Coin Collecting News & Notes

Timeless Beauty

August 7, 2025

2 min read

The U.S. Mint has released the second issue in its Best of the Mint series—the 1916 Standing Liberty gold coin and silver medal.

Timeless Beauty

2,200-Year-Old Hoard Discovery

August 6, 2025

2 min read

Researchers have uncovered an astonishing array of millennias-old gold and silver coins in the Czech Republic.

2,200-Year-Old Hoard Discovery

Notable News (July 30-August 5, 2025)

August 5, 2025

1 min read

This week's headlines include jail time for coin thieves, Falkland Islands bank notes, and the 2025 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set.

Notable News (July 30-August 5, 2025)

Classical Commemorative Marks 50 Year Anniversary

July 31, 2025

1 min read

Classical Numismatic Group has released commemorative medals struck by the Shenyang Mint for its 50th anniversary.

Classical Commemorative Marks 50 Year Anniversary

An Esteemed Sale

July 30, 2025

3 min read

Stack's Bowers Galleries will hold two auctions of the James A. Stack Sr. Collection for the first time in 30 years.

An Esteemed Sale

Hobby Legend Retires

July 30, 2025

3 min read

After over seven decades in the hobby, Q. David Bowers, the legendary founder of Stack’s Bowers Galleries, is retiring.

Hobby Legend Retires

Notable News (July 23-29, 2025)

July 29, 2025

1 min read

This week's headlines include a Princess Anne commemorative, Spink Books spinoff, and Royal Mint Museum leadership changes.

Notable News (July 23-29, 2025)

Collaborative Coin at World’s Fair of Money

July 29, 2025

1 min read

Minted Assets and the ANA collaborated to produce a special-edition coin for the ANA's World's Fair of Money in Oklahoma City.

Collaborative Coin at World’s Fair of Money

Maple Tree of Life

July 28, 2025

1 min read

The Royal Canadian Mint has released a silver coin depicting a maple tree in a unique spin on the tree of life motif.

Maple Tree of Life

Recovered and Repatriated

July 25, 2025

1 min read

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. has identified and returned coins that were looted from the 1850 USS Yorktown wreck in Cape Verde.

Recovered and Repatriated

Shekel Prize Recipient

July 25, 2025

2 min read

The recipient of the 2025 Shekel Prize authored a book on Jewish medals and how these artifacts represent Jewish culture.

Shekel Prize Recipient

Up, Up, and Away!

July 25, 2025

1 min read

The U.S. Mint is now accepting pre-orders for the first release in its Comic Art Coin and Medal Program depicting Superman.

Up, Up, and Away!