Week’s Most Read: Mint Ships Dollars
We publish each week at our website selected content from the week's Coin World print issue as well as content written specifically for the online audience.In reverse order, here are five of the most...
Whitman Expo is ready to return in 2021
The final steps are being taken in order to make the 2021 Whitman Baltimore Winter Expo available for collectors and dealers to return to Baltimore Convention Center following the cancellation of the 2020 and...
Palantir-Linked Elementus Raised $12M for Crypto Intelligence Platform
These funds will be used to support an institution-grade data intelligence platform.Elementus, a blockchain-based data analytics company with Palantir (NYSE PLTR) ties, has raised $12M in a Series B round, the startup informed CoinDesk. These...
Scotsman sale includes Indian Head gold at $2.50 and $5 Coins
Scotsman's Nov. 5, Collectors' Auction features some amazing examples of Bela Lyon Pratt's Indian Head Gold $2.50 and $5 Coins. These coins are distinguished by their sunken designs that were first struck in 1908.The...
Conference for money researchers in Cartagena
A global body of historians and numismatists, researchers, and academic professionals is expected to gather in Cartagena (Colombia) in December for the 3rd International Convention of Historians and NUmismatists.Cartagena MMXXI will be held from...
Some Bank of England paper notes are ticking at the Bank of England clock.
The Bank of England announced last June that its paper PS20- and PS50-note legal tender status would cease on September 30, 2022. However, PS9 billion worth of PS20 notes and PS15 trillion worth of...
First-day sales for Unlimited Proof 2021-S $1 set top 50,000 units
First-day sales Oct. 14 by the U.S. Mint for the four-coin Proof 2021-S American Innovation Dollar set reached 50,549 sets.According to the Mint’s Oct. 17 sales report, the total number of sets sold increased...
Sedwick will auction early coin from Cartagena
In 1985, the Nuestra de Atochawreck was discovered. This discovery helped to break new ground in numismatics research.Three coins found in the wreck confirmed that 8-real hand-struck silver coins (today's Colombian) were produced as early...
Zimbabwean artist uses the nation’s old notes for visual art
The trend for paper money isn't just polymer. Artists claim that keeping rubbish out of landfills is an ecological benefit. Artists have created cottage industries in Zimbabwe and Venezuela that transform paper bills into art.Recent reporting...
ProShares approves listing Bitcoin Strategy ETF
James Seyffart, a Bloomberg analyst, reported that the crypto futures ETF would list with the ticker symbol BITO as soon as October 18.The United States Securities and Exchange Commission accepted ProShares' Bitcoin Strategy Exchange...