Coin Collecting News & Notes

Notable News (March 10-16, 2026)

March 16, 2026

1 min read

This week’s headlines include Philadelphia Mint renovations, a freed treasure hunter, a missing olive branch, and a Phoenician coin.

Notable News (March 10-16, 2026)

Numismatic Monopoly

March 16, 2026

1 min read

The New Zealand Mint produced a numismatic edition of Monopoly, with squares featuring the ANA and the ANA's World's Fair of Money®.

Numismatic Monopoly

Become a Numismatic Scholar

March 15, 2026

5 min read

The ANA’s Numismatic Diploma Program has been redesigned and is now available online through Google Classroom.

Become a Numismatic Scholar

Cheerio, Churchill

March 14, 2026

2 min read

The Bank of England will replace historical figures with native wildlife on its next series of issues and invites public input.

Cheerio, Churchill

More Exciting than Gold

March 13, 2026

1 min read

A metal detectorist uncovered a mid-19th-century Japanese coin while searching an Australian gold rush campsite.

More Exciting than Gold

2026 Revolutionary War Quarter Rolls Out in Late March

March 11, 2026

1 min read

The 2026 Revolutionary War semiquincentennial quarter, the second in the series, will become available at the end of March.

2026 Revolutionary War Quarter Rolls Out in Late March

Liberty Manifests as a Horse in 2027

March 10, 2026

1 min read

Liberty will appear as a horse on the 2027 American Liberty High Relief gold $100 coin and complementary silver medal.

Liberty Manifests as a Horse in 2027

Cold War Spy Nickel Revealed

March 10, 2026

2 min read

A Cold War espionage mystery involving a hollow nickel was solved thanks to a paper boy counting change on a step in Brooklyn.

Cold War Spy Nickel Revealed

Gold Ducats of The Netherlands

March 10, 2026

1 min read

Dariusz F. Jasek has written the second installment of the Dutch gold coinage catalog Gold Ducats of The Netherlands, Volume II.

Gold Ducats of The Netherlands

Notable News (March 3-9, 2026)

March 9, 2026

1 min read

This week’s headlines include Arizona coin rounding, record bullion demand in Australia, the Red Book's popularity, and Swiss cash.

Notable News (March 3-9, 2026)

Fighting Indifference

March 9, 2026

2 min read

Commemorative medals of Elie Wiesel's 1986 Nobel Peace Prize honor the Jewish author, philosopher, humanist, and Holocaust survivor.

Fighting Indifference

From the Depths

March 8, 2026

1 min read

The Austrian Mint depicts the hippocampus, a mythical sea creature from Greek mythology, on a coin that illuminates under UV light.

From the Depths