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Spink to Offer Sarawak 1945 Small Change Notes

By Kerry Rodgers
Supreme collectable: Bank of England £1 #2 of 2 March 1797 signed by Abraham Newland (P-170; EPM B200a). In a remarkable PMG-20 Very Fine it will be offered by Spink at their London sale on Oct.10 with an estimate of £50,000-60,000. Image courtesy of Spink, UK.
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Spink Slates BoE 1797 £1 #2

By Kerry Rodgers
Pearl-of-great-price: the sole Edward VIII pattern penny available to collectors outside that in a complete set of the uncrowned monarch’s coins. It will be offered by Spink in London on Sept. 24 as part ‘The Waterbird Collection of English Rarities’. Images courtesy and © Spink.
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Spink Slates Edward VIII Pattern Penny

By Kerry Rodgers
The two, recently found Celtic quarter staters to be offered by Chris Rudd in September. Left: ‘Petal Saltire’ type; right: ‘Robinsun’ type. Images courtesy Chris Rudd
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Rudd Offers Rare Celtic Gold

By Kerry Rodgers
Top lot: the mint state Charles V gold franc à pied (Fr-284; Dup-360) that realized $9,000 in MS66 NGC - the highest grade of 122 certified examples. Images courtesy & © Heritage Auctions
World Coins

French Hammer English in Morris Online Sale

By Kerry Rodgers
Indian 1/4 anna (KM-512) obverse and Australian halfpenny (KM-22) reverse are combined on Australia’s rarest circulating coin, the 1916 mule (KM-30). This example is a new discovery that will be offered for sale by Roxburys in Queensland on October 5. Images courtesy and © Heritage Auctions
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Newly Discovered Australian 1916 Mule Halfpenny

By Kerry Rodgers
George Cook’s George V specimen pattern Canadian dollar of 1911, the sole example in private hands (KM-Pn15, DC-6). It sold for $552,000 in SP64 PCGS in Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night sale at this year’s ANA World Fair of Money. Images courtesy and © www.ha.com.
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Heritage World Coin Platinum Night Realizes $11,041,293

By Kerry Rodgers
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Somerset Field Yields Rare Constantine Solidus

By Kerry Rodgers
Face of rare Netherlands Indies 1000 rijksdaalders issued in 1810 when the Dutch colony was effectively under French control following Bonaparte’s formation of the puppet state of Koningrijk Holland [Kingdom of Holland]. This note is one of a full set that will be offered at Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach sale in September. Image courtesy & © Heritage Auctions.
World Coin Auctions

Heritage Long Beach Slates NEI Rarities

By Kerry Rodgers
Rare Peter the Great silver medal of 1704 commemorating the Capture of Narva. In EF it will carry an estimate of £3,000-4,000 when offered for sale by Dix Noonan Webb on Sept. 17. Images courtesy DNW.
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DNW Slates All-Russian Sale

By Kerry Rodgers
The ceremonial unveiling of the silver $0 proof commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Scheldt. From left: Major-General Stephen Whalen, Kingdom of the Netherlands Ambassador Henk van der Zwan, Royal Canadian Mint CEO Marie Lemay and Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Foundation Chair Keith de Bellefeuille Percy. Image courtesy & © Royal Canadian Mint.
World Coin Auctions

Silver $20 Salutes Battle of the Scheldt

By Kerry Rodgers
Star of the show: the exceptionally rare, 1.21 g penny of Richard I (S-1346; N-965) once owned by Charles Francis Adams. In gF it realized $14,209 at Dix Noonan Webb’s July sale of Part 2 of Marvin Lessen’s North Moors Collection. Like all of Richard’s coins struck in England the obverse legend carries the name HENRICUS, that of his father. Images courtesy DNW.
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Richard I Silver Penny Realizes $14,209

By Kerry Rodgers
Obverse and reverse of the new Polish silver 20 zł proof comemmorating the historic 17th century szóstak of six grosz of John III Sobieski. Images courtesy Narodowy Bank Polski.
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Poland Recalls Historic Silver Szóstak

By Kerry Rodgers
Reverse and seemingly blank obverse of Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt’s Batman stainless steel round struck to mark the masked avenger’s 80th birthday. Image courtesy Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt.
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By Kerry Rodgers
Light, 8.08 g, stater struck at the Lydian mint of Sardes for Croesus c. 553-539 BCE. Graded NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5 it is slated to feature in Heritage Auctions Long Beach sale in September. (Image courtesy Heritage Auctions)
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Heritage Long Beach World Coins

By Kerry Rodgers
Reverse of silver New Zealand proof dollar celebrating pioneers of space. (Image courtesy New Zealand Post)
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New Zealand Salutes Space Pioneers

By Kerry Rodgers
The rare and desirable Panay centavo of 1899 (KM-156) that will be offered by Stack’s Bowers at their August ANA sale. Grade is NGC AU-55 Brown. Estimate is $10,000-15,000. (Images courtesy and © Stack’s-Bowers)
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Stack’s Bowers To Offer 1899 Panay Centavo

By Kerry Rodgers
The magnificent mint state 1889 Kwangtung dragon dollar of 7 mace and 3 candareens dated 1889 (KM-Y198.1) that sold at Heritage Auctions’ Hong Kong sale in June for $228,000 graded MS64+ NGC. Images courtesy and © www.ha.com.
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Kwangtung Dragon Dollar Realizes $228,000

By Kerry Rodgers
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Perth Issues Further Simpsons' Coins

By Kerry Rodgers
Top equal price I: East African Currency Board 10 florins (1 pound) of 1 May 1920 (P-10) that realized $38,400 in PMG Ch. UNC 64 at Knight Auctions IPMS sale in June. (Image courtesy Lyn Knight Auctions)
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East Africa, Iraq Top Knight IPMS

By Kerry Rodgers
The reverse of Canada’s silver $20 proof marking the 50th anniversary of the recording of the anti-war anthem “Give Peace a Chance” in Montreal on June 1, 1969. (Image courtesy Royal Canadian Mint)
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“Give Peace a Chance” Turns 50

By Kerry Rodgers
The rare gold aureus of Allectus, Emperor of Britain CE 293-296, that sold for $701,648 in DNW’s June sale, a record price for any Roman coin struck in Britain. (Images courtesy and © Dix Noonan Webb)
World Coins

Allectus Aureus Realizes $701,648

By Kerry Rodgers
Tom Thomas all set for another bout of detecting. (Image courtesy and © Hansons)
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One-of-a-kind Carausius Coin Find

By Kerry Rodgers
Star of the show: superb ‘Una and The Lion’ gold £5 of 1839 showing the rare DIRIGIT DEUS GRESSUS MEOS reverse legend (ESC-2628; W&R-277). In ‘about FDC’ it sold well above double upper estimate for a price of $188,667. (Images courtesy Baldwin's of St James)
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‘Una and the Lion’ DIRIGIT £5 Takes $188,667

By Kerry Rodgers
Top-selling gold: solidus of Leo V the Armenian, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire AD 813-820 (Sear 1627) that sold for $5,040 in NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5 as part of Heritage Auctions on-line sale of the Morris Collection Part I. (Images courtesy and © Heritage Auctions.)
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Morris Online Sale Part I Takes $215,704

By Kerry Rodgers
One of just two extant BoE Thomas Rippon £100s of 23 July 1832 (P-216; EPM B202a). It secured top price of $82,340 at Spink’s May sale of the Lou Manzi collection. (Image courtesy and © Spink London.)
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BoE £100 Realizes $82,339

By Kerry Rodgers
Australia’s three proof commemoratives marking the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing on Jul. 20, 1969. From left: domed-shaped, black nickel-plated $5; gold $100; silver$5. (Images courtesy & © RAM.)
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RAM Launches Apollo 11 Coins

By Kerry Rodgers
Cover of TAA Specimen Set folder with 1985 presentation card from the RBA. (Image courtesy Roxburys Auction House.)
Paper Money News

Great Plane Robbery Created Australian Specimens

By Kerry Rodgers
One for the Imperial Roman collector: the unpublished 4.5 solidi medallion of Constans (337-350 CE) minted in Siscia and companion piece to the Constantius II 4.5 solidi RIC VIII 128. It will be offered at Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night® world coin sale at this year’s ANA World’s Fair of Money in Chicago. (Images courtesy Heritage Auctions.)
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Heritage Platinum Night Preview

By Kerry Rodgers
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Syrian Specimens Realize $60,000

By Kerry Rodgers
Desirable Edward III noble from the pre-Treaty period
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England's Hundred Years' War Hammered Gold

By Kerry Rodgers
Silver €10 and gold €50 proof struck by Monnaie de Paris as part of the national effort to raise funds for the rebuild of Notre Dame Cathedral. The designs are based on the 2013 Notre Dame coins. Images courtesy Monnaie de Paris.
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MdP Strikes Notre-Dame Rebuild Coins

By Kerry Rodgers
Egyptian notes are running hot these days. This should continue to be the case at the Knight sale where a 50 pounds specimen of 1 October 1912 (P-5s) will head to the block. Joel Shafer is considering assigning it a Choice XF/AU grade. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money indicates it is available solely as a specimen and gives a valuation of $15,000 in UNC.
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Knight Readies for June International Paper Money Show

By Kerry Rodgers
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Stack's Bowers ANA preview

By Kerry Rodgers
Rare gold aureus of Allectus, Emperor of Britain 293-296 CE, found in a ploughed field in March and scheduled for sale in June by DNW with an estimate c. $90,000-130,000. On the reverse is Sol Invictus with globe, whip and captives. Images courtesy & © Dix Noonan Webb.
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DNW Slate Rare Allectus Aureus Find

By Kerry Rodgers
Face and back of the rare, 19th century 1/8 tical of Rama IV (P-A7) that sold for $3,349 at Roxbury’s May 4 sale in sunny Queensland. Images courtesy & © Roxburys.
Paper Money Auctions

Thai Notes sell well in sunny Queensland

By Kerry Rodgers
Collection highlight: the rare £500 of 30 September 1936 signed by Kenneth O. Peppiatt and issued at Liverpool (EPM B246e; cf. P-340) that realized $15,720 in gVF. (Image courtesy of DNW.)
Paper Money Auctions

BoE Rarities Rule DNW Paper Results

By Kerry Rodgers
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Canada circulates equality dollar

By Kerry Rodgers
World record: card-mounted uniface model/trial for the face of a 1911 series $500 of The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (cf. P-46) that realized $84,084. (Image courtesy and © Spink, China.)
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Spink Claims Hong Kong $84,084 record

By Kerry Rodgers
Top-selling, proof-like Charles II crown of 1662 (S-3350; KM-417.1). In EF it realized $50,400 in the Spink sale of the Dr. Erik Miller collection. Images courtesy and © Spink.
World Coins

Dr. Miller's 37 Crowns realize $606,728

By Kerry Rodgers
Supreme collectable: Bank of England £1 of 2 March 1797, signed by Abraham Newland and carrying serial number 2 (P-170). In a remarkable PMG-20 Very Fine it carries and estimate of £50,000-60,000. (Image courtesy and © Spink, UK.)
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Spink slates BoE 1797 £1 #2

By Kerry Rodgers
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Lichtenstein marks 300th anniversary

By Kerry Rodgers
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World rarities crown April Spink sale

By Kerry Rodgers
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Of coins and chronograms

By Kerry Rodgers
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DNW offers Indian Haj Pilgrimage Rs100 pair

By Kerry Rodgers
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Rare 1905 tael fronts Spink HK sale

By Kerry Rodgers
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Queens confused on Costa Rican notes

By Kerry Rodgers
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DNW offers British paper money rarities

By Kerry Rodgers
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Notes celebrate Lunar New Year

By Kerry Rodgers
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Spink NYINC event strong in South America

By Kerry Rodgers