A new €5 proof silver coin from Italy celebrates the 2023–25 round the world tour of the sail training ship Amerigo Vespucci, which is part of the Italian Navy. Built in 1931, this square-rigged ship is 82m long, carries 24 sails made of canvas and i

In November 2022, the BNS launched a new online database, Medieval Coin Hoards of the British Isles (MCHBI). The database (www.britnumsoc.org/mchbi) allows users to map and research coin hoards from c.500–1500. To encourage use of this resource, the

The last issue in CIT’s Real Heroes Series for the Cook Islands features has been released and features an astronaut. Whether you refer to them as astronauts, cosmonauts or taikonauts, a special kind of courage is required to leave the earth’s atmosp

Archbishop Ecgberht – notable reformer of the English church and proponent of Bede’s teachings, as well as correspondent and personal friend of the Northumbrian scholar Alcuin. Ecgberht issued coins jointly with his brother King Eadberht, these uniqu

The American Numismatic Society (ANS) has announced that Dr Gilles Bransbourg will be stepping down from his position as executive director in September 2024. Bransbourg has received an eight-month fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Pr

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Welcome to the May edition of Coin Collector, which has undergone some major developments since the last issue. The biggest change is that the magazine is now being published within Stamp Collector, meaning that there will now be 12 issues per year.

A desire to learn more about the history of Gdańsk (Danzig) came to me last year during the New York coin show, where it was a privilege to see the impressive Polish medieval coinage from the Taraszka Collection auctioned by Stack’s Bowers and featur

The United States will soon be gearing up to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary. The event will be known as the semiquincentennial – quite a mouthful! 4 July 2026 will be one to remember as events are planned around the country to mark the occa

A collection of over 200 coins from over two centuries of Celtic British history is now available to view online. Thanks to a group of student volunteers studying at Glasgow University’s College of Art & Humanities, coins from different British tribe

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Kevin Clancy, Director, The Royal Mint Museum The Royal Mint collection is renowned for its patterns and proofs, unusual items that may seldom surface in the sale rooms and that few collectors will, therefore, have a chance of seeing. Included in thi

Northumbria was formed in the late-7th century from the bloody merger of two separate, ancestral kingdoms – Deira and Bernicia. At its peak, it controlled a vast swathe of territory in northern England and the Scottish Lowlands, running from the Humb

Some collectors may already have come across them: small round capsules in which real stamps are visible, which were in circulation in several European countries during and after World War I as a substitute for small change. However, the origins of t

On 13–14 February, Stack’s Bowers Galleries partnered with The Royal Mint in a special auction of coins that had been tested and evaluated as part of the annual Trial of the Pyx, an ancient and rigorous evaluation ceremony with origins that stretch b

When I popped round to see my grandmother many years ago, I couldn’t help but notice her shiny new TV screen. ‘Where did you snag that, then?’ I asked my father shortly thereafter. ‘From the specialist dealer in town,’ he replied. ‘And what did it se