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Luxembourg’s New €2 Coin Celebrates Anniversary of Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge

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The Banque Centrale du Luxembourg has announced (9th May) the issue of a special €2 coin in celebration of the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge, a contemporary road bridge that passes 74 meters over Pfaffenthal, a small quarter in Luxembourg City, from Kirchberg to Limpertsberg. The bridge was designed by German architect Egon Jux, whose winning submission was […]

Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal Dynasty celebrates 125th Anniversary and Independence

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The Bank Centrale de Luxembourg have issued a new €2 coin celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Grand Duchy’s Royal dynasty, the Royal House of Nassau-Weilbourg, as well as the Grand Duchy’s independence from the Netherlands. Luxembourg’s Ruling House is effectively a branch of the greater House of Nassau, a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe […]

Luxembourg Celebrates Congress of Vienna Bicentenary with New Silver & Color Coin

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The Banque Centrale de Luxembourg has announced the issue of a new coin celebrating the bicentenary anniversary of the Congress of Vienna, an accord that established the Grand Duchy of Luxenbourg as a separate geopolitical entity in association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Congress of Vienna, which opened in September 1814, was called […]

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Group of rare Edward Sawyer Native American portrait galvanos offered by Heritage Auctions

Selection of 18 unique portraits highlight June Long Beach Expo Dallas, Texas (March 24, 2018) — A rare group of artist Edward Warren Sawyer’s Native American portrait galvanos, heralded as both artistic and historic contributions to American art, will be offered by Heritage Auctions from June 13-18 in Long Beach, California. Completed from 1904 to 1912, scholars […]

The U.S. Mint’s World War I silver medals are outstanding

The United States Mint’s silver medals honoring American military service in World War I went on sale January 17, 2018. The ordering window was open until February 30, with the medals’ mintages to be determined by sales (with a maximum mintage of 100,000 across all five options, for the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and […]

Finland: Bold new gold coins look forward to next hundred years of nationhood

The Mint of Finland has launched (23rd May) new gold coins which focus on the future of their country, which in 2017 held year-long celebrations of Finnish independence. The world has seen this Scandinavian country emerge from a territory within the old Russian Empire into a significant democratic state which has lead the way in recent […]

U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending May 20, 2018

This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending May 20, 2018. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2018 Uncirculated Coin Set (18RJ), which is a new item on the report. Released on May 14, it sold 126,691 units during this period, which represents almost one full week of sales. In second […]

Bowers on collecting: Changes for the American Numismatic Association

“Times are a’ changin,” as the old song goes. In numismatics, a number of things have impacted the hobby. The Internet has made communications instant. It is no longer “in” to go to an American Numismatic Association (ANA) or other convention to learn information. Such events remain desirable, but there are far fewer than there were […]

Fabled 1804 dollar among PCGS-certified highlights in Heritage’s June Long Beach Auction

A legendary Class I original 1804 Draped Bust silver dollar, the Mickley-Hawn-Queller specimen graded PR-62, will be just one of the historic, numismatic rarities certified by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and offered by Heritage Auctions (HA) at the Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Expo (LongBeachExpo), June 14-16, 2018. “Only eight […]

The Civil War Token Society raises the bar with Patriotic Civil War Tokens, Sixth Edition

The Civil War Token Society has done it again! Demonstrating its role as a leader in independent numismatic publishing, the Society has recently issued the sixth edition of Patriotic Civil War Tokens. The new production updates the classic standard reference by George and Melvin Fuld, published first in 1960 by Whitman Publishing and penultimately in […]

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