Aventine has made another significant discovery—a major rarity in New Zealand coinage with an estimated mintage of under 20 examples.    While New Zealand pennies typically have no commercial value aside from the 1879 Penny, this coin, one of the rarest Royal Mint Proof strikes for New Zealand, was identified...

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,...