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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...

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

Italy - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, Roma (RM033)

Postcard Italy - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, Roma  

IAPN Congress in Rome: Coin Dealers Gather Where Ancient Money Once Moved the Empire

Coin Dealers Gather in Rome Where Nero’s Port Once Fed an Empire By Jeff Garrett The 2026 IAPN Congress in Rome gave the rare coin trade something more than a meeting. It gave deal...

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...

Paris Mint to issue first solid-gold coins in a century

The Paris Mint said Tuesday that it would soon start selling solid-gold coins for investment, the first since it quit making Napoleons and Louis a century ago.

Italy - Casa de Cristoforo Colombo, Piazza De Ferrari e Via XX Settembre, Genova

Postcard Italy - Casa de Cristoforo Colombo, Piazza De Ferrari e Via XX Settembre, Genova  

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...

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...

Romania’s central bank launches commemorative coins marking 50 years since Nadia Comăneci’s perfect 10

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) announced the launch of a new series of commemorative coins dedicated to Nadia ComДѓneci to mark 50 years since the first perfect 10 in Olympic g...

Unique 1830 French 5 Francs Off-Center Error Survived Nearly 200 Years

A Royal French Coin With a Mint Error Twist The Paris Mint struck millions of silver 5 francs coins during the 19th century. Most served their purpose. They passed from hand to han...

Unique Bolivia 1942 50 Centavos Struck on a U.S. Wartime Nickel Planchet

The Bolivia 1942 50 Centavos struck on a U.S. wartime nickel planchet ranks among the most unusual discovery coins in modern numismatics. The Philadelphia Mint struck Bolivia’s 194...

Italy celebrates 80 years as a Republic on 2 June

Italy marks eight decades since voters chose to abolish the monarchy and establish a democratic republic in the ruins of the second world war. The Festa della Repubblica, celebrat...