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In 1783, a French engraver named Augustin Dupré finished a medal that Benjamin Franklin had dreamed up entirely on his own, no…
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The Monnaie de Paris has opened its tribute to the 250th anniversary of American independence, and it has done so by going…
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There is a quiet irony in this release that the marketing copy never quite says out loud. To mark 250 years since…
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The U.S. Mint has found a way to make a coin nobody can buy. On June 23, the Mint announced it will…
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A hundred years after a baby named Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles, the woman she became is back on…
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The Royal Mint has released 500 Years of the Crown, a UK £5 range marking half a millennium since the crown was…
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The United States Mint has opened subscriptions for the Comic Art Three Medal Set, 2025 Super Heroes, a single package that brings…
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For the first time in recent U.S. history, the United States Mint is striking a coin that isn’t round. On July 16,…
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The Royal Canadian Mint has released the seventh coin in its annual series celebrating the diversity of Canadian society, and this year…
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The third of this year’s five Semiquincentennial quarters reaches collectors in quantity this week. The United States Mint will begin accepting orders…
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On 11 June 2026, Swissmint releases the first coin in a new four part program, a 20 franc silver special coin titled…
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For the first time, the full Coat of Arms of His Majesty King Charles III appears on a bullion coin. The Royal…
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The 2026 United States Mint Silver Proof Set went on sale on June 11, priced at $245.00. Its ten coins were struck…
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The Lincoln Penny series was first introduced in 1909. And as is so often the case in transitional years, mint errors and…
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The Royal Mint has put Wallace, Gromit, Morph and Shaun the Sheep onto legal tender. On 9 June 2026 the Mint launched…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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