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Tetradrachm of Athens (circa 454-404 BC): portrait of Athena, protector goddess of the city, with helmet. Reverse: the owl of Athens, with an olive branch and the inscription αθε[ναιον], "of the Athenians"; Image licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en.
Coins & Numismatics26 October 2023

An Illegal Ad for Ancient Greek Coins Led to Their Recovery in Italy

#42 Currency Chronicles: Collecting Banknotes. Photo © Barnebys Group
Coins & Numismatics28 September 2023

Podcast Ep #42: Currency Chronicles: Collecting Banknotes

Celtic gold treasure from Manching. Photo public domain (detail)
Coins & Numismatics29 November 2022

A Celtic Gold Treasure Stolen from Bavarian Museum

A selection of Ancient Roman gold coins, discovered during excavations in Trier, Germany, in 1993. Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (detail)
Coins & Numismatics9 August 2022

Money Talks: Ancient Roman Coins

The only privately owned 1933 Double Eagle and the world's most expensive coin. Image © Square Moose Photography via Sotheby's
Coins & Numismatics11 March 2022

Why a $20 Coin Sold for Nearly $20 Million

Henry III (1216-1272), gold penny of 20-pence, authorized August 16, 1257, London, Willem FitzOtto of Gloucester (King's goldsmith) (detail). Photo © Spink & Son
Coins & Numismatics7 February 2022

A £540K Penny Found by Metal Detector

Florian d'Oysonville (IVOIRE ANGERS / DELOYS) - The treasure of Plozevet - © IVOIRE ANGERS / DELOYS (detail)
Coins & Numismatics5 October 2021

A Trove of Gold Coins Found in France is Auctioned

Left: Vincenzo Camuccini, ‘La morte di Cesare’ [detail], 1804-05, oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Right: Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus AV Aureus (Vorderseite). Photo: © Roma Numismatics Limited
Coins & Numismatics18 November 2020

Rare Coin Sells for Record-breaking £2.7 Million

Half Penny by 7 year old John Gregory Hancock featuring a bust portrait of William Shakespeare, 1800. Image © Dix Noonan Webb
Coins & Numismatics25 August 2020

19-century Half Penny by 7-year-old at Auction

Image © Geoff Pugh
Coins & Numismatics2 September 2019

Trove of Norman Coins Worth £5 Million Found in Somerset

A Million Dollar Coin at Auction
Coins & Numismatics23 July 2019

A Million Dollar Coin at Auction

Foto via ecns.cn
Coins & Numismatics12 June 2019

A Coin Found in a Field in Kent Sells for £552,000

The Rarest US Notes that Money Can Buy
Coins & Numismatics4 February 2019

The Rarest US Notes that Money Can Buy

Switzerland: Incredible Medallic 20 Ducat Issue. Photo: Stack’s Bowers
Coins & Numismatics4 January 2019

A 6th-Century BC Coin Heads to Auction

New EU anti-laundering rules: a burden for the art market?
Coins & Numismatics14 May 2018

New EU anti-laundering rules: a burden for the art market?

An example of a Queen Victoria Shield half sovereign
Coins & Numismatics20 September 2017

Young Queen Victoria coin set to excite collectors

How the dollar coin couldn't make it in America
Coins & Numismatics22 March 2017

How the dollar coin couldn't make it in America

Major collection of ancient Jewish coins and Russian Orders medals at auction
Coins & Numismatics5 January 2017

Major collection of ancient Jewish coins and Russian Orders medals at auction

Sasanian and Islamic Ottoman empire coins at auction this week
Coins & Numismatics20 June 2016

Sasanian and Islamic Ottoman empire coins at auction this week

JMW Turner revealed as face of new £20 note
Coins & Numismatics25 April 2016

JMW Turner revealed as face of new £20 note

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