Animal Coins for the Young Collector
The future of the hobby we love are in our children. There has to be a way to get children interested in collecting coins beyond looking at the sameness of circulating series. We have seen that the 50...
View ArticleU.S. Paper Money Still In Failed Dark Ages
Last year I asked why the United States would not consider using polymer notes after the Bank of Canada made their announcement that they will transition to using the polymer substrate. Not only are...
View ArticleRemembrance Day 2012
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard...
View ArticleWhy do colored coins bother me?
Whenever I comment on using design elements on coins that do not involve engraving I am reminded that one person’s gimmick is another’s innovation. I am also reminded that I have demonstrated a bit of...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for January 21, 2018
One of the more interesting news items is that the Royal Canadian Mint is suing the Royal Australian Mint. Apparently, the Royal Canadian Mint alleges that the process used by the Royal Australian Mint...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for April 22, 2018
The royal mints in the Commonwealth Realm are have returned to court with the Royal Canadian Mint accusing the Royal Australian Mint of stealing the technology it uses to print coins. In January, it...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for May 20, 2018
Here is a way to acknowledge your history and have some fun with it as well. After the British discovery of Australia in 1770, they initially settled the colony of New South Whales by exiling criminals...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for January 13, 2019
Pairing U.S. coins with a foreign coin for sale has been done in the past by the U.S. Mint. In 2002, the U.S. Mint offered the “Legacies of Freedom” This week, the U.S. Mint announced a collaborative...
View ArticleAussies to Release Apollo 11 Commemorative with US Half
While perusing my Twitter feed, I found the announcement from the Royal Australian Mint is beginning the presale of the two-coin set honoring the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11. Celebrating the 50th...
View ArticleUpdate on Royal Australian Mint Apollo 11 Commemorative Set
With the pre-sale of the Royal Australian Mint’s 2019 two-coin set honoring the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 beginning, a customer service representative from the Mint clarified their shipping policy....
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for May 19, 2019
Five coins were found by a soldier while fishing in 1944. He put the coins away and forgot about them only to rediscover them again in 1979. When he sent them to a museum for identification, they...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for October 13, 2019
George Santayana was a Spanish-American philosopher, writer, and poet who influenced many of the decision-makers in the early 20th Century. In 1905, Santayana wrote The Life of Reason: Reason in Common...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for October 20, 2019
Perusing the wide world of coins, I noticed that it is only here in the United States that collectors complain about modern coinage. Why? My Twitter followers (@coinsblog) have seen the articles coming...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for December 15, 2019 +2
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… especially if you are in retail and your sales are tripling! I hope to be on time with next week’s news report. Until then, here is what I had planned to say...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for February 23, 2020
Aussie coin collectors are scouring through their change, looking for a Mule Dollar. A woman from Melbourne found an Australian dollar coin where the obverse was different from the others. The...
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