In 2022, on the NumizmatikaNET portal, we published an article and a video about the most expensive gold coin in the world – the 1933 American 20-dollar gold coin, known as the 1933 Double Eagle. This is a coin that already had an almost cinematic story at the time: from the mint in
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Gold and silver have held a special place in the history of money for centuries. Circulation and commemorative coins were minted from them, they were used to store the value of assets, and their mutual ratio was one of the more important issues of monetary policy and trade. For numismatists, that ratio is not only
On May 21, 2026, the fourth annual gold conference CROGOLD 2026 was held in Zagreb at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel. The conference gathered domestic and foreign precious metal experts from the fields of economics, precious metal trading, minting, and processing industries, and among the topics that
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Banknotes have come a long way over the past hundred years or so. From large paper formats, often with simpler artistic design and more modest security features, to modern polymer banknotes that today represent the pinnacle of security, technical, and artistic craftsmanship. In this video, we show the evolution of banknotes through several selected examples. The goal
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In phaleristics, an auxiliary historical science that deals with the study of decorations, medals, orders, commemorative plaques, military insignia, and related items, the term miniature has a very clear meaning. Miniatures are scaled-down versions of decorations, made to look like the original, full-sized decoration, but in a smaller format. They are not a replacement in the sense of a regular
The year 2026 brings one of the most important anniversaries in the history of the United States of America – 250 years since the declaration of independence, an event that began the American Revolution and permanently shaped the political and social landscape of the modern world. In honor of this great anniversary, a special program of commemorative circulating coins has been prepared.
Myanmar, Myanmar, Burma, Bama... is a country of rich history and a unique heritage such as linguistic diversity, Buddhist temples, indigenous food and customs (read, for example, about their personal names...). Unfortunately, since its (re)independence, it has been in a state of constant internal conflicts and political instability with no end in sight. In
In the history of money, there are numerous examples of the adaptation of materials and shapes to specific living and economic conditions. One of the most unusual and interesting such examples comes from distant Alaska, where in the 19th century monetary vouchers made of parchment, specifically from seal and walrus hide, were in circulation.
The 10,000 dinar banknote of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia dated September 6, 1936, is today the most rarely seen banknote bearing the name of the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. There are not many who have had the luck for their collections to be adorned by that exceptional specimen of national notaphily—national for collectors
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In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a unique numismatic phenomenon emerged in the territory of the then FPR Yugoslavia. It was a currency of its own belonging to a foreign refugee community within a sovereign state. This currency is known as the Buljkes dinar and was used between 1945 and 1949 in
It is known that the banknotes of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia are the product of the „French school“ of banknote printing. The first issues of royal Yugoslav banknotes (with the exception of the 10 dinar banknote of November 1, 1920, which was produced by the American Bank Note Co., New York) were designed and manufactured
We live in a numismatic present in which the criterion of hardness of value has become almost absolute. Everything has its price, everything is valued, and so is old money. In such an environment, numismatics has partly adopted standards from philately, where the perfection of preservation plays a key role. Coins and banknotes are valued
Numismatic catalogs have for decades represented one of the fundamental tools of numismatic collectors, dealers, and auctioneers. In addition to providing a systematic overview of issues, types, varieties, and technical characteristics of coins or banknotes, almost every catalog also contains estimated market values, i.e., „catalog prices.“ It is precisely these prices that often cause the most
„Money is money, and paper is paper.” — Thomas Paine This simple sentence, written more than two centuries ago, sounds surprisingly relevant today. Paine meant that gold and silver (as gold and silver coin) are limited by nature, meaning we cannot produce more of them
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