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Due to travel and event restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Coin of the Year awards ceremony was conducted virtually from COTY headquarters in Stevens Point, Wis., with masks and social distancing precautions in place. It is traditionally held in conjunction with the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. “Coordinators, participants, nominators and judges all put forth the added effort required to keep the annual COTY awards at its traditionally high level of excellence,” said Tom Michael, senior market analyst, World Coin News contributing editor and COTY co-coordinator, who hosted the virtual ceremony. “We are all very pleased to have put forth such a marvelously diverse array of 100 nominees and to select from those coins the 10 best in specific categories of competition.” The ceremony presents awards…

The function of most circulating coins today is as small change. There are exceptions. Canada has successfully circulated both $1 (Loonie) and $2 (Twoonie) coins. Great Britain has it’s formerly round (not so round anymore) pound. Circulating coins of Australia include $1 and $2 denominations. Switzerland uses a 5-franc coin in circulation that is the equivalent of about $5.50, making this one of the highest value coins in use anywhere. Japan is part of this group as well. Japan has its ¥500 (yen), with a value equivalent to about $4.60 U.S. On April 27 the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced a newly designed ¥500 coin will be released into circulation. The coin in some respects is overdue, primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic. The coin’s release date was originally scheduled…

I am aware some Uruguay 1844 1-peso fuerte coins were struck on earlier U.S. silver dollars. Has the silver dollar been overstruck to make other foreign coins as well? There are at least two Draped Bust silver dollars that are known to have been used as the host planchet for the Uruguay coins. In turn, at least one 1804 silver dollar was struck over an 1857 Berne (Switzerland) shooting taler. Under the Pittman Act more than 350 million silver dollars were to be melted, then sold to Great Britain. The silver was shipped to Calcutta (Kolkata) where the bullion was used to make 1-rupee coins of King George V. Are there coins originating elsewhere in the world that have been issued overstruck on a coin from somewhere else? Existing coins…

The Show Guide section provides geographic information about numismatic shows scheduled for 2021. To look up a show quickly by date alone, or if you first need to find out where a particular show will be held, use the Showdex section beginning on Page A15. Show dates and locations are sometimes changed at the last minute, so it’s best to call the promoter or show site before traveling a long distance. Except as otherwise indicated by the name of a sponsoring organization, shows listed are commercially sponsored events. If no listing appears for a state, there are no shows in that state during the covered period. Abbreviations used: A – admission charge; T – number of tables; ( ) – number of primarily numismatic tables at a multi-hobby shows; F…

STEPHEN ALBUM RARE COINS has one the most well versed and knowledgeable cataloging staffs in world numismatics today. These guys know their stuff and have a particularly keen perspective on Islamic and Oriental coinages, as evidenced by the 42 lots of Crimean Khanate coins they offered up in Auction 40. In our May issue I wrote a preview of SARC Auction 40, with some basic historical information on the Giray Khans and the coins being offered, most of which hail from the Dick Nauta Collection. Stephen Album Rare Coins sold Nauta many coins over the years and it’s great to see that collector/dealer bond remaining strong as these coins are offered for sale again. Bidding for the Giray Khan pieces was frantic and I noticed that almost 40 percent of…

For complete show listings visit NumisMaster.com The World Coin News club show and commercial events calendar is a guide to events with a focus for world-coin collectors. Domestic events scheduled up to 10 weeks in advance of the issue date and foreign events up to six months in advance are listed. Abbreviations used: “A” – Admission charge; “T” – number of tables; “F” – Table fee; “N/A” – not available. Other data required for submitting a listing: name and address of show site, and name and address of bourse chairman or other contact person. JUNE Jun 25-26 CA, Sunnyvale. Sunnyvale Coin Show. Domain Hotel, 1085 El Camino Real. SH: Fri. 10-6; Sat. 10-5. T: 34. Bill Green. PH: 925- 351-7605 or info@norcalcoinshows.com or NorCalCoinShows.com. Jun 26 MO, St. Louis. St.…

IN ABOUT 1375, Moscow Great Prince Dmitry Ivanovich (1359-1389) ordered the striking of the first Russian silver coins since early in the 11th century. These had a Cyrillic legend on the obverse and one in the Tartar language on the reverse. Although coinage is an act of sovereignty, Dmitry had tempered this by the Tartar inscription naming the current Khan as overlord. At this time the Tartars were all-powerful to the east of Moscow and it was a calculated move on the part of Dmitry to strike silver coins at Moscow. It was, in effect, an open challenge to Tartar control of central Russia. In September 1380, Dmitry’s army defeated the Tartars at Kulikovo on the River Don. In 1382 the Mongols counterattacked with superior force and, although they destroyed…

“It is the largest coin ever created by the Royal Mint, and is testament to the expertise, craftsmanship, and skill of our team.” Coins aren’t always meant to be spent. Coins have been issued to commemorate or memorialize something. Coins have been issued to be traded as bullion. Coins have been issued as a store of value. It is both for the purpose of commemoration and as a store of value that the Royal Mint in Great Britain has recently issued as a huge 2021 £10,000 Queen’s Beasts 22-pound gold coin. The face value of the coin has a face value equal to nearly $14,000 U.S. It is the largest coin ever issued by the Royal Mint. The new coin’s 200-millimeter diameter dwarfs the 130mm diameter of the famed 19th…

Welcome to the 2021 Coin Show & Auction Guide. This special supplement to Numismatic News, World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter features the hobby’s most complete listing of coin shows and auction firms. The guide is divided into three separate sections. First, the Auction Guide pages provide an alphabetical listing of auction firms. Next, the Show Guide section provides geographical details about numismatic shows scheduled for the year. Finally, for a chronological listing of coin shows, turn to the Showdex section.…

The Showdex section lists numismatic shows for 2021 in chronological order. For more information about a show listed in the Showdex section, note the state or country in which the show is held and find the appropriate listing in the Show Guide section beginning on Page A8. June Jun 3-5 PA, Altoona. Altoona Battlefield Coin Show. Jun 3-5 PA, Altoona. Altoona Battlefield Coin Show. Jun 5 TN, Knoxville. Knoxville Coin & Currency Show. Jun 5-6 IA, Urbandale . Des Moines Coin Club Annual Show. Jun 5-6 IA, Urbandale . Des Moines Coin Club Annual Show. Jun 6 IL, Peotone. Peotone Coin & Currency Show. Jun 6 IL, Peotone. Peotone Coin & Currency Show. Jun 6 MA, Dedham. First Sunday Stamp and Coin Show. Jun 6 NY, Albany. CDCDA Coin &…

A find of coins can often help archaeologists identify and date dig sites as well as help explain mysteries. A find of Carolingian coins found in Poland rather than in Frank occupied Western Europe may raise more questions than answers. The find of 118 silver denarii and their fragments took place in November 2020, however the discovery didn’t draw much attention until recently when the local museum in Ostróda announced the coins would be put on display in May. Ostróda is the site of a settlement of Old Prussians, a Baltic rather than Germanic tribe. They likely occupied the site through the 13th century. The Old Prussians settled on an island near the Drweca River where the river feeds into Lake Drweca. The settlement eventually became the town of Ostróda…

The Auction Guide section provides an alphabetical listing of auction firms. AAA Historical Americana - World Exonumia, P.O. Box 4143, Rockford, IL 61110; (815) 226-0771; fax (815) 301-9696; email hartzog@exonumia.com; website www.exonumia.com. B. Ahlstrom Mynthandel AB, Radmansgatan 21, 114 25 Stockholm, Sweden; (46) 08-10-10-10; fax (46) 08-678-77-77. Stephen P. Alpert’s Exonumia, P.O. Box 335441,North Las Vegas, NV 89033-5441; (702) 473-9071; email quadra1@cox.net. Archives International LLC, 1580 Lemoine Ave., Suite 7, Fort Lee, NJ 07024; (201) 944-4800. Arneson Auction Service, 6902 Icon Ave., Sparta, WI 54656; (608) 797-5086. Astarte S.A., Via Cantonale, 1/A, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland.; 0041 (0)91 923 3640; fax 0041 (0) 91 922 55 74; email info@astartesa.com. Auctions Unlimited, P.O. Box 5595, Phoenix, AZ 85010; (480) 998-4001. Baldwin’s Auctions Ltd., 11 Adelphi Terrace, London WC2N 6BJ, England; (44) 171-930-9808…

KÜNKER’S SPRING AUCTION Sales 2021 again illustrated that prices are currently at an all-time high. The total result amounted to over $13 million, almost double the estimate of about $6.75 million. The sales attracted bidders from around the globe, 2,300 of them participated in the auction, with many folks checking in live via the internet. A great old collection of Roman Alexandria composed of 325 lots created some excitement. The high prices achieved were revealing in that most bidders are presumed to be collectors, as opposed to investors, making these results a strong indicator of the conviction of this highly educated collecting base. The Tesmer Collection of Brandenburg-Prussia coinage was a second attention grabber. This collection centers on an extremely popular area and makes such an extensive offering that everyone…