What Is a Coin Restrike? Understanding Reissues from Kellogg to Austria
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Not every coin bearing a historic date was struck in that year. Governments and authorized mints have long produced coins using earlier dates as a deliberate continuation of a recognized design or bullion standard. These coins are known as restrikes. They are official, disclosed, and actively traded. Some circulate as affordable fractional gold. Others carry...
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French Gold Coins: From Napoleon’s Empire to the Iconic 20 Franc Rooster
| The Monnaie de Paris began striking coins in 864 AD, almost a millennium before America’s first mint opened. By the late 19th century, it introduced the 20 Franc gold Rooster, a coin that became one of Europe’s most trusted fractional gold pieces. French gold coinage evolved through monarchies, revolutions, and republics, but the Rooster of...
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| One of Simpson’s famous coins
| This coin has a double layer of history. Not only is it a proof Indian Head Quarter Eagle, but it hails from the famed Simpson Collection. Today, Bob Simpson is co-chairman of the Texas Rangers baseball team. But when he was a boy, he was just an aspiring coin collector, combing through rolls of coins...
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