Coin Collector

Coin Collector gives you all the information, news, expert advice, market insight and inspiration you need to build your coin collection and get the most from your hobby. Every issue features in-depth collecting guides giving you the lowdown on coins from a wide range of periods and location, from Viking and Roman coins to the latest coins issued by mints around the world. Each issue includes the unique and popular ‘British Numismatist’ section, bringing you the latest discoveries, exhibitions, theories and literature from the academic world of numismatics. Written by authors, curators and learned experts, the pages provide an academic yet still accessible take on the hobby.

Coin Collector

Welcome to Coin Collector

Chew Valley Hoard acquired for the nation

New collectables website

Rarest 50p in circulation

Passing of the Crown

Standlake Hoard sale

Next LE Bruun auction announced

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

NEWS IN BRIEF

auction update • THE LATEST COIN SALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

price £ watch • YOUR QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO ONLINE SALES, IN ASSOCIATION WITH DELCAMPE.NET

Numismatic Vacations • Following a viewing of US coinage at the British Museum during a family trip to London, Jeff Garrett encourages adding a numismatic element to foreign travel.

Complaining About Coins • As the release of a coin to mark 35 years of German reunification has led to criticism of its design, Sebastian Wieschowski urges collectors to remember that coin design is always evolving.

Faces and Monograms of a Queen • Michael A survey of coins struck during the reign of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has been compiled by Burzan.

Siege Coins of Europe • In times of siege, emergency currency has been produced to help pay for the defence of a city. Ema Šikić provides a guide to some of the coinage produced in Europe during these periods of crisis.

Well-filled with Treasure • Allison Fox, curator of archaeology at Manx National Heritage, provides an overview of the Viking Age hoards discovered on the Isle of Man.

Ukraine • The well-illustrated banknotes of Ukraine make a colourful collecting area as Jonathan Callaway discovered when he volunteered to deliver ambulances to the country.

The 5th Century AD • Paula Hammond focusses on a great Persian empire that produced remarkably consistent coinage and influenced later coin design.

Tudor beasts

War Animals Remembrance coin

750 years of Amsterdam

Advent wreath

The Snowman returns

Literary anniversary

IN BRIEF