Coin Collector

Coin Collector gives you all the information, news, expert advice, market insight and inspiration you need to build your coin collection and get the most from your hobby. Every issue features in-depth collecting guides giving you the lowdown on coins from a wide range of periods and location, from Viking and Roman coins to the latest coins issued by mints around the world. Each issue includes the unique and popular ‘British Numismatist’ section, bringing you the latest discoveries, exhibitions, theories and literature from the academic world of numismatics. Written by authors, curators and learned experts, the pages provide an academic yet still accessible take on the hobby.

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COINS HONOUR KEY WORKER HEROES

NEWS IN BRIEF

COIN OF ‘FIRST BREXITEER’ EMPEROR FETCHES £4,216

STACK’S BOWERS ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION GRADING SCHEME

The coin engraver’s art EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD STORY • In his latest column, Matt Bowen, engraver at the Royal Canadian Mint, explains how the coins he has worked on have revealed remarkable stories from our past

NEW COINS SEE MINTS EMBRACE INNOVATION

AUCTION UPDATE • THE LATEST COIN SALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

LATEST INTERNET AUCTIONS • Your quick reference guide to recent online sales, in association with delcampe.net

VIEW FROM EUROPE NUMISMATIC WISHES • In his latest column on collecting on the continent, ‘Coinosseur’ Sebastian Wieschowski looks to the future and lists five numismatic wishes he really hopes would come true

EUROPE UPDATE

COLLECTING ANCIENT COINS IN THE UNITED STATES • Last year’s ANA convention was held in Rosemont, Illinois and dealers from the United States and around the world were in attendance, writes Jeff Garrett in his latest update from the other side of the pond

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR • Right now many of the museums and mints around the world have shut their doors, if only there was some way we could take a look inside without having to physically go there… now you can, and the brilliant Google Arts and Culture project opens up a world of possibilities for us to discover, view and learn about coins from around the world

COINS OF THE SS CENTRAL AMERICA Ship of Gold • It took over 160 years for the fabled ‘Ship of Gold,’ the SS Central America, to reveal its fabulous 19th-century trove of sunken treasure, writes Donn Pearlman, as he provides an exclusive insight into the rare gold coins found beneath the waves

Great British Gold • For the first time in public, here is the complete list of the 41 Great Britain gold coins recovered in 2014 from the SS Central America and now certified by PCGS for authenticity and grade using the 1 to 70-point Sheldon grading scale. They will be offered by the treasure’s owner, California Gold Marketing Group, in public auctions in Los Angeles and online conducted by Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers (www.GoldbergCoins.com).

THE JEFFERSON NICKEL • In his series on coins from the USA, Peter Whittington describes Felix Schlag’s five-cent coin design, which features an apt, if rather ironic, choice of subject

WIN! PADDINGTON AT ST PAUL’S 2019 UK 50P SILVER PROOF COIN • We’re giving one lucky Coin Collector reader the chance to win a Paddington at St Paul’s 2019 UK 50p Silver Proof Coin, worth £65 in this issue’s competition

THE GHUZNEE MEDAL JAMES FITZHERBERT DE TEISSIER, 17TH REGIMENT • In our regular spotlight on medals, Dr Robin Thomas, President of the Orders & Medals Research Society, describes the Ghuznee Medal, awarded for service during the First Afghan War

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