This week’s headlines include Medal Collectors of America awards, Chinese New Year commemoratives, numismatic satire, and 2025 Native American dollars.
The Medal Collectors of America will honor Robert Lewis Fagaly for earning its Carl Carlson award and Robert Rodriguez for the Georgia Stamm Chamberlain award at the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) on January 16-19.
Photo: Medal Collectors of America
The People’s Bank of China has released a set of commemorative coins and bank notes celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year, which will take place on January 29. The new issues recognize 2025 as the Year of the Snake.
Photo: People’s Bank of China
The Onion, a satirical newspaper, recently published an article with a numismatic theme. The news source claimed that the U.S. Mint would issue a controversial “penny” depicting John Wilkes Booth on the obverse and the Latin inscription Sic semper tyrannis (“thus always to tyrants”) on the reverse.
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The U.S. Mint will begin selling 2025 Native American dollars struck at the Denver and Philadelphia Mints at noon (ET) on January 28. The reverse of the 2025 issue features Mary Kawena Pukui, a scholar and teacher who was instrumental in preserving Hawaiian customs and traditions.
