Coin Collector

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There’s nothing quite like holding a collectable coin in your hand or seeing a rare numismatic treasure close up. As Sebastian Wieschowski writes in his column (page 22), a visit to a numismatic museum gives us a valuable opportunity to press pause o

Aleks Stokic has been designing coins and medals for the Royal Australian Mint since 2011. Her award-winning designs include Japan Mint’s International Year of Astrology 2009 coin, and recently she received an Honour Award at the Shanghai Coin Design

Tony Abramson President of Yorkshire Numismatics Society Jonathan Callaway is a Director of the International Bank Note Society. Lawrence Chard Founder and Expert Numismatist, Speciality Sovereigns Elizabeth Cottam Specialist in Celtic coins and Dire

The annual Change Checker Awards, which aim to find the country’s best coin collectors and decide on the most popular coins issued during the year, have closed, with two enthusiasts scooping the top prizes. Organised by Change Checker, in association

The US Mint recently launched a new educational game entitled ‘Map Mania’, which teaches US geography, helping students to learn the fifty states, state capitals, and state trivia based on the America the Beautiful Quarters. The game is one of twelve

Demand for a 20-franc silver uncirculated commemorative coin dedicated to tennis star Roger Federer crashed the Swissmint website recently, as pre-sales for the special coin attracted a reported 2.5 million clicks. The new coin, which has an issue da

The Finance Ministry of Japan has revealed the designs of the final set of Olympic coins, to be released later this year. The twelve new coins, which bring the total of Japan’s Olympic and Paralympic Games coins to 37, include a 10,000-yen premium-gr

This year looks set to be another busy one for collectors of modern British coins, with The Royal Mint set to issue commemorative pieces on a range of different subjects. With the Tokyo Olympic Games set to take place in July and August, a special Te

The Royal Australian Mint has revealed the secret message on its recently released coin commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). The secret message on the coin reads ‘there is no greater ho

Pobjoy Mint have announced the new release of the world’s very first Pearl Black 50p coin to celebrate the 180th Anniversary of the Penny Black stamp. Back in 1990, Pobjoy Mint issued a similar coin which was awarded Best Crown, Most Innovative Coina

Every time a new design is assigned to me at work, I get that excited nervous feeling in my stomach. The same way I felt as a child on Christmas morning. I want to tear into the new project the same way I tore into those presents on Christmas morning

Nine rare 1856 ‘Seated Liberty’ quarter dollars, featuring the large S over small s mint mark, which were discovered in the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America, are set to go under the hammer in February at Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles

The high end of the American market is currently dominated by collectors who compete with each other in the various set-registry programs of NGC and PCGS. These collectors build sets and post them online with the goal of moving up in rank. The set-re

Collecting medals as and when you find them is all very well if you have only a passing interest. But if you want to create a structured collection it’s good to plan your particular niche, then you can begin filling in the gaps as you go along. Milit

I have always had a fondness for medals to the Volunteer Force – Britain’s part-time soldiers in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, writes Will Bennett. So when a Volunteer Long Service Medal privately named to Bandmaster Henry Millington of the 1st W

In the 500 years before the 1340s there had been very little production of coins other than the silver penny. This all changed after 1351. Edward’s fifty-year reign was one of the longest in English history. He became king at fourteen after his fathe

How did you become involved with the British Museum? I studied ancient history and archaeology at university and first came to the Museum shortly after as a volunteer working on the Colossus project. This was in the 1970s and divers had located the w

Roman rulers of the third and fourth centuries opened a mint in London, one of a relatively small number in major centres of administration across the empire. Like many other facets of Roman infrastructure in Britain, however, London entered a termin

Lunar Year of the Rat Denomination: $1 Diameter: 40.6 mm Weight: 31.107 grams Metal: 99.99% Fine Silver Mintage: 7,500 Mint: Perth Mint Website: www.perthmint.com Lunar Year of the Rat Denomination: $5 Diameter: 39.62 mm Weight: 31.1 grams Metal: 99.

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We’ve been eagerly awaiting this latest Scarcity Index update, which includes the newly released figures for the 2018 50p coins. This information has been compiled using data from the Change Checker Swap Centre and presented in the easy to use indexe

Generally collectors have had to rely upon mintage figures to identify the scarcest coins. Buttheyonlytellpartofthestory. Trying to find a good quality coin from fifteen to twenty years ago, even for a higher mintage issue, is much more challenging t

I was born in Serbia where I received a degree in Applied Sculpting within the University of Belgrade. In addition to studying monument and gallery sculptures, I also studied medals and jewellery, which was my first contact with bas-relief and precio

Numismatic terms you need to know Trial of the Pyx – an annual ceremony which has taken place since 1282. The special ceremony involves the Chancellor of the Exchequer (or a nominated representative), financial leaders, representatives of The Royal M

Do you have a mystery coin you would like to have identified? Would you like to ask the advice of a professional numismatist? Send in your query (together with a high-resolution scan of the relevant coin and as much information as possible) and we’ll

India became a sovereign republic and the saw the introduction of the first coins of the Republic of India. Portraits of the British monarch on previous coins were replaced with Lion Capital of Ashoka. The Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar was issued