Starting price: $35,000Pertinax (1 January-28 March AD 193).
AV aureus. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5.
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #311543094
Starting price: $100,000Octavian, as Consul (ca. 43 BC), with Julius Caesar.
AV aureus. NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 4/5.
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #311589025
Starting price: $40,000CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS. Panticapaeum.
Ca. 340-320 BC. AV stater. NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style.
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #311595002
Starting price: $25,000Cryptocurrency:
Casascius silver Proof Loaded (Unredeemed)
1 Bitcoin (BTC) 2013 PR69 Deep Cameo PCGS
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #3115169001
Starting price: $2,100Great Britain:
William IV gold Sovereign 1837 MS65 NGC
The Ezen Collection
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #3115135007
Starting price: $31,000Great Britain:
Victoria gold Sovereign 1841 MS65+ PCGS
The Ezen Collection
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #3115135056
Starting price: $75,000Great Britain:
Victoria gold Proof "Una and the Lion"
5 Pounds 1839 PR62 Ultra Cameo NGC
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #3115159009
Starting price: $25,000Livonia:
Riga - Swedish Occupation. Charles XI gold 2 Ducat
1667-IM MS62 NGC
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #3115165001
Starting price: $20,000Spain:
Charles II gold 8 Escudos 1687/3-BR MS64 NGC
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #311531293
Starting price: $15,000Spanish Netherlands:
Brabant. Charles II gold Ducaton d'Or (8 Souverains) 1698
AU Details (Mount Removed) PCGS
2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Auction #311531294

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Nur eine dieser Münzen ist echt. Erkennen Sie, bei welcher es sich um eine von der Spanischen Nationalpolizei sichergestellten Fälschung handelt? Die Antwort: Die linke Münze ist die Fälschung: Foto: Policía Nacional via X.

Counterfeiters of Hundreds of Thousands of Euro Coins Arrested

A large-scale counterfeiting workshop has been raided in Spain. The culprits put half a million fake 2-euro coins in circulation throughout Europe. Read on to find out how the perpetrators evaded the police for years and how you can identify the counterfeits.

Die Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (in der Mitte) ist das höchste Gebäude in Harare. Foto: Baynham Goredema aus Johannesburg, Südafrika / CC BY 2.0

Zimbabwe’s New Currency: Is the ZiG Doomed to Fail From the Start?

Zimbabwe has introduced a new currency that is supposed to win the trust of Zimbabweans as it is backed by gold. Michael Alexander explains the background and presents the new banknotes.

New Exhibition at the British Museum Presents Recovered Gems

A new exhibition at the British Museum showcases some of the finest ancient gems in the museum’s collection. They include some of the pieces that were recently stolen and could be recovered thanks to the cooperation of coin dealers.

Nur eine dieser Münzen ist echt. Erkennen Sie, bei welcher es sich um eine von der Spanischen Nationalpolizei sichergestellten Fälschung handelt? Die Antwort: Die linke Münze ist die Fälschung: Foto: Policía Nacional via X.

Counterfeiters of Hundreds of Thousands of Euro Coins Arrested

A large-scale counterfeiting workshop has been raided in Spain. The culprits put half a million fake 2-euro coins in circulation throughout Europe. Read on to find out how the perpetrators evaded the police for years and how you can identify the counterfeits.

Die Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (in der Mitte) ist das höchste Gebäude in Harare. Foto: Baynham Goredema aus Johannesburg, Südafrika / CC BY 2.0

Zimbabwe’s New Currency: Is the ZiG Doomed to Fail From the Start?

Zimbabwe has introduced a new currency that is supposed to win the trust of Zimbabweans as it is backed by gold. Michael Alexander explains the background and presents the new banknotes.

New Exhibition at the British Museum Presents Recovered Gems

A new exhibition at the British Museum showcases some of the finest ancient gems in the museum’s collection. They include some of the pieces that were recently stolen and could be recovered thanks to the cooperation of coin dealers.

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Only 138 out of the planned 1,000 pieces were minted. This makes the Lion Dance a highly contested collector’s coin!

100 Yuan Lion Dance 1995: One of the Rarest Chinese Coins of Our Age

From 13 to 15 May 2024, Heidelberger Münzhandlung will hold its 88th auction sale. Among the highlights are some of the rarest contemporary issues from China, including the 100-yuan Lion Dance coin of 1995. 1,000 specimens should have been minted – but in the end, only 138 were produced.
The fortress on the rock – not just a popular tourist destination, but also the most expensive 2 euro commemorative coin in the world. Collage: Canva / Wieschowski.

A Numismatic Journey Through the Principality of Monaco

On the visit of Albert II and Charlène of Monaco to Germany: The small country on the Mediterranean has more to offer than casinos, car races and film stars – it can look back on a long numismatic tradition.

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