Category Archives: Coin News

500 of the First Coins Ever Minted Featured in New Exhibition at the Israel Museum

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May
2012
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The Israel Museum presents a new exhibition featuring 500 of the first coins ever minted, providing an intimate look at the dawn of coinage. Struck in western Asia Minor (present-day Eastern Turkey) during the mid-seventh century BCE, and made of … Continue reading  

Rare 1792 Silver Cent Sells for $1.15 Million

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Apr
2012
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A rare 1792 Silver Center Cent recently sold at auction for $1.15 million dollars. The coin, an experimental prototype called “Judd 1,” is more than 200 years old, made with a copper ring that surrounds a small plug of silver, … Continue reading  

Crowns and Ducats: Shakespeare’s Money and Medals at the British Museum

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Apr
2012
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This display explores the role of coins and money in Shakespeare’s works, as well as illustrating how money and medals marked the major events of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean world. Shakespeare’s plays are full of coins, from the English … Continue reading  

Canada’s Newest Coin Glows in the Dark

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Apr
2012
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The Royal Canadian Mint just can’t sit still. Like a hyperactive kid, it has revamped Canadian cash, first introducing plastic bills and then killing the penny. Now it wants people to play with glow-in-the-dark quarters. The mint’s latest collectible coin … Continue reading  

Famed Pedro I ‘Coronation Piece’ Expected to Fetch Over $100,000

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Apr
2012
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An extraordinary Brazilian Pedro I gold Coronation 6,400 Reis of 1822R, just one of 64 minted, provides a historic and emotional anchor to the 5,300+-lot Heritage Auctions’ World & Ancient Coins CICF Signature® Auction, April 26-30, at the Crown Plaza … Continue reading  

Silver Cent From First Group Ever Struck at the U.S. Mint May Bring $1,000,000

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Apr
2012
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One of the most historic coins struck by the early U.S. Mint, a 1792 Judd-1 Silver Center cent pattern, MS61 Brown PCGS, headlines the Heritage Auctions April 2012 Central States Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, April 18-20, with Platinum Night™ offerings … Continue reading  

March 2012 Baltimore Coin Expo Recap

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Apr
2012
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Three times each year, thousands of coin collectors and dealers converge on the city of Baltimore for one of the most consistently active coin conventions in the country.  March 22-25 was another well-run and successful event.  I attended, and as … Continue reading  

Battle for Sunken Treasure Reaches Gibraltar

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Apr
2012
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A court battle over treasure from an old Spanish shipwreck has reached Gibraltar, where descendants of the sunken cargo’s owners are fighting to win back part of the booty from Spain. The British-administered territory has been drawn into a tangled … Continue reading  

The 2012 Silver Eagles Are Coming!

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Mar
2012
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I’ve been collecting Silver Eagles since the mid 90s, and look forward to anything new from the mint. So I’m happy to report that with the massive success of the 25th anniversary sets of 2011, the mint is going to … Continue reading  

Million Dollar Ancient Coin Highlights World’s Greatest Private Jewish Coin Collection

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Feb
2012
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The first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against Roman oppression in the first century CE, one of only two specimens known, will be auctioned as part of The Shoshana Collection of Ancient Coins of Judea, March … Continue reading