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Malta Marks the Gaudí Centenary with a Mosaic in Silver
A century after Antoni Gaudí stepped in front of a Barcelona tram and died days later, the Central Bank of Malta has…
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U.S. Mint Launches FIFA World Cup 2026 Commemorative Coins, Reviving a Three Coin Tradition Last Struck in 1994
The United States Mint begins accepting pre orders for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Commemorative Coin Program on June 4, 2026, at…
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Perth Mint Adds Eleven, Vecna and Hawkins to Its Stranger Things Coin Series
The Perth Mint has added two more coins to its officially licensed Stranger Things range, a 2026 pairing that pushes the series…
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Trump $250 Bill: Treasury Confirms It Has Prepared for a Denomination the Law Doesn’t Yet Allow
The U.S. Treasury has acknowledged for the first time that it is preparing for the possibility of a $250 Federal Reserve note…
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Monnaie de Paris Honours the Elizabeth II Centenary With a Five Coin Gold and Silver Collection
A century after she was born in London, Elizabeth II is being commemorated by the mint of the country across the Channel.…
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Italy Puts the Prancing Horse on Legal Tender: IPZS Issues Gold and Silver Ferrari Coins
The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato has done something the Italian state mint rarely does: it has handed a private carmaker…
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The Perth Mint Re Imagines Its Founding Coin for 2026, With a Centenary Privy Mark for Queen Elizabeth II
The coin that built the Perth Mint is back for 2026, and it no longer looks like itself. For its new sovereign…
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Royal Canadian Mint Marks the Royal Military College of Canada’s 150th Anniversary With a New $20 Fine Silver Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new collector coin honouring the 150th anniversary of the Royal Military College of Canada, unveiled…
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Trophy Gold and a Single-Finest Morgan:GreatCollections’ Top Ten, Closing May 24, 2026
The headline number in this group came not from a coin at all but from a kilogram of refined gold, and the…
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Sixbid Top Coins For April 2026
Read from the bottom up, SIXBID’s Top Coins board for April is less a price list than a climb through five centuries…
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The Royal Mint Posts Its Busiest Financial Year on Record as Gold Tops £4,000 and Silver Demand Surges
The Royal Mint has closed the busiest financial year in its history, reporting record figures across almost every metric of its online…
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The Royal Tudor Beasts 2026 Royal Dragon: The Penultimate Beast Arrives in Gold, Silver and Platinum
The Royal Mint has released the Royal Dragon, the ninth of ten bullion coins in its Royal Tudor Beasts collection and the…
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U.S. Mint Opens Its 250th-Anniversary “Best of the Mint” Series With a Gold Mercury Dime
The United States Mint will release the Best of the Mint 1916 Mercury Dime Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set on June…
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Monnaie de Paris to Launch Marianne Gold and e-Marianne Gold Bullion Investment Program
France’s oldest monetary institution is about to enter the gold investment market in earnest. Monnaie de Paris, which has struck coins from…
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Maryland Restores Its Gold and Silver Sales Tax Exemption, Ending a One-Year Experiment
On May 26, 2026, Governor Wes Moore signed legislation restoring Maryland’s longstanding sales tax exemption on gold and silver, closing the book…
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Saint Gaudens’ Liberty Returns for America’s 250th: The 2026 W Gold Eagle Goes On Sale May 28, Capped at 7,500
The United States Mint opens orders for the 2026 American Eagle One Ounce Gold Enhanced Uncirculated Coin on Thursday, May 28, at…
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Swissmint Adds Lake Geneva to Its Silver Lakes Series, and Quietly Lifts the Mintage
Swissmint released the third coin in its four part “Swiss Lakes” series on 19 March 2026, a 20 franc fine silver special…
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Austrian Mint Releases Third “Magical and Mythical Creatures” 3 Euro Coin, The Elf, Glowing Under UV Light
The Austrian Mint has set a June 17 release date for the third instalment of its current 3 Euro programme, “Magical and…
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Enduring Liberty Half Dollar Rolls and Bags Go on Sale May 26, The First Non Kennedy Half Rolls Since the Design Debuted
The U.S. Mint will open sales of the 2026 Enduring Liberty Half Dollar two roll sets and bags at noon Eastern on…
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Declaration of Independence Quarter Heads to Circulation June 1, with a Jefferson Portrait Borrowed from 1801
The U.S. Mint will begin shipping the third of its five 2026 Semiquincentennial quarters to the Federal Reserve on June 1, putting…
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Curaçao 5 Guilder ‘The Blue Wave’: The Smallest Country to Ever Make a World Cup Now Has a Coin
On November 18, 2025, in Kingston, Jamaica, a goalless draw was enough. Curaçao, an autonomous Caribbean territory of roughly 156,000 people inside…
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