Iran Executes “Sultan of Coins” for Hoarding Gold Coins
Special courts set up in August have handed out multiple death sentences in similar cases By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Two weeks ago, international news agencies reported that Iran had executed...
View ArticleHigh School Students Find First Gold Solidus of Theodosius II Ever Discovered...
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. As reported by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) earlier this month, in February a group of boys on a school field trip discovered an almost 1,600-year-old gold...
View ArticleDetectorists Find Medieval Coin Hoard of King Edward Silver, Gold Nobles
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Earlier this month, a coin hoard dating to the late 13th and early 14th centuries was uncovered by a group of metal detectorists in Buckinghamshire, England who took...
View ArticleOwners of Rust Rare Coins Receive Criminal Indictments for Alleged Ponzi Scheme
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. On Wednesday, May 8, a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah returned six criminal indictments against a family at the middle of an...
View ArticleTypo on New $50 Banknote Latest Kerfuffle at Reserve Bank of Australia
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. On Thursday, May 9, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) acknowledged a typo on the new $50 polymer banknote. In circulation for almost seven months since its October...
View Article“Harriet Tubman” $20 Note Postponed Until 2028
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Confirmation one way or the other of the Trump Administration’s plans for the Harriet Tubman $20 Federal Reserve Note have been a long time coming. But on Wednesday,...
View ArticlePolitical Back and Forth as Harriet Tubman $20 Note Design Work Possibly...
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. On Friday, June 14, in an article by Alan Rappeport, the New York Times presented evidence that design work on the Series 2020 Harriet Tubman $20 Federal Reserve Note...
View ArticleChrista McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Bill Passes Senate
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. On Tuesday, July 9, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would authorize the United States Mint to produce commemorative silver $1 coins in honor of Christa McAuliffe,...
View ArticleRecently Announced Hoard Second Largest Find of Norman Coins Ever in UK
Norman Coins Hoard by Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. After seven months of processing the find, the British Museum in London announced on Tuesday, August 27 the discovery of a large norman coins hoard...
View ArticleChrista McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act Passes Congress
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. After years of trying and bills introduced to multiple Congresses, on Thursday, September 19, the 116th Congress of the United States passed the most recent version...
View ArticleRichard Harrison, Patriarch of “Pawn Stars” Reality TV Dynasty, Dead at 77
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Richard Benjamin Harrison, the patriarch and “Old Man” of the Harrison family pawn shop featured in the long-running History Channel reality show Pawn Stars, died...
View ArticleOver $11 Million in Counterfeit U.S. $100 Bills Seized in Taiwan
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. In many places around the world, United States Federal Reserve Notes are accepted as an official currency and legal tender. In many other places, they exist in a...
View ArticleSeven Ancient Gold Islamic Coins Found in Israel
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. On Sunday, December 29–the fourth night of Hanukkah–the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery of seven Islamic gold coins dating back to the...
View Article$12.8 Million Celtic Coin Hoard Sets Guinness World Record
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. A hoard of almost 70,000 coins dating back to pre-Roman Britain has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest discovery of such coins in the United...
View ArticleU.S. Mint Announces Price of Women’s Suffrage, Colorized Basketball Coins
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. The United States Mint has announced its introductory and regular pricing for its three 2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial commemorative program products, as well as...
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