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From the Israel Museum in Jerusalem’s 2013 exhibition White Gold  [Originally published at Bullionstar.] For several years Brits have been hearing r…

An imitation English half noble issued by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1384-1404 [ source ] [This is a republication of an article I originall…

An Islamic gold dinar minted by Offa, a Christian king of Mercia [ source ] If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I've been mor…

English gold penny minted by Henry III in 1257 A lucky metal detectorist just discovered a Henry III gold penny , one of the first English gold coin…

Having just emerged from the fiasco of last year's coin shortage (which I wrote about here and here ), the U.S. Mint has a new problem on its ha…

1. Over the last month or two I've been following an interesting archaeological debate over the discovery of coinage. I thought I'd share it …

Last month I wrote an article about banning gold mining. It received plenty of feedback from different parts of the internet. Some loved it, some …

We can all think of examples of state failure. The most obvious include the inability to protect citizens from criminals, failure to provide drinkabl…