Gold pieces feature in Turkish coin exhibition

A major new coin exhibition featuring gold items has opened at a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The display looks at how historic coin collections illustrate the history of the Turkmen tribes and their 11th century migration from Central Asia to Anatolia, the Hurriyet newspaper reports.The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero [...]

Coin Chat Radio: 2009 Proof Set, Smithsonian Exhibit, Organizing Coin Collections

Bob Van Ryzin begins the June 4th episode of Coin Chat Radio with information on the 2009 US Mint Proof Set release.  It is larger than last year’s fourteen coin set with the addition of another quarter and three Lincoln cents.  Accordingly, it is more expensive with a US Mint price of $29.95. In related [...]