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May 7, 2026
The Royal Mint is releasing commemorative £2 coins to celebrate the iconic Duchess of Hamilton locomotive. Built in September 1938 by LMS Crewe Works, the Duchess of Hamilton was a red Coronation...
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May 7, 2026
The Royal Mint is releasing commemorative £2 coins to celebrate the iconic Duchess of Hamilton locomotive. Built in September 1938 by LMS Crewe Works, the Duchess of Hamilton was a red Coronation...
From The Reading Room
May 7, 2026
Today, former Curaçao national team coach Dick Advocaat and midfielder Juninho Bacuna struck the first Caribbean 5 Guilder commemorative coin for "The Blue Wave", in honor of the historic...
From Royal Dutch Mint
May 7, 2026
The Royal Mint has unveiled a new £2 coin celebrating the Duchess of Hamilton, one of Britain’s most famous steam locomotives and a standout icon of the country’s railway heritage. Introduced in...
From Canadian Coin News
May 7, 2026
It was an eight-escudo coin minted in Lima in 1709, which – as it later transpired – came from the McGregor collection. The coin had been lying on the seabed in a sunken ship. The ship was part of...
From Coin Weekly
May 7, 2026
Pure gold does not come cheap, and neither does today’s newest release from the United States Mint. Launching at noon ET, the 2026-W $50 Proof American Gold Buffalo is struck from one ounce of .9999...
From Coin News
May 6, 2026
Even some six decades after the last circulating sixpence coins rolled off the presses at the Royal Mint in Great Britain, the allure of the denomination maintains a stronghold in pop culture and...
From PCGS
May 6, 2026
The Perth Mint sold 46,106 troy ounces (oz) of gold, 496,212 oz of silver and 3,056 oz of platinum in minted product form during April 2026. Ongoing conflict in the Middle East remained the key...
From Perth Mint
May 5, 2026
Collector Peter Dickson questions why it took so long for the first 1909-S Indian Head bronze cent with repunched Mint mark struck at the San Francisco Mint to be identified from an overall mintage...
From Coin World
May 5, 2026
The 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Rolls and Bags featuring innovation in California will be available for purchase from the United States Mint (Mint) on Tuesday, May 12 at noon EDT. The reverse...
From United States Mint
May 5, 2026
A rare Lincoln cent variety sold for $64,000 to lead the sale of the TropicalBats #8 All-Time Finest PCGS Registry Set of Lincoln Cents, offered by DLRC in back-to-back April Red Carpet Rarities...
From Coin News
May 5, 2026
There are many events in Mexican history that are defining for the culture. While Cinco de Mayo is often the most celebrated of these hallmarks outside Mexico, a battle that occurred 15 years before...
From PCGS
May 5, 2026
Mennica Polska draws on one of the most spectacular mythical symbols of heroism – Achilles’ Shield – and transforms it into a unique work of contemporary numismatics. The four-ounce silver coin...
From Mint of Poland
May 5, 2026
Proof American Gold Eagles again dominated the U.S. Mint’s weekly sales report, helped by a slow release calendar and the continued unavailability of many lower-priced 2026 products. Four of the...
From Coin News
May 4, 2026
The First Day Issue of the 25 years equal marriage 5 Euro Coin could only be ordered on the day of the ceremonial First Strike on April 17th 2026. The definitive mintage is set at 2,471 pieces.
From Royal Dutch Mint
May 4, 2026
May the fourth is a date widely associated with the Star Wars movies, which popularized the phrase “may the force be with you.” Through a little word play, the fourth day of May has punnily become...
From PCGS