Coin collectors have long praised the Barbers, Morgans, and Saint-Gaudens of coin design fame, but what about the artists whose work appears on paper notes? Many of the images on bank notes, stock certificates, and other financial instruments are quite beautiful, but their artists and engravers have...

Not content to run a country without its own money, Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe came up with a new scheme to invent a currency with his nation’s name on it. In November 2016, the African Export-Import Bank loaned 200 million US dollars to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to help the country dig out ...

Bundle of 100 – 10 Billion Zimbabwe Banknotes 2008 AA/AB Series Uncirculated It took decades for Donald Trump to become a billionaire, but you can do it with the tap of a finger. And it’ll cost you less than a night out at the Black-eyed Pea thanks to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Million, billion,...

Our look at famous coin designers shifts to the opposite side of the globe and Australian-born gold - with silversmith Stuart Devlin. Professional Life in Gold and Silversmithing Art Stuart Leslie Devlin was born in October 1931 in Geelong, an Australian industrial port city 45 miles southwest of Me...

1922-35 90% Silver Peace Dollar Brilliant Circulated As the country struggled to put the horrors of World War I behind it, the United States joined other nations in adding a plea for peace to its currency. The result was a coin known today as the Peace Dollar. Coin Design Inspiration Winner of a c...

We’ve been extolling the virtues of coin collecting in these pages for years. But you don’t just have to take our word for it. Coin blogger Joshua (just Joshua) tracked down ten notable figures who are (or were) avid numismatists for an article on Fun Times Guide. Here they are! John Quincy Adams Jo...

Wrapping up our look at the most expensive coins from Merry Old England, here’s a look at the top five, based on sales tracked in a 2015 article on JustCollecting.com, plus a little research of our own. The 1642 Charles I Pattern Triple Unite - $407,362, A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 2006 This one-of-a-...

British money has long been a source of confusion to Americans with its strange nomenclature and fluctuating exchange rate. The pound doesn’t weigh a pound—in fact nobody knows for sure how it got its name. Best guess is it relates back hundreds of years when large payments were specified in pounds ...