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.

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YOUR INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO HAMMERED COINS • What is a hammered coin and how does it differ from other types of coinage? Find out more and discover some of the world’s rare hammered coins in this back to basics guide

The gold Fioriuo • In the middle of the 13th century, the wealthy Republic of Florence issued a gold coin that would become so successful, that it was adopted and imitated throughout Europe. By Ema Sikic of A.H. Baldwin & Sons

COLLECTING CREATURES • Thematic collecting is nothing new; and buying coins depicting animals and birds must be one of the most popular categories for relative newcomers to the hobby. So how about forming a menagerie of creatures on coins more than a thousand years old?

INVESTING IN THE PAST • Coin collecting is much more than a fine arts hobby, writes German coin expert Sebastian Wieschowski, and whilst prices are currently going up, up, up, these historical pieces are so much more than just excuses to invest

THE COINAGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA • In the second and final part of our comprehensive guide to the coinage of the Victorian period, Desmond Rainey takes us from the 1860s to the end of Victoria’s long reign, noting the subtle changes to her portrait as she became older and the different approaches to the reverse design of many of the coins

NORMAN COINS IN SOUTHERN ITALY AND SICILY • When most of us think of the Normans, we look back to 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, but the tribes of northern France became influential in the politics of the Mediterranean, most notably in southern Italy and Sicily, as Richard Kelleher of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reveals

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

MAKING MONEY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES • Why did people make and use coins in the early Middle Ages? This is not an easy question to answer, writes Rory Naismith, University of Cambridge. Coined money was at a low ebb in terms of quantity, and what there was consisted of a narrow range of high-value gold and silver

PANDEMIC RECOVERY • During the pandemic and periods of lockdown the day-to-day activites of museums were severely disrupted. The articles featured below show some of the innovative ways that numismatic access was provided while buildings were closed, and looks at a new project that will get going now that restrictions have eased

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