Struck in 1940 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi. In proof, it is among the great rarities of the New Zealand series — perhaps only four or five exist in private ownership.   A Coin for a Centenary The New Zealand Centenary marked the...

Aventine+ Media · A Numismatic Feature The Colony of New Australia How a utopian Australian settlement in landlocked Paraguay came to print its own banknotes in 1895 — and why one small red one-peso note is among the rarest survivors of the whole experiment. By Aventine+ Media ·  IA Paradise...

The Resolution & Adventure Medal can be traced directly back to Captain James Cook’s Second Voyage to New Zealand. They are named after the HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure, the two vessels that took part in the voyage.   Cook distributed them during early encounters with Māori communities. These items...