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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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U.S. Mint Tops One Billion Coins in a Month for the First Time Since 2023, Without a Single Cent
The U.S. Mint struck more than 1.16 billion circulating coins in April 2026, the first billion coin month since August 2023 and…
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The 1982 Lincoln Cent: A Transitional Year With a Short, Strange Variety List
The 1982 Lincoln cent is one of the most divided years in modern U.S. coinage. Copper and zinc, large date and small…
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Second Trump Gold Medal Bill Filed in House as FIGHT Act Joins Earlier Peace Themed Measure
A second congressional gold medal bill honoring President Donald J. Trump was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 30,…
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Swissmint Honors Switzerland’s Space Industry on New 20 Franc Silver ESA Coin
Swissmint will issue a new 20 franc silver special coin on 11 June 2026 honoring the European Space Agency, and, more pointedly,…
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Royal Australian Mint Bundles the One Year Only Mob of Six Roos Into Its 2026 Premium Roll Set
The Royal Australian Mint will release its 2026 Premium Rolled Coin Set on 4 June, and the headline draw is not the…
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Mexico Marks Its Third World Cup with a Twelve Coin Program, and the First Ever 25 Peso Gold
Mexico will become the first country to host the FIFA World Cup three times when the tournament opens on June 11 at…
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Finland Marks 100 Years of Public Broadcasting With a Four Coin Tribute to Yle
A century after a small studio on Helsinki’s Unioninkatu went on the air for the first time, Finland is putting its national…
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Royal Mint Launches Lord of the Rings 50p with UK’s First Caustic Optical Feature
Twenty five years after Peter Jackson took an unfilmable book and turned it into one of the great achievements of modern cinema,…
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Numismatic News Roundup May 19, 2026
United States, Warren G. Harding Presidential Silver Medal The United States Mint opened sales of the Warren G. Harding Presidential Silver Medal…
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CCAC Recommends Four Designs for the 2027 American Innovation Dollars
The 2027 lineup for the American Innovation $1 Coin Program now has its preferred reverses. On April 21, 2026, the Citizens Coinage…
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The 1977 Kennedy Half Dollar Coins Worth Big Money
Amongst the ranks of rare and valuable Kennedy half dollars is one that by all rights, should technically not even exist. But…
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The Origins of the 1804 Silver Dollar
The 1804 class I or “original” draped bust silver dollars are widely known as the “King of American Coins”, and with good…
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Perth Mint Releases New Gold and Silver Coins for February 2018
The Perth Mint has released their entire lineup of new coins from the February 2018 catalogue and with the releases coinciding with…
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US Mint Releases 2018 Jim Thorpe Dollar Coins
The United States Mint has now released the 2018 Native American $1 Coins, in several product options for collector’s to order. Since…
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Valuable Kennedy Half Dollar Varieties : 1974
Kennedy Half dollar coins have become fruitful ground for variety collectors in the last number of years. With new varieties coming to…
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US Mint Releases 2018 1/10oz Gold American Liberty Proof Coin
The United States Mint has now released the special 2018 American Liberty One–Tenth Ounce Gold Proof Coin. Featuring the same modern interpretation…
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