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Hungarian Mudi Newest Member of Dog Breed Coin Series

By Coin & Currency Institute …… The Hungarian Mint will release on October 4 the fourth issue in its popular “Hungarian sheep and hunting dog breeds” coin series. This year it is dedicated to the Mudi, and, as in the past, a sell-out is expected. The Mudi is a medium-sized herding breed from Hungary with […]

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The Aes Grave Bronze Coin During the Roman Republic

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. It is said that when Greece was building grand temples of white marble, the Romans were living in mud huts. While this is a sweeping generalization, there is some truth behind it as is demonstrated by the Republic’s earliest documented coinage, the Aes Rude or “Rough Bronze”. These proto-coins, […]

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Percy Metcalfe and His Irish Coins

  By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS …… The name Percy Metcalfe might not ring a bell to many US collectors, but you may be familiar with his designs on 20th-century Irish coinage. The English artist and designer was born in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, on January 14, 1895, and began attending the Leeds School of […]

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The Ancient Coins of Kephallenia

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Kephallenia is the sixth-largest island of Greece and the largest in the Ionian Sea. It is located opposite the Gulf of Corinth (Figure 1). The island was associated with the city of Elis on the mainland but functioned independently. Kephallenia is about 31 miles long and 20 to three […]

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Croatian National Bank Issues Gold, Silver Coins Featuring the Dalmatian

By Croatian National Bank …… Pongo and Perdita are still among the most popular names to call Dalmatians across the globe. Ever since Walt Disney’s movie 101 Dalmatians came out in 1961, this dog breed has been enjoying international popularity. However, most people forget that Dalmatians are actually hunting and guard dogs that were originally […]

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Hungarian Greyhound the Newest Entry in Popular Hungarian Dog Breed Coin Series

By Coin & Currency Institute …… The Hungarian Mint will release on October 4 the third issue in the “Hungarian sheep and hunting dog breeds” coin series dedicated to the Magyar Agar, or Hungarian Greyhound. The first two coins, the Vizsla (2019) and the Komondor (2020), sold out within days, and the expectation is no […]

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The Komondor: New Coin in Hungarian Dog Breed Series

By Coin & Currency Institute …… The Komondor, a breed of dog that has been declared one of Hungary’s national treasures, is the second issue in the “Hungarian sheep and hunting dog breeds” series. It is featured on both sides of a legal tender 2,000 forint coin, with a forward-facing head on the front, and […]

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Popular Hunting Dog Breed Vizsla Focus of New Coin From Hungary

By Coin & Currency Institute …… Although the Hungarian Vizsla did not start arriving in the United States until the close of World War II, the first written reference to the Vizsla dog breed is said to have been recorded in the Illustrated Vienna Chronicle prepared on order of King Louis I of Hungary in […]

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Dogs on Ancient Coins

  CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz …. You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. You ain’t never caught a rabbit, and you ain’t no friend of mine. –Elvis Presley, 20th-century American philosopher, covering Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” […]

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