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Three Chinese bullion coins highlighted the two-session, 1,213-lot sale hosted by New Brunswick’s Geoffrey Bell Auctions in conjunction with Toronto Coin Expo this May. The trio of bullion coins – offered as Lots 655, 654 and 653 – brought $60,000 altogether at the May 3-4 sale, topping the combined estimates by about $20,000. Continue reading →

The Douglas Robins Collection realized more than $1 million across more than 550 lots during Heritage Auctions’ Chicago Coin Expo World Coins Signature Auction this April. Described as the “sale of the century for Canadian tokens,” the April 20-24 sale was highlighted by an 1812 Lower Canada “BON POUR DEUX SOUS” pattern penny, which was... Continue reading →

The National Postage Stamp and Coin Show set a new record for attendance this April, when more than 1,000 collectors gathered for the biannual event in Mississauga. On April 7-8, the show returned to the Greater Toronto Area for the fifth time since 2015, when Trajan Media took over what was then known as the... Continue reading →

A long-standing error was recently discovered by Jim MacKenzie, editor of the Saskatoon Coin Club website. After a request to add a page to the club’s website, saskatooncoinclub.ca, showing the special reverse designs minted for the 1997 and 2002-18 Specimen sets, MacKenzie began gathering all the necessary photos. While writing a short description for each piece,... Continue reading →

Visitors to the Bank of Canada Museum can take a selfie and put their face on a banknote, choose the colours and shapes to go along with it, and finalize the design with their signature to create their own custom banknote. Once created, the design can be emailed to its creator and displayed on a... Continue reading →

Described as the “sale of the century for Canadian tokens” and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire unique exonumia, the Douglas Robins Collection will be offered during Heritage Auctions’ Chicago Coin Expo World Coins Signature Auction on April 20-24. According to auctioneers, the sale will offer both the finest and most extensive collection of Canadian pre-Confederation... Continue reading →

While it appears modern Chinese counterfeiters have set their sights on producing fake Canadian pre-Confederation tokens, it doesn’t seem like “a big deal” to some prominent collectors. Two recent eBay listings, both of which have since “been removed, or this item is not available,” according to the online marketplace, involved a so-called 1852 Quebec Bank... Continue reading →

The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is suing its Australian equivalent, the Royal Australian Mint (RAM), following an alleged patent infringement dating back to 2012. Documents filed by the RCM in Australia’s federal court on Dec. 22 allege the RAM used a patented printing method relating to how the latter mint printed red poppies on its commemorative... Continue reading →

This February, The Canadian Numismatic Auction Company (TCNAC) will offer a “diverse and historically important selection” of Canadian and world numismatic items, including an “excessively rare” 1890H 50 cents “Obverse 4” that’s expected to bring upwards of $110,000. To be offered as Lot 1014, the 128-year-old 50-cent variety is graded Mint State-62 by International Coin... Continue reading →

An extensive assemblage of military decorations that includes one of three Military Cross (MC) decorations awarded to Major Evans Ross is expected to highlight a 400-lot sale hosted by Jeffrey Hoare Auctions this January. To be held Jan. 27-28 in conjunction with the Canadian Association of Numismatic Dealers (CAND) Convention, Numismatic and Military Sale No.... Continue reading →