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Guinevere is 2nd Coin in Cook Islands High Relief Camelot Series
The latest high relief coin in the Cook Islands Legends of Camelot series, minted by the Choice Mint, is now available and…
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Public Design Competition to Decide 2019 Apollo 11 Coin Design
Pursuant to Public Law 114-282 the US Mint will in 2019 be issuing four special commemorative coins on the 50th anniversary of…
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SouthAfrican Mint Remembers 1st Heart Transplant with Brilliant New Silver Coin Set
The South African Mint is not allowing the hype over the 50th anniversary of the Krugerrand to distract them from their other…
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New Celestial Bodies 2oz Silver Series from Art Mint
Amongst the new coins revealed by the Art Mint at this year’s Berlin World Money Fair, is the brand new series entitled…
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Hummingbird Flitters Onto 2017 Shades of Nature Coin
The Shades of Nature Series from the Cook Islands continues in 2017 with the fourth coin in the series. Leaving behind the…
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2017 America the Beautiful Uncirculated Coin Set
Having already released both the proof and silver sets earlier in the year, the US Mint has now also released the America…
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Vatican Issues First Coins for 2017
The Vatican City State’s Philatelic and Numismatic office have released their annual Euro coin sets for 2017. In total there are three…
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St. Mark’s Basilica Features on New Italian Commemorative Coin
The Italian Mint(Istituto Polografica e Zecca dello Stato or IPZS for short) has now released the first commemorative circulating €2 for Italy…
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Australia Remembers Poet Henry Lawson with 5oz Silver Coin
Few individuals are capable of speaking to the soul of a nation better than her artists. With the truly gifted possessing the…
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Austria Issues 2017 Easter Lamb Coins
The Austrian Mint is in 2017 continuing it’s tradition of issuing affordable collector’s coins to celebrate Easter. Much like Last year, 2016,…
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2017 2oz Silver Dragon Coin features Antique Finish
The Perth Mint is no stranger to issuing dragon themed coins. 2016 saw the release of the Dragon and his Nine Sons…
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US Mint 225th Anniversary High Relief Gold Liberty Proof Coin
Well after some fanfare and initial mixed reactions from collectors, can’t please everyone I suppose, the long awaited American Liberty 225th Anniversary…
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2017-S Proof Silver Eagle Sold Out in Minutes
Themed annual sets like birthday, anniversary and congratulation sets are largely ignored by collectors. Rightly so, as they are aimed at the…
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US Mint releases Frederick Douglass National Site Quarter Dollars
Shotgun rolls and bags of uncirculated quality coins of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Quarter Dollar coin have now been released…
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Slovakia Celebrated UNESCO Protected Caves on New Silver Coin
The Kremnica Mint have issued the first silver collectors coins for the Republic of Slovakia for 2017. The coins form part of…
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Million Dollar Gold Coin Stolen From Germany’s Bode Museum
It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A band of plucky misfits cobble together a plot to steal a million…
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Security Features of the New UK £1 Coin Explained
Although it has been available to collectors for some time now, Britain’s new twelve sided pound coin has now officially entered circulation.…
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US Mint Releases 2017 Proof Sets
The US Mint has released its 2017 Annual Proof Coin Set, and are now officially accepting orders for these sets. This year…
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Saltwater Crocodile Dominates Australia’s Remarkable Reptiles Silver Coin Series
The Saltwater Crocodile certainly seems to be very popular at the moment, with both the New Zealand Mint and Australia’s Perth Mint…
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Poland Launches Enduring Soldiers Silver Coin Series to Honour Polish Patriots
The Mint of Poland has released a new commemorative coin series entitled : The Enduring Soldiers accursed by the communists. This silver…
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Perth Mint Follows Norse Gods with Goddesses High Relief Silver
Following on the success that they enjoyed with the Norse Gods series, the Perth Mint has launched the Norse Goddesses High Relief…
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