June 2025 News Digest
- The U.S. Mint launched the 2025-W $50 Uncirculated American Gold Eagle. This 1 oz, 22K gold coin, featuring the classic Saint-Gaudens Liberty design, was struck in West Point and has a limited mintage of 7,500.
- Military veteran Stephen Howard views coins as more than mere currency. His Tampa shop, Coinacopia, anticipates a return to historical precedents with gold and silver becoming legal tender in Florida in July 2026.
- The South African Mint's Big Five Series III continues in 2025 with a gold and silver coin featuring the lion. These newly designed coins depict a roaring lion in full stance, celebrating both wildlife and conservation efforts. The rhino will be featured next in August 2025.
- The Perth Mint's 8th annual Emu series for 2025 will feature new gold and silver bullion coins. These limited-mintage coins (30,000 silver, 5,000 gold) depict Australia's famous emu with chicks in a desert and King Charles III's effigy.
- Coin collectors are inspecting Australian $1 coins for a minting error, colloquially known as "spew roo" and characterized by a metal extrusion beneath the kangaroo's mouth. These rare coins are valued at $5-$10 based on their condition.
- Near Norwich, England, a rare 7th-century Anglo-Saxon gold coin, considered East Anglia's oldest, has been discovered. Featuring a dancing figure with a Christian cross over a Norse symbol, experts describe it as "massively significant."
- Just two months after buying a used metal detector, Steve Hickman, inspired by BBC’s “Detectorists,” discovered a £50,000 hoard of 1,064 16th-17th century silver coins in Buckinghamshire. Believed to be a Civil War wage pot, it went to auction on June 12.
