Time Magazine International Edition

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A man with a metal detector found $4.2 million worth of silver, gold and gems buried under a farm in Staffordshire, England, in 2009. It’s the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. In 2011, workers were renovating a 16th century palace in

Numismatic News

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Again, America loses an opportunity to make a great design. The new eagle is great on the reverse, but arrows should be in the eagle’s claws, not olive branches. It continues to make America look weak just like the obverse with Walking Liberty. The g

Banknote Reporter

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A small but choice group of Singapore obverse and reverse die proofs dominated results at DNW’s early April world paper sale. Three were of 1967-73 first issue notes and four from the second 1976-1980 series. All proved to be sleepers realizing well

World Coin News

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Stack’s Bowers has decided to clean the dust off the coins of the Mas Fera Collection, a collection that has been off the market for over 40 years. With no reserves, buyers will be sure to dig in their pockets and offer up their best. Among these spe

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A game for 2 players A pile of pennies A pile of nickels * No pennies? No problem. Other coins work too as long as the pile is all the same kind. Goal: To be the first player to make a full row on the board (across, down, or diagonal). The first p

Coin Collector

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We’ve been eagerly awaiting this latest Scarcity Index update, which includes the newly released figures for the 2018 50p coins. This information has been compiled using data from the Change Checker Swap Centre and presented in the easy to use indexe

Coin Collector

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TIME

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A man with a metal detector found $4.2 million worth of silver, gold and gems buried under a farm in Staffordshire, England, in 2009. It’s the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. In 2011, workers were renovating a 16th century palace in

Numismatic News

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Among the designs up for review when the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) met via teleconference Sept. 23 were those proposed for the obverse and reverse of the “Hidden Figures” Congressional gold medal, which honors the women first employe

World Coin News

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On June 26 Spink will herald summer with a remarkable offering of medieval English hammered gold coins. The Isladulcie Collection charts the Hundred Years’ War. This on-again, off-again conflict was fought from 1340 to 1453 by the House of Plantagene

Numismatic News

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A few months after the independence of Mozambique, my parents decided that it was no longer an environment for their children to live. Nevertheless, they decided to stay a little longer as they loved Mozambique and so, they sent us to Portugal, with

Numismatic News

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The last of four Presidential medals issued in 2019 will honor President John Quincy Adams. The silver piece went on sale from the Mint Nov. 18. The Adams medal joins those issued this year for Thomas Jefferson in January, James Madison in May and Ja

Numismatic News

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Returning home after a three-day road trip, my wife and I stopped at our local Walmart in the evening to pick up a few essentials. The forecast was for a huge snowstorm starting in the morning. The store was packed. As we were winding our way up to o

Numismatic News

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Staying with my existing collection, organizing, documenting coins and at the same time taking a break. Name and Address Withheld I am exploring a new avenue. Marleen Flugge Address Withheld In response to your weekly question, I am continuing with m

Numismatic News

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Right on the heels of the end of the January 2020 FUN show is the 63rd Houston Money Show, which goes from Jan. 17-19, 2020, in Conroe, Texas, at the Lone Star Convention Center. It is sponsored by the Greater Houston Coin Club. Besides having more t

Numismatic News

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Numismatic News

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Should the Mint produce and sell more of the World War II 75th Anniversary gold and silver proof American Eagle coins after experiencing website trouble and a quick sellout? To be a collector of both the silver and gold eagle since 1986 and to have

NPR

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No coin shortage here: While it's closed for the pandemic, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has drained a 30-foot waterfall and cleaned off 100 gallons of pocket change.

Coins

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I was shopping for lunch and dinner. As a habit, I checked the Coinstar machine and found a few coins. They turned out to be a 1946 Roosevelt, a 1940 “wheatie” and a 1999 Canadian quarter. Seems like this is the only way that I find silver these days

PaperCraft Inspirations

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For a fun festive treat, cover foiled chocolate coins with circles of patterned paper. Layer them together to create the look of Christmas baubles, finishing with gold gems. Here, Santa’s beard has been cut out and a box of mints has been stuck behi

Numismatic News

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One of the most interesting periods of numismatic history in the United States came during the years from 1835 to 1851 when Dr. Robert M. Patterson was director of the Mint. In many ways, he was to put his mark on our coinage. And much of this legacy

Coin Collector

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A notice appeared in the Bath Chronicle for 27 February 1812 reading as follows: ‘Bristol 17 Feb.1812 IMPORTANT CAUTION We the undersigned hereby caution the public against a spurious imitation of our Twelve-penny and sixpenny tokens differing, howev

Numismatic News

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Daniel O. Shattuc, of Sunnyvale, Calif., has passed away. While Dan had been enduring poor health and assisted care for recent years, he was once an active advocate for our hobby spanning 40-plus years, serving in positions in the Cupertino Coin Club

Numismatic News

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Welcome to the 2020 Coin Show & Auction Guide. This special supplement to Numismatic News, World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter features the hobby’s most complete listing of coin shows and auction firms. The guide is divided into three separate sec

Coin Collector

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I was always mildly interested in history. Growing up in Southern Ontario all the kids knew stories of local battles of the war of 1812. We would search plowed fields for arrowheads or musket balls. But now working as a coin engraver for the Royal Ca

World Coin News

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At the time of writing Heritage Auctions ANA sales were still a month off. Yet such is the way of today’s numismatic world that shortly after these conclude in mid-August Long Beach waits just around the corner. In point of fact consignments for that

Numismatic News

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Coins

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I recently began a Quarter Type Set collection. I just purchased an 1834 Capped Bust on eBay that would grade around VG8 or 10. I could see in the photos that it was an O over F variety even though it was not described as such in the listing. While t

Coin Collector

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The annual Change Checker Awards, which aim to find the country’s best coin collectors and decide on the most popular coins issued during the year, have closed, with two enthusiasts scooping the top prizes. Organised by Change Checker, in association

Numismatic News

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When do you predict show and club activities will begin picking back up? How will hobby gatherings look different going forward? What will remain the same? We anticipate May or June for returning to shows where patron confidence is high they wi