Featured in the August 25 Platinum Night session of the Heritage Auctions Chicago World and Ancient Coins Signature Auction is an amazing Meiji gold Pattern 10 Yen Year 3 (1870), graded MS66 by NGC and arguably one of the finest representatives within the entire Japanese series. Indescribable in just a few words, this coin represents […]
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By The Japan Mint …… The Japanese Ministry of Finance has decided to issue a one-ounce silver coin with a face value of 1,000 yen to commemorate the 150th anniversary of railways in Japan. On October 14, 1872, a railway connecting Shimbashi Station in Tokyo to the city of Yokohama a few miles south of […]
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By Austin Jepsky ….. Sometimes referred to as “Mexican Silver”, coins of a .720 silver fineness at one time or another could be found in circulation on five of the seven continents. Despite this widespread use, precious little has been written about this silver alloy, henceforward to be referred to as Decoplata. The purpose of […]
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At FIDEM Tokyo 2020/2021, the biennial Congress of the International Art Medal Federation, two medalists were chosen to share the Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award, for Judaic, Biblical or Holy Land Themes: Ewa Olsczwska-Borys of Poland and Romualdas Inčirauskas of Lithuania. Each will receive an engraved silver medal, courtesy of the Jewish-American Hall […]
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By Jeremy Bostwick – Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack’s Bowers …… Within the incredible Pinnacle Collection, a featured cabinet in the Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio April 2021 Hong Kong auction, a group of massive gold Obans and Kobans certainly stands out. Quite large in size, these fit within the aspect of “odd and curious” money, […]
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The April Hong Kong auction being presented by rare coin firm Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio features countless highlights from the Pinnacle Collection, with a majestic Year 3 (1870) Pattern Set from Japan standing as quite possibly the most impressive. Containing eight denominations ranging from the gold 10 Yen all the way down to the copper-nickel […]
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By Alan Carr – BuyGoldOnline.io – Original Article …… Link to Part I The Summer Bliss Robbery (2012) – 216 kg Gold Bars On November 30, 2012, masked men in police jackets boarded the Summer Bliss fishing boat in Curaçao and stole 70 gold bars weighing a total of 216kg. Estimated worth of the haul: […]
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Chinese banknotes insulted the Japanese enemy and instilled hope in an occupied people By Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) …… While many American historians cite the start of World War II as the invasion of Poland in 1939, scholars of Asian history often state that the war had, in fact, begun two years earlier, following […]
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In the early 1600s, Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu sought a monetary system that would reduce Japan’s dependence on Chinese coins. The resulting “Tokugawa coinage” was struck in silver, bronze, and gold; the largest denomination (predating Tokugawa’s system by more than a decade) was the large oval Ōban, followed by the gold oval Koban and several smaller denominations in silver, gold, and bronze
The Mint of Japan has unveiled (August 24) two new silver coins inaugurating the start of their Olympic coin program as Tokyo prepares to host the XXXII Olympiad in 2020.
The new coins mark the Olympic hand-over ceremony, in which a representative of the current host city hands over the Olympic flag to a representative of the upcoming host city
The Mint of Japan has unveiled the next-to-last issue in its successful series of silver and color “Prefecture” Proof coins, which plans to honor all 47 administrative districts in Japan by the time the final piece is issued later this year. The designs of these crown-sized coins highlight the landmarks, cultural objects, and natural beauty of each area, along with the personalities that have had a connection with the prefecture