V & E Coin News – The India Government Mint, Mumbai, has opened bookings for the ₹100 commemorative coin issued to mark the 105th Birth Anniversary of Acharya Shri Mahapragya. The bookings began today, September 23, 2025, and are available in limited quantities. Earlier, on August 17, 2025, in the presence of Jain Acharya Shri Mahashraman Ji, a […]
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1870-CC Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The United States Mint facility in Carson City, Nevada struck a paltry 3,789 1870-CC Liberty Head $20 Double Eagle gold coins, delivering the entire mintage over the span of four months, starting in March and ending in July. 1870-CC Double Eagle Deliveries March
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Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) is set to host the second auction of the celebrated Traveller Collection on November 6, 2025, at the Hotel Bar Au Lac in Zürich, Switzerland. This highly anticipated sale will shine a spotlight on the collection’s exceptional Central European coins, a core focus of the anonymous collector known as “the Traveller.”
By Mike Diamond for CoinWeek… There are many ways foreign (or foreign-looking) material can end up in a coin. It might have been present in the molten alloy, particularly if the material’s melting point is higher than the alloy’s normal constituents. A slag inclusion is one type of “poured-in” error. It could be a minor
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V & E Coin News – By Mike Diamond for CoinWeek… There are many ways foreign (or foreign-looking) material can end up in a coin. It might have been present in the molten alloy, particularly if the material’s melting point is higher than the alloy’s normal constituents. A slag inclusion is one type of “poured-in”
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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek… “The Thracians are the biggest nation in the world, next to the Indians; were they under one ruler, or united, they would in my judgment be invincible and the strongest nation on earth…” — Herodotus, Book V, Chapter 3 Thrace is a historic region in the southeastern corner of Europe,
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V & E Coin News – By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek… “The Thracians are the biggest nation in the world, next to the Indians; were they under one ruler, or united, they would in my judgment be invincible and the strongest nation on earth…” — Herodotus, Book V, Chapter 3 Thrace is a historic region
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V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek… “The Thracians are the biggest nation in the world, next to the Indians; were they under one ruler, or united, they would in my judgment be invincible and the strongest nation on earth…” — Herodotus, Book V, Chapter
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V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek… “The Thracians are the biggest nation in the world, next to the Indians; were they under one ruler, or united, they would in my judgment be invincible and the strongest nation on
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V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek… “The Thracians are the biggest nation in the world, next to the Indians; were they under one ruler, or united, they would in my judgment be
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