Dear fellow collectors, I hope this note finds everyone well and that you are enjoying the new year. As I write this, the first full week of January 2019 is coming to a close. The 64th annual show of Florida United Numismatists is getting under way in Orlando—the first major U.S. convention of the numismatic […]
Canada: New silver ounce coin features the striking image of the bald eagle
The Royal Canadian Mint has launched (8th January) new silver one-ounce coins which include a striking image of a perched bald eagle featured on the reverse side. The coin highlights one of Canada’s birds of prey. The national symbol of the United States, Canada’s neighbour to the South, also makes its home in Canada. The bald eagle, known […]
New third edition of Bowers’s Guide Book of Civil War Tokens includes expanded resources
(Pelham, Alabama) — Whitman Publishing announces the release of a revised and updated third edition of the award-winning Guide Book of Civil War Tokens, by Q. David Bowers. The 512-page book debuted during the 2018 holiday season, and is now available online and from bookstores and hobby shops nationwide. Its retail price is $39.95. Civil […]
Bowers on collecting: Nostalgia time — Civil War money
This week I give a reprise of the very first blog I wrote for this site. Enjoy! Forming a collection of money used during the Civil War can be an interesting pursuit. A full collection of such would include tokens, coins, and paper money and would run to over 1,000 varieties, if scrip or private […]
Ascension: New titanium crown coins feature colourful queen triggerfish
The government and treasury of Ascension have issued (4th January) new crown coins struck in both cupro-nickel and titanium which feature the queen triggerfish. The queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula) is a reef-dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. In the eastern Atlantic it is found at Ascension, Cape Verde, and Azores. The large, oval-shaped fish can reach […]
United Kingdom: Costs revealed to replace previous £1 coin with new high-tech counterfeit-proof coin
The British Treasury has revealed the overall costs so far to replace the original one-pound coins which were replaced with a newer, high-tech circulation pound coin. The cost to the British taxpayer has thus reached more than £5,500,000 ($7,100,000), initially to collect the more than 1.5 billion pieces which were to be melted down to […]
First set of 2019 America the Beautiful quarters goes on sale on January 15
Washington — The United States Mint will make a complete set of Proof–finish 2019-dated America the Beautiful quarters available for purchase on January 15, at noon (EST). Coins in the 2019 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set (product code 19AP) honor Lowell National Historical Park (Massachusetts); American Memorial Park (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana […]
United Kingdom: 12-sided pound coin may be minted for British Overseas Territories
The British Treasury, along with Chancellor Philip Hammond, have hinted that the new 12-sided pound coin introduced into circulation in the United Kingdom in March 2017 may now be minted for the British Overseas Territories. This additional information follows the announcement by the treasury of Guernsey in October 2017 that more than £500,000 worth of Guernsey […]
Celebrate an important occasion or milestone with the 2019 United States Mint Congratulations Set
Washington — The 2019 United States Mint Congratulations Set (product code 19RF) will be available for purchase beginning on January 10 at noon EST. The set is ideal for celebrating special occasions or marking life’s milestones. The set features one American Silver Eagle one-ounce Proof coin from the West Point Mint. The coin is placed in an […]
2019 Canadian dollar coin marks 50th anniversary of the country’s decriminalization of homosexuality
50 years ago, Pierre Trudeau, the father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, introduced amendments to Canada’s Criminal Code in 1967 that decriminalized same-sex relationships two years later. His words regarding the matter echoed a very libertarian sentiment: There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What’s done in private between […]
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