Coin Collector

Publisher: Matt Hill matthewh@warnersgroup.co.uk Tel: 0113 200 2912 Editor: Alison Boyd Assistant Editor: Tina Jackson Contributors: Colin Bellamy, Will Bennett, Michael Burzan, Jonathan Callaway, Jeff Garrett, Paula Hammond, Adrian Marsden, John Phi

With the longer nights of the autumn and winter approaching, it is a great time to start some in-depth coin research. I recently spent some time looking through a family box of assorted coins and one stood out from all the others, being the only hamm

Adrian Marsden completed a doctorate on Roman coinage at Oxford University and now works as the county numismatist for Norfolk. His research interests include Roman Imperial coinage and its contemporary copies, religion in Roman Britain, fakes and fo

Jonathan Callaway is a Director of the International Bank Note Society Lawrence Chard Founder and Expert Numismatist, Speciality Sovereigns Jeff Garrett US coin dealer and board member of the Smithsonian Museum of American History Richard Kelleher Se

The British Numismatic Society and the Royal Numismatic Society jointly own a research library of over 16,000 books on numismatics, housed at the Warburg Institute in central London. Previously, a dedicated team of volunteers opened up the library fo

Professor Joe Cribb has been awarded the 2023 Derek Allen Prize for his outstanding contribution to the discipline of numismatics, particularly his expertise in Asian numismatics. He worked as a curator of Asian currencies at the British Museum for 4

The British Association of Numismatic Societies (BANS) held its annual Autumn Conference at the Stratford Manor Hotel in Warwickshire from Friday, 8 September to Sunday, 10 September. Over the weekend, the delegates and speakers had the opportunity t

Readers have until spring next year to visit the ‘Paying Respects: Money and Mortality’ exhibition at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham. Since time immemorial, money has often been a matter of life and death. Coins are struc

The Royal Mint has revealed some of the rarest coins to enter circulation during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The list has been compiled after the 2022 figures were made available. Rare coins to look out for include the 2009 Kew gardens 50p and a

Sir Mark Jones, former keeper of coins and medals at the British Museum, has been appointed its interim director, following the resignation of its previous director Hartwig Fischer over the museum’s handling of suspected thefts from its collections.

The US Mint has invited the American public to take part in a survey to give their opinion on design themes for a coin programme celebrating the forthcoming semiquincentennial of the USA. In 2026, the US Mint will commemorate the 250th anniversary of

Archaeologists conducting excavations in Barczewko, near Olsztyn, in Poland have announced that among their finds from this year’s work at Wartberg are a deposit of approximately 150 14th-century bracteates (single-sided coins produced from a thin si

A selection of coin events being held over November and December (please check full details with the organisers). To be featured in the next edition, please email the editor (alison.boyd@allaboutcoins.co.uk). (www.spink.com) Auction of the ‘Haddenham

The sad passing has been announced of John Mussell, Token Publishing’s founder and managing editor, on 7 September. He set up the company around 40 years ago and had been at the helm throughout those four decades, with his retirement only announced a

The United States Mint has unveiled the designs for its 2024 Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Program at a ceremony held at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. Emblematic of the National World War II Memorial and the service and sacrif

A public consultation has been run on what people would like to see on Manx notes and coins when they are redesigned. Although coinage was most recently redesigned in 2017, banknotes have not been significantly revised since the Isle of Man governmen

In Germany, the year for coin collectors ended shortly after it had begun – after the spectacular comeback of the World Money Fair in Berlin in February and Numismata in Munich in March 2023, there is a glaring void in the calendars of most German nu

This article looks at the varied and colourful paper money issues of the small island nations of the South Pacific (Figure 1). Many of these nations do not have currencies of their own, though that has not prevented several of them from issuing coins

Australian World Heritage (Coloured) Denomination: $5 Diameter: 38.74mm Weight: 20g Metal: Al-Zn-Br Mintage: 30,000 Mint: Royal Australian Mint Festive Florals (Coloured) Denomination: 50 cents Diameter: 31.51mm Weight: 15.55g Metal: CuNi (random col

A new €50 coin from Greece celebrating the small island of Delos is the latest in the Greek Mint’s cultural heritage series. Located in the Aegean Sea, Delos is part of the Cyclades, so named because of the fact they encircle (cyclos) Delos. Accordin

An issue celebrating the Manx Wildlife Trust collection is the first full 2023 decimal set featuring King Charles III (5p–£5) that has been issued by the Isle of Man. The circulating set has been created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the insti

A commemorative coin for King Andrew I, who ruled 1040–60, is the second issue in Hungary’s series titled ‘Nation-building sovereigns of the Arpad Dynasty’, presenting the most important kings from the House of Arpad. The series will feature ten sove

Announced earlier this year, the Paris Mint has now released the first coins in its Ors de France series. Since 2008, the Paris Mint has been honouring the symbols of French numismatics by revisiting them through a three-year issuing programme of con