Gary’s May coin of the month features a 2008 Latvian 20-Lats gold coin commemorating the 15th anniversary of the renewal of the Lats currency following Latvian independence from the old Soviet Union. Though this coin commemorates Latvian Independence, it also celebrates motherhood by utilizing a 1922 design conceived by sculptor Teodors Zalkalns, but never used. [...]
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Silversmiths, Rehearse Assayers and Method.
May 1st, 2013 
Rigo One of the things that intrigues us, our attention and we like of numismatics is undoubtedly marks and the initials of the assayers. Here, we will try to briefly explain methods from the Middle Ages to Isabel II the steps taken regarding the testers and test method. The currency reform in Castile operated by new [...]
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Tags: assyer, coin collecting, isabel II, Isabella, mintage, minting 
No Comments »Gary’s April Coin of the Month
March 28th, 2013 gary April’s Coin of the Month (Volume 2 Number 8) is an NGC MS-63 1896/5 Guatemala Peso (KM #210) In my research of allegorical coins from around the world, I found that oftentimes the allegories contained thereon are born of an oppressive past. Consequently, the re-occurring images on many of those coins are personifications of Liberty [...]
A long and twisted story about a beautiful pair of Togo twins…
March 1st, 2013 brg5658 The long and twisted story About 9 or 10 months ago (sometime in the spring of 2012), a pair of coins came up for auction from one of my favorite eBay sellers. I don’t use the term “favorite” lightly — indeed, over the past 2 years I have purchased 16 coins from this seller for [...]
Gary’s March Coin of the Month
February 28th, 2013 gary This month’s featured coin (Volume 2 Number 7) is a silver proof-like 1970 Netherlands 10 Gulden coin commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Netherlands liberation from Nazi Germany in 1945.
Vintage Coin Counterfeiting….Elongated Coins From The Past?
February 25th, 2013 Rigo Today I present something funny, really funny, I think. A friend of mine sent me some pictures that were in the Police Museum of Edinburgh- The Police Centre of Edinburgh (Scotland). At first glance a showcase with punches English coins from the early twentieth century and some of the results of such coin dies (click [...]
Posted in Counterfeit, US Coins, World Coins Tags: counterfeit, counterfeiting, fakes, vintage coin machine, world coins No Comments »Gary’s February Coin of the Month
January 28th, 2013 gary My Coin of the Month for February (Volume 2 Number 6) is an NGC graded MS-64, 1930-B 20 Francs gold coin from Switzerland (KM #35.1). Due to an array of interesting events occurring in Switzerlands history, I have found it especially difficult to write this months edition of the Coin of the Month. Therefore, I [...]