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Rare Kweichow Bamboo Dollar Heads to Stack’s Bowers Hong Kong Rarities Night

A remarkable 1949 Kweichow Bamboo Dollar will cross the block in Stack’s Bowers’ April 13, 2026 Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Rarities Night, where it appears as Lot 40052 with an es...

Centuries ahead of Wall Street: how China’s Song dynasty pioneered global fiat currency

At least gold glitters. Long before the first paper banknotes fluttered through the financial houses of Europe, the bustling markets of 11th century China birthed an unprecedented...

Stack’s Bowers Hong Kong Auction Surges Past $30 Million With 96% Sell-Through

Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio delivered a powerful result in its April 2026 Hong Kong Showcase Auction, with more than $30 million in prices realized after post-auction sales. The...

1877-CC Trade Dollar: Carson City’s China-Bound Rarity

1877-CC Trade Dollar: A Carson City coin made for China became unwanted in its own backyard The 1877-CC Trade Dollar carries one of the great contradictions in American numismatics...

Thrymsas: The Tiny Gold Coins That Launched Anglo-Saxon England’s Money

Before Pennies, England Had Thrymsas: Tiny Gold Coins With a Huge Backstory By Mike Markowitz After Rome’s power faded in western Europe, gold still spoke. Small gold coins moved t...

Foreign coins sitting in your old collections that are worth real money

You brought home a handful of foreign coins from a trip thirty years ago, and they've lived in a glass jar on a shelf ever since. Or you inherited a box of mixed change from a rela...

Regulated Gold Coins: The Rare Money That Kept Early America Moving

What Are Regulated Gold Coins? Before the United States Mint struck gold coins, Americans relied on foreign gold, trusted local standards, and the marks of respected silversmiths....

15 gold coins that could be worth serious money if you have one at home

Your grandfather kept a small brown envelope in the back of his desk drawer. Inside: four coins, yellow and worn smooth, with a combined face value of about thirty-two dollars. You...

Twenty-Cent Piece, 1875-1878 | CoinWeek

A Brief and Unusual Chapter in U.S. Coinage The Twenty-Cent Piece stands as one of the most unusual denominations in United States history. It entered circulation with promise. How...

Food on Ancient Coins: Grain, Grapes, Fish, and Meat in the Ancient World

  By Mike Markowitz Most ancient people lived close to hunger. One bad harvest could bring starvation. Therefore, food supply mattered to every ruler, city, and empire. Ancient coi...

1935 Waitangi Crown: Six Silver Coins and a Founding Treaty

The 1935 Waitangi Crown tells a larger story than most rare coins can hold. It links New Zealand’s first major commemorative coinage issue with one of the most important political...

Collecting US Pattern Coinage

U.S. Pattern Coinage: Inside America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins From the 1792 Half Disme to the Bob R. Simpson cabinet, U.S. Pattern coins tell the story of what the Mint tested, ref...

Four Gold Stellas and a 1933 Indian Eagle Ignite the Heritage CSNS U.S. Coins Auction

Heritage Auctions heads into its April 29-May 2, 2026, CSNS U.S. Coins Signature® Auction with a lineup that reaches straight into the top tier of American numismatics. The sale br...

This 2000-year-old coin collected as bus fare in the 1950s, turns out to be a rare artefact

Stack’s Bowers Spring 2026 Showcase Auction Smashes Records Across U.S. Coinage

Stack’s Bowers Galleries delivered a powerful result in its Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, reinforcing the strength of the high-end rare coin market. The Costa Mesa firm saw record...

1885 Aluminum Indian Head Cent Turns a One-Cent Coin Into a High-Tech Relic

This 1885 Cent Was Struck in a Metal Once Treated Like Treasure The 1885 aluminum Indian Head cent looks familiar at first. James B. Longacre’s Indian Head design appears on the ob...

The 1787 Brasher Doubloon: From $505 to $7.395 Million , and Still Climbing

The 1787 Brasher Doubloon with Ephraim Brasher’s “EB” hallmark on the eagle’s breast stands among the most important coins in American numismatics. Auction catalogers have called i...

Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled With Platinum: Hollow Gold

The Strange Story of The Hollow Gold Scam: Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled Real $10 Eagles With Platinum By Roger W. Burdette – Updated by CoinWeek May 2026 Counterfeit Gold coins ha...

CN Tower’s 50th Anniversary Celebrated on New Canadian $2 Coins

The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled new $2 circulation coins marking the 50th anniversary of the CN Tower, one of Canada’s best-known landmarks. Revealed on the tower’s Main Obser...

1837 Feuchtwanger Cent: The Tiny Token That Almost Changed U.S. Coinage

The Dime-Sized 1837 Token That Almost Replaced America’s Copper Cent In 1837, Americans needed small change. They also needed confidence. The Panic of 1837 shook banks, businesses,...

Hidden for 50 Years: NAC’s Traveller Collection Reveals Italian Gold Masterpieces in Zurich

Coins Hidden From Nazis: Italian Gold Masterpieces Emerge in NAC’s Traveller Collection Sale Numismatica Ars Classica will bring another chapter of the extraordinary Traveller Coll...

1854 Proof Gold Dollar: The Unique Coin That Defies Explanation

Some coins are rare. A few are legendary. And then there are coins like the 1854 Type One Gold Dollar Proof, a piece so elusive that it stands alone in American numismatics. Only o...

'Glencoe Massacre' coin hoard to be displayed in folk museum

The 36 coins were found inside a pot, hidden under the fireplace of a property linked to a murdered clan chief.

Japan to issue coins marking 100th anniversary of Showa Era

Made of pure silver, the Showa coin has a diameter of 40 millimeters and weighs 31.1 grams.