Medallic artist and CCAC member Heidi Wastweet has completed a new work for Yale University’s Elizabethan Club. The medal, to be given in recognition of extraordinary service to the club, is not available for purchase—which is unfortunate, because it is truly delightful. Founded in 1911, the Elizabethan Club (affectionately called “the Lizzie”) is dedicated to “the appreciation of … [Read More...]
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United Kingdom: Prince Philip’s lifetime of service honoured with new gold and silver crown coins
It was announced today that special crown coins will be issued in August to pay tribute to the lifetime of official service which HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has given to the nation. It was announced by Buckingham Palace on the 4th May that the 96-year-old consort of the Queen would be retiring later […]
Meet a former U.S. Mint director at the World’s Fair of Money
Meet former U.S. Mint director Philip N. Diehl in person at the 2017 American Numismatic Association (ANA) World’s Fair of Money in Denver! From Diehl’s creation of the popular 50 State Quarters program to his launch of the first-ever U.S. government–issued platinum coin, he is considered one of the most influential U.S. Mint directors of […]
San Marino: World Water Day features on silver coin in BU year set
The Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino have issued (26th June) their annual Brilliant Uncirculated set of euro-denominated divisional coins, including a new silver collector coin available only in the set. The eight coins included are the €2 through to the one euro-cent. This year’s theme for the presentation as well as for the silver […]
David Lange awarded ANA’s Numismatist of the Year Award
David W. Lange is the 2017 recipient of the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA’s) Numismatist of the Year Award. The award honors an individual within the numismatic community who has demonstrated long-term leadership in the field and to the association. He will be presented with the award on Friday, August 4, during the awards banquet at […]
Italy: New €2 marks bi-millenary of the death of famed historian
The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, or IPZS, Italy’s state minting facility have issued (23rd June) a new €2 coin which marks the occasion of the bi-millenary of the death of one of the Roman world’s most important historians, Titus Livius (59 B.C.–17 A.D.) Livius is pre-eminently remembered for his work Ab Urbe Condita (The History of Rome […]
Perth Mint’s rare $1.8m coin trilogy sold
The following is a courtesy post from our sister site World Mint News Blog. The pinnacle of the Perth Mint’s long-term association with Rio Tinto and Argyle Pink Diamonds, the Australian Trilogy is an incomparable combination of precious metals and rare, natural, fancy-colored diamonds unearthed from the Argyle Diamond Mine in the east Kimberley region […]
Gary Adkins to become ANA’s 60th president at the World’s Fair of Money
Voting members of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) have chosen three new candidates and six incumbents to the ANA Board of Governors for the 2017–2019 election term. New members Thomas J. Uram, John W. Highfill, and Brian Hendelson will join Col. Steve Ellsworth, Ralph Ross, Greg Lyon, and Paul Montgomery on the Board of Governors, […]
“Past & Present” takes a look at the success of the 50 State Quarters Program
Here at Coin Update, we’re great fans of the blog “Past & Present,” which is operated by the Stamp & Coin Place. We like it so much, in fact, that we asked them to let us share snippets of their blog posts from time to time. Happily for our readers, they graciously agreed. The following, […]
Syrian Arab Republic: New 2,000-pound banknote denomination released
The Central Bank of Syria have released (2nd July) their latest and, thus far, their highest-denomination banknote in their current series of notes (initially dated 2009 and placed into circulation in 2010). The 2015-dated note includes an image of the country’s current president, Bashar Al-Assad, who assumed the presidency of Syria upon the death of […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending July 2, 2017
This report covers the week ending July 2, 2017. There are two new releases this week: the 2017 American Eagle 1-ounce Uncirculated silver coin (17EG) and the America the Beautiful–Ozark National Scenic Riverways three-coin set (17AF). These two items hold the top two places on the Mint’s sales report, with 111,224 and 9,821 in first-week […]
