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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DOUBLE EAGLE SELLS FOR $18.8 MILLION

GOLD COIN DATES BACK TO BLACK DEATH

TEAM GB 50p BECOMES ‘DUAL-DATED’ COIN

AUSTRALIAN COIN BREAKS RECORD IN MONACO

JERSEY HERITAGE BUYS ‘LOST’ CELTIC HOARD

IN BRIEF

SS CENTRAL AMERICA GOLD SETS RECORDS

INTERVIEW: PNG PRESIDENT RICHARD WEAVER • We recently chatted to Richard Weaver, the President of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), and found out more about his role at the trade organisation

AUCTION UPDATE • THE LATEST COIN SALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SPECIAL REPORT: DARK AGE COINAGE AT SPINK • The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage – Parts I and II was sold during a mammoth twelve-hour auction at Spink recently, as our in-depth auction report reveals

RARE COIN MARKET BOOMS • The market for rare coins is healthier than ever, with demand outstripping supply for many pieces and prices rising as a result. In his latest update from the other side of the Pond, Jeff Garrett explains the unique circumstances that have led to this encouraging growth

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

Important things to know BEFORE YOU BUY RARE COINS • It’s unlikely anyone has amassed a coin collection without at least casually considering its future value. But is investment right for you and what pitfalls should you look out for? Find out in this special market guide from the Professional Numismatists Guild

PROFESSIONAL NUMISMATISTS GUILD

THE EURO… LOVE IT OR HATE IT, IT’S REVOLUTIONISED NUMISMATICS • What has not already been written about the euro? It has been derided as the ‘teuro’ in Germany (from ‘teuer’, which means ‘expensive’) and as colourful play money. But last year, the currency came of age, writes Sebastian Wieschowski, proving the doubters wrong

HISTORIC COINS OF King Charles I • Charles I oversaw and was directly involved in one of the most dramatic periods of British history, leaving the nation facing questions over the monarchy, religion, and money. Ema Sikic, of A.H. Baldwin & Sons, describes the events using notable coins of the reign

CONSORT COINS • The myriad portraits of leaders on the world’s coins hold stories of powerful people, national pride, and political history and, as Paula Hammond reveals, those coins portraying the leaders’ partners are just as intriguing

THE TIMES AND COINS OF ALFRED THE GREAT • While his brothers were involved in fighting off invaders the young Alfred preferred to immerse himself in books, a learned approach which would later influence the country in many ways, including its coins as our coin guide reveals

FOREIGN COINS IN TUDOR ENGLAND • Most collectors can quickly list the many different coins used in England over the centuries, but what about the double patard, soldino, real or cruzado? Much of the currency changing hands in 16th-century England came from other countries, as Dr Murray Andrews reveals in this in-depth guide

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