Numismatic News Digest

Specialist John Philpotts selected five ultra-rare ancient British coins for auction precisely because each stands out as unique or the sole example...

The Mint's $250 face-value proof holds one troy ounce of .9999 fine gold struck at West Point, but that $250 is not the purchase price.

• Price...

Metal detectorists reported the first 39 coins without digging, enabling a professional four-year excavation.

• WWII legacy slowed recovery: The site...

A tiny elephant-and-castle mark beneath James II's portrait on this 1687 Five Guineas links the coin to the Royal African Company just as political...

The Perth Mint's Lunar bullion series combines 99.99% pure gold, silver, and 99.95% platinum investment appeal with Chinese zodiac symbolism, drawing...

An 800-year-old Morabitino of Sancho I, graded NGC MS 62 and starting at €20,000, leads NGC-certified Portuguese rarities in JA Auctions' October 4...

The first-discovery PCGS-graded 2026 Trump dollar with its July 4 privy mark and confirmed 250,000 mintage gains added numismatic weight through official third-party authentication and the patriotic date mark.

A Washington, D.C., department-store cash register yielded the unique 1976 Type 2 No S silver Proof Eisenhower dollar. Specialists value this lone...

A Pandya copper coin from Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I's first regnal year (~AD 1251) pairs with a large Pallava-era Shiva lingam unearthed near...

The 13 mm silver denier of Grand Duke Vytautas, struck roughly 1411–1430 and recovered in Poltava Oblast, supplies direct evidence that Lithuanian...

A massive study of nearly four million Roman coins reveals how currency flowed across conquered territories from 155 B.C.E. to 2 C.E.

• Military role...

• Sysmä find weighs roughly twice the previous Finnish record of 2.2 kilograms from Nousiainen's 1895 hoard.
• Thousands of coins in two birch bark...

• Manufacturing evidence: Irregular hammered form and horse motif point to late Roman production around 200-300 AD
• Long circulation: These coins...

A bronze sestertius portraying Emperor Maximinus, struck 235–236 CE in the Roman Empire, offers a direct example of imperial portraiture on official...

Spain’s Museo Arqueológico Nacional has acquired 239 rare Andalusi coins from the Tonegawa Collection for €988,126, reinforcing its status as the...

Fourteen gold coins unearthed during infrastructure work near Belagavi now raise questions of identification, official custody, and historical...

A 1598 Spanish 11 maravedis coin, found by a student at Smith's Cove in 1965, offers limited but intriguing evidence of early activity.

• Chronology:...

The 1879 Coiled Hair Stella graded NGC PF 67 Cameo sold for $1.891 million, joining three other NGC-certified examples that topped $1 million since...

Rarity alone rarely creates legends—story, beauty, and provenance turn coins into icons.

• The 1933 Double Eagle hit $18.87 million after surviving...

Archaeologists excavating a large 14th-century structure near Trapezitsa's southwestern gate have uncovered silver coin blanks, ingot fragments, and a...