Coin Collecting News
Tucked away in some of the most beautiful countryside scenery in Surrey, The Pobjoy Mint and their state-of-the-art facilities now rivals many of the world’s oldest and more established producers of quality coinage. Having begun as a producer of medals in 1965, they have evolved into providers of circulation and commemorative coins to many countries [...]
You handle some of the rarest coins in existence. Because you are constantly around coins, do actively collect as well? My experience has been that being actively involved in the coin business is like aversion therapy. There is just so much of a good thing that anyone can take. Once I got into the business [...]
William & Catherine’s Special Day Remembered and Everlasting in Coin In terms of a royal occasion, they don’t come any more special than a day like this, the wedding of a senior member of the royal family, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales and the immensely popular and still missed Princess Diana. He [...]
The latest interview published on Coin Update News is with Jeff Garrett, the president of Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries. In the course of his career, he has handled nearly every United States rarity. He has served as president of the Professional Numismatic Guild and currently serves on the Board of Governors for the American Numismatic [...]
The next interview published on Coin Update News is with Mark Borckardt, who is a senior cataloger of U.S. coins at Heritage Auction Galleries. During his career he has handled some of the rarest coins in existence, including 80 of the 100 greatest U.S. coins. He is a co-author of the book Million Dollar Nickels [...]
The latest interview on Coin Update News is with numismatic photographer, Todd Pollock. He has taken images of more than 150,000 coins across all denominations, values, and countries of origin, including coins considered to be ultra rarities. Click on any of the images included in this article for larger versions. How did you get into [...]
News of record-breaking prices realized for coins and even banknotes continues to make mainstream headlines. Michael Alexander of the London banknote and Monetary Research Centre speaks to Chris Webb, one third of the well-known and respected Auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb in London and learns just what’s behind the trends behind such headline-making sales results. It [...]
Finland is an extraordinary country in so many ways. Often called the land of a thousand lakes, its size is equal to two and a half times that of England but with a population of just 5.4 million. Neither Scandinavian nor Slavic, Finns are actually ethnically related (though distantly) to the Hungarians and culturally (as [...]
The latest interview published on Coin Update News is with Douglas Mudd. He served as the manager of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. He is currently the curator of the American Numismatic Association’s Edward C. Rochette Money Museum. As the son of an American diplomat, you spent your early years moving from [...]
Coin Update News is pleased to present an interview with Jim Halperin. He is the Co-Chairman of Heritage Auction Galleries (http://www.HA.com/), the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer and third largest auction house. Established in 1976, Heritage has more than $600 million in annual sales and more than 500,000 registered online bidder-members. By the time you were [...]
