A convict love token is an engraved coin, typically a smoothed-down copper penny inscribed by British convicts in the late 18th and 19th centuries as a keepsake for loved ones before their transportation to Australia. These tokens often featured messages of love, remembrance, or despair, serving as one of the...

  A 1935 Waitangi Proof Set, New Zealand's most iconic coinage item, is set to be sold via public auction at Spink and Son's January 2025 NY INC Sale via Aventine Numismatics. This iconic New Zealand set contains six coins minted in 0.500 silver, which includes a Threepence, Sixpence, Shilling,...

  At the 2025 New York International Numismatic Convention, Aventine Numismatics presents New Zealand’s most sought-after banknote to be exhibited and auctioned there.     The first series banknotes issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, dated 1st August 1934, were issued in denominations of Ten Shillings, One Pound, Five Pounds, and...