Coin Collecting News
The Government of the Cook Islands have issued a new silver coin (double crown) which pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of the re-building of the terminal of Grand Central Station, New York City’s premier train terminal which has itself been referred to as the world’s loveliest station. Grand Central Terminal, or station as it [...]
One of the beauties of grading is the ability to find rolls of modern uncirculated coins that others overlook, believing them to be common and not worth slabbing. I have had luck in the past, holdering rainbow cents from double mint sets and individual cents from shotgun rolls. As usual with Coingrader Capsule, we not [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint has launched a charming new coin which illustrates one of life’s simple pleasures for so many around the world, that of fishing beside a lake. Especially prevalent in many small towns dotted along the eastern seaboard and Maritime Provinces, the activity of fishing during the long warm summer afternoons takes on [...]
The United States Mint will start accepting orders for the 2013 American Gold Buffalo Proof Coin on May 23, 2013 at 12:00 Noon ET. This represents the latest numismatic release for the popular one ounce .9999 fine, 24-karat gold coin. The design for the American Gold Buffalo is taken from the original 1913 Type 1 [...]
The fourth release within the Perth Mint’s Birds of Australia coin series features the Rainbow Lorikeet. This noisy and brightly colored parrot is primarily found living in far northern and eastern Australia. The Rainbow Lorikeet has a blue head and belly, with green wings, and an orange breast. It feeds on fruit, pollen, and nectar [...]
The National Bank of Slovakia has issued (18th May) a new coin which remembers the important contributions of Jozef Karol Hell (1713 - 1789) whose inventions and discoveries were instrumental in the further development of the mining industry of the Banská Štiavnica region of present-day Slovakia. Both father Matej Kornel Hell and son Jozef Karol Hell specialized [...]
The Treasury of Curacao & St. Maarten (tentatively as the Netherlands Antilles) have launched two new coins which mark the accession of the Prince of Orange, Willem-Alexander to the Dutch and Antilles throne on the 30th April. As part of the Dutch Crown under a new protocol, the islands of Curacao and St. Maarten are [...]
The latest weekly United States Mint numismatic product sales report includes the debut of the 2013-P White Mountain National Forest Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. The 2013 West Point Silver Eagle Set makes its second weekly appearance. The numismatic version of the White Mountain Five Ounce Silver Coin went on sale May 16, 2013. The [...]
The number one finest set of all time of United States half cents from 1793 to 1857 will be displayed for the first time in public at the June 2013 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Sports Collectibles Expo. The Expo will be open to the public, Thursday to Saturday, June 6 – 8, in the [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint have launched (9th May) three new coins which remember one of the battles during the War of 1812 which was considered a turning point in favor of the Royal Navy against American forces. On June 1, 1813, HMS Shannon, commanded by Captain Philip Broke, clashed with USS Chesapeake just 18 miles [...]
