Tuesday, 19.01.2021

NEWS

State-of-the-Art Minting Technology

Colours, special shapes, inlays, micro inscriptions, latent images and holograms – many technologies are used on commemorative coins today. In this article, we give you a little overview of the different technologies that are currently applied in the coin producing industry.

What Did the Roman Emperors Really Look like?

The graphic designer Daniel Voshart has given a fresh face to Roman emperors. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology and Photoshop, he created realistic portraits of 54 Caesars. He was helped by coins and ancient texts – and by a professional wrestler …

The Latest Mint News Quarterly is Available

“Between Collectors’ Item, Investment Product and Gambling: The Privy-Marked 2020-W American Eagle” is the cover story of the December 2020 issue of Mint News Quarterly. Find also information about latest technical developments of the minting industry.

AUCTIONS

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Articles

Lösers in Death Rituals: The Funeral of John Frederick of Brunswick-Calenberg

On 28th January 2021 auction house Künker offers selected lösers from the Popken Collection. One of them gives us a clue as to what lösers may have been used for. We learn from a book that this coin was distributed as a gift of honour to the princely attendees of the funeral of John Frederick of Brunswick-Calenberg.
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OUR CARTOON

Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World

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Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, somewhere in Lycia…
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  • Modernste Münztechnologie
  • Augen auf beim Online-Kauf
  • Individuelle Vielfalt. Das perfekte Zubehör für Ihre Sammlung
  • Unter der Lupe: Auktionsberichte
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MintNews Quarterly 7/2020 December

  • Between Collectors’ Item, Investment Product and Gambling: Privy-Marked Proof 2020-W American Eagles
  • LANG Offers LergoCAD & Relief Designer Programs in One Package
  • Royal Mint: Customer Retention with Webinars
  • Beyond Zoom: The Vast World of Webinar Tools
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Nuremberg’s Most Beautiful Coins in a Film

Heidelberger Münzhandlung Grün offers in its auction No. 80 numerous coins from Nuremberg. In a short film, you will see a selection of the city’s most beautiful ducats, talers and pfennigs.

WHO'S WHO

Casoli, Andrea

Andrea Casoli is a Swiss numismatist and has been working as a curator at the coin cabinet of the Basel Historical Museum since 2020. He mainly works on ancient coinage and the monetary history of Switzerland.
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JOB MARKET

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