Weekly World Numismatic News for June 5, 2022

The college-age child of a friend accepted a summer job in London and went early to witness the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Earlier today, I joined my friend on a video talk with the group of U.S. students staying in a London hotel.

During the discussion about the atmosphere around the streets of London, I asked about coins and medals that they encountered. All of the students found a 50 pence coin issued by the Royal Mint, and almost every shop and street vendor carried the coin they included in making change.

Other souvenirs the group collected are aluminum tokens with images commemorating the jubilee. The tokens were reminiscent of Mardi Gras tokens. Some found tokens that were the size of the old large penny with images of the Queen at various ages.

A few found currency-looking commemoratives, and they were designed as £70 notes with images of the Queen. The reverse has the name and address of a London business using the notes as an advertising opportunity.

The jubilee celebration is over, but the collectibles will live on.

And now the news…

 May 31, 2022

JEDDAH: For artist Hisham Al-Najjar, painting on canvas or papers is conventional. Instead, the Jeddah-based artist uses pennies and other international coins as the backdrop for his impressive paintings.  → Read more at arabnews.com

 June 1, 2022

There is a coin worth up to 40.000 Euro! It sounds crazy, but coin collecting also has these little rarities. Coins that, due to their unobtainability and value, are likely to be worthy of becoming part of the museum’s collection.  → Read more at hardwoodparoxysm.com

 June 2, 2022

There's a new trend that has been sweeping YouTube with hundreds of videos — one that claims you can earn hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars with this hobby. It's called “coin roll hunting.” And it's pretty much exactly what you imagine it is: searching through rolls of coins to hunt for collectible and valuable coinage.
  → Read more at outsiderclub.com