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Why Classic Commemoratives Feel Different

Why Classic Commemoratives Feel Different

May 8, 2026

United States Coins

Over the past several years, as a numismatist running a small auction house known as VCD Auctions, I have had the opportunity to handle some truly incredible United States classic commemorative...

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From  PCGS

All Aboard!

All Aboard!

May 7, 2026

United Kingdom Coins

The Royal Mint is releasing commemorative £2 coins to celebrate the iconic Duchess of Hamilton locomotive. Built in September 1938 by LMS Crewe Works, the Duchess of Hamilton was a red Coronation...

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From  The Reading Room

CSNS Theme Auctions Rake in More than $46 Million

CSNS Theme Auctions Rake in More than $46 Million

May 7, 2026

Coins

Well, my fellow coindexters, the last of the marathon of in-name Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) sales conducted by Heritage Auctions has been completed. As I mentioned in my previous...

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From  NGC

Dick Advocaat and Juninho Bacuna strike first The Blue Wave coin for Curaçao World Cup qualification

Dick Advocaat and Juninho Bacuna strike first The Blue Wave coin for Curaçao World Cup qualification

May 7, 2026

Netherlands Coins

Today, former Curaçao national team coach Dick Advocaat and midfielder Juninho Bacuna struck the first Caribbean 5 Guilder commemorative coin for "The Blue Wave", in honor of the historic...

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From  Royal Dutch Mint

Famed steam locomotive featured on new Royal Mint £2

Famed steam locomotive featured on new Royal Mint £2

May 7, 2026

United Kingdom Coins

The Royal Mint has unveiled a new £2 coin celebrating the Duchess of Hamilton, one of Britain’s most famous steam locomotives and a standout icon of the country’s railway heritage. Introduced in...

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From  Canadian Coin News

Stars, Stripes, and a Gold Buffalo

Stars, Stripes, and a Gold Buffalo

May 7, 2026

United States Coins

The United States Mint’s popular Gold American Buffalo bullion coin hits the scene May 7, and this time the long-running coin offers a special twist for 2026: it carries a 1776-2026 dual date and a...

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From  The Reading Room

Successful arrest at the CSNS coin exchange

Successful arrest at the CSNS coin exchange

May 7, 2026

Peru Coins

It was an eight-escudo coin minted in Lima in 1709, which – as it later transpired – came from the McGregor collection. The coin had been lying on the seabed in a sunken ship. The ship was part of...

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From  Coin Weekly

U.S. Mint Launches 1776-2026 Proof Gold Buffalo With 250 Privy

U.S. Mint Launches 1776-2026 Proof Gold Buffalo With 250 Privy

May 7, 2026

United States Coins

Pure gold does not come cheap, and neither does today’s newest release from the United States Mint. Launching at noon ET, the 2026-W $50 Proof American Gold Buffalo is struck from one ounce of .9999...

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From  Coin News

Britain’s Last Sixpences

Britain’s Last Sixpences

May 6, 2026

United Kingdom Coins

Even some six decades after the last circulating sixpence coins rolled off the presses at the Royal Mint in Great Britain, the allure of the denomination maintains a stronghold in pop culture and...

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From  PCGS

Precious metals steady despite currency and geopolitical pressures

Precious metals steady despite currency and geopolitical pressures

May 6, 2026

Australia Coins

The Perth Mint sold 46,106 troy ounces (oz) of gold, 496,212 oz of silver and 3,056 oz of platinum in minted product form during April 2026. Ongoing conflict in the Middle East remained the key...

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From  Perth Mint

1909-S/S Indian Head cent discovery

1909-S/S Indian Head cent discovery

May 5, 2026

United States Coins

Collector Peter Dickson questions why it took so long for the first 1909-S Indian Head bronze cent with repunched Mint mark struck at the San Francisco Mint to be identified from an overall mintage...

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From  Coin World

2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Rolls and Bags™ Featuring Innovation in California on Sale May 12

2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Rolls and Bags™ Featuring Innovation in California on Sale May 12

May 5, 2026

United States Coins

The 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Rolls and Bags featuring innovation in California will be available for purchase from the United States Mint (Mint) on Tuesday, May 12 at noon EDT. The reverse...

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From  United States Mint

DLRC Lincoln Cent Registry Set Sale Led by $64,000 Doubled Ear Cent

DLRC Lincoln Cent Registry Set Sale Led by $64,000 Doubled Ear Cent

May 5, 2026

United States Coins

A rare Lincoln cent variety sold for $64,000 to lead the sale of the TropicalBats #8 All-Time Finest PCGS Registry Set of Lincoln Cents, offered by DLRC in back-to-back April Red Carpet Rarities...

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From  Coin News

Numismatic Memory: Ninos Heroes

Numismatic Memory: Ninos Heroes

May 5, 2026

Mexico Coins

There are many events in Mexican history that are defining for the culture. While Cinco de Mayo is often the most celebrated of these hallmarks outside Mexico, a battle that occurred 15 years before...

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From  PCGS

The monumental Shield of Achilles, as interpreted by Mennica Polska

The monumental Shield of Achilles, as interpreted by Mennica Polska

May 5, 2026

Poland Coins

Mennica Polska draws on one of the most spectacular mythical symbols of heroism – Achilles’ Shield – and transforms it into a unique work of contemporary numismatics. The four-ounce silver coin...

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From  Mint of Poland

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