Mint celebrates four world-renowned British landmarks on four eye-catching, crown-sized, silver 5 GBP coins. The intricate details of each design have been highlighted with The Royal Mint’s premier Proof finish, whilst trichromatic colour-printing gives the coin designs an impressionist quality.

On 18 August, Aland has received a collector coin paying tribute to its provincial animal. This provincial coin with a nominal value of five euros depicts the white-tailed eagle in its nest. The collector coin’s reverse bears the historic coat of arms of Aland.

Usually it’s the coins that are in the spotlight, not so much their collectors. But in 1970, Norman Rockwell created the painting “The Collector”, which was recently sold at Christie’s. The painting is worth a closer look as it tells us much about the collector.

We have received two reports of coin thefts: On August 29, 2014 a money transporter was raided in the Swiss Canton of Geneva, 650 1-ounce gold coins were stolen. Also in these days a Fedex shipment containing rare Cyprus and World coins has been reported stolen on its ways to Paris.

The US is facing economic ruin while activists try to save the country by help of a private gold currency. A new film blurs the boundary between fiction and reality thanks to sponsoring by the really existing “Gold Liberty”.

The 100th Hannover Coin Show is scheduled for 30 November, 2014, an anniversary for the oldest active coin show in Germany. On this occasion, we will tell you something about the coin show’s history today.

In 864 Charles the Bald founded the French Mint which is still producing France’s coins. On that occasion the institution presents itself in an intriguing video documentary.