Category: Numismatics
Historic 1792 Half Disme Results in Record Sale
Earlier this year, a 1792 Half Disme sold for a record $1.41 million dollars at Heritage Auctions’ U.S. Coin Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Signature Auction. The historic coin is generally recognized as the first circulating American coin struck under authority of the Mint Act of April 1792. The 1792 Half Disme is as rare as […]
July 6, 2015
Silver Center Cent: The First and Most Important U.S. Coin?
The 1792 Silver Center Cent was the first coin officially struck at the First United States Mint. It also remains one of most significant in U.S. history, despite not being as well-known as other rare coins. The Coinage Act of 1792 (also known as the Mint Act) established the United States Mint and set forth […]
May 12, 2015
Royal Mint Unveils New Queen Elizabeth II Effigy
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II continues to age gracefully both in life and in coin. The Royal Mint recently unveiled the fifth effigy of the monarch, who has spent more than 63 years on the throne. The new design will be used on British coinage as well as on colonial and Commonwealth nation’s coinage around the […]
March 30, 2015
Maria Carmela Colaneri Received the Krause Lifetime Achievement
Maria Carmela Colaneri of Italy’s Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato received the Krause Lifetime Achievement Award in Coin Design at the World Mint Director’s Conference held in Berlin on January 31. She accepted the award in Italian to great applause. Maria Carmela Colaneri is best known as the designer of the Krause Coin of the […]
February 17, 2015
No Currency Conversion in Turks & Caicos
For Americans traveling to Turks & Caicos there is no need to worry about converting money or returning home from vacation with a pocket full of coins you will never use. The official currency is the U.S. dollar. Like 50 countries across the globe, he Caribbean island chain does not mint its own money. The […]
February 9, 2015
Susan Gamble, Award-Winning, Coin Designer Passed Away
Susan Gamble, an artist for the United States Mint, passed away in January at the age of 57-years-old. Her legacy to the United States of America is her art and through that art she will be remembered forever. In 2007 Susan Gamble designed the reverse of the Jamestown 400th anniversary silver dollar. This was the […]
February 2, 2015
Colonial Coin Book For The Holidays: New Jersey State Coppers: History, Description, Collecting
The Numismatic Literary Guild “Book of the Year” honor was recently awarded to a book about New Jersey colonial coins. New Jersey State Coppers: History, Description, Collecting by Roger S. Siboni, John L. Howes and A. Buell Ish won the guild’s top honor for specialized books. The book details the fascinating history of the New […]
December 8, 2014
CCAC Greenlights Congressional Gold Medal Designs Honoring Code Talkers
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee CCAC recently approved the designs for the congressional gold medal honoring the Lake Superior Band of the Fond du Lac Chippewa Code Talkers. The medal is part of Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program, which recognizes the dedication and valor of Native American code talkers to the U.S. Armed Services […]
October 27, 2014
Dr. Herman J. Viola Appointed to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
Dr. Herman J. Viola, who specializes in the history of the American West, was sworn in at last week’s meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) for a four-year term. The CCAC provides recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury on the themes and designs of all US coins and medals, including circulating coinage, […]
October 6, 2014
Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medal Makes History
The U.S. Mint will make history this week when it shows the world that it can produce the Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medall from concept to finished product in just over one month. No private mint could have met the deadline set by Congress on May 22, 2014 when they authorized the award of a […]
June 23, 2014