One of the most popular series of the Liechtenstein think tank CIT Coin Invest Ltd. is called “Skulls.” Why is such a dark series so successful? When did “feel-good horror” become a part of everyday life and even find its way into numismatics? Coins mirror their era, as does “Skulls,” the new hit series of […]
Designs revealed for the 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program
Washington — The United States Mint unveiled the designs for the 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program today. The obverse and reverse designs will be featured on the four coins in the program: a $5 gold coin, a standard size $1 silver coin, a half dollar clad coin, and a five-ounce $1 silver […]
Canada: Research and development features prominently on new next-generation coin prototype specimen
The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled (3rd October) new techniques of minting and production that may feature on Canada’s next generation of circulation or collector coinage. The mint’s research and development laboratory has unveiled a new technique of coin production which could, in the future, feature on circulation, bullion, or collector’s coins. The new specimen […]
Tomorrow’s 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorative coin design unveiling
The 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorative coin design unveiling will take place tomorrow Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. The event will be held at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Moving Beyond Earth Gallery at Independence Ave at 6th St, SW Washington, DC 20560. The following individuals will also be present: David […]
Bowers on collecting: The birth of the Lincoln cent
Collecting Lincoln cents from circulation and putting them in blue Whitman folders is the way that most people discovered numismatics from the 1930s down to the 1970s or so. The hope was to find a rare 1909-S V.D.B. or 1914-D Lincoln cent. By the 1970s most cents in circulation were of the Lincoln Memorial reverse […]
Collectors get the chance to own a piece of history with exclusive products from the Royal Canadian Mint’s R+D Lab Collection
Ottawa, Ontario, October 3, 2018 — Though the keen collector’s search for rare and unusual numismatic finds is never at an end, it certainly got a little easier with the Royal Canadian Mint’s launch of a new “R+D Lab Collection.” These new experimental products, delivered straight from the test bed to the customer, offer a “behind […]
NGC special label for 2018-S Limited Edition Silver Proof Set
NGC will celebrate the 2018-S Limited Edition Silver Proof Set coins by encapsulating them with its special San Francisco Cable Car label. To qualify, sets must be submitted in the sealed U.S. Mint shipping box. See below for additional submission instructions. The U.S. Mint will release a limited-edition eight-coin silver Proof set on October 18. The 2018-dated set […]
Contentious Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be depicted on new White House medals
The White House Gift Shop has announced (6th October) that the latest addition to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, will be added to a series of medals commissioned to highlight historic moments of the Trump administration. The eighth medal in the series will depict both the first and second nominees to the Supreme Court selected […]
CAC coins bring premiums in September
CAC-approved coins outperformed other certified coins in auctions in California and Internet sales during September. Here are 10 examples which were selected from a large number of results that could have been listed. On September 3, in Los Angeles, the Goldbergs auctioned a CAC-approved MS-66 grade 1955-D quarter for $168. Certified MS-66 1955-D quarters that […]
Canada: New collector coins feature 3-D snowballs coming your way
The Royal Canadian Mint has released new collector coins which are just in time for the upcoming snowy season that is just around the corner for much of the continent, as winter visits in time for the holidays. Get ready for winter wonderland fun as a barrage of snowballs is about to come your way! […]
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