Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at the court of Seleucus I…
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Stack’s Bowers offer in their upcoming Hong Kong auction over 5,000 lots of high-quality coins, medals, tokens and currency. A highlight is the important Pinnacle Collection with Chinese and Russian rarities. The total estimate of the sale is $16.5 million.
Global Art Market Report 2021: Online Sales Exceeds General Retail
The annual Global Art Market Report 2021 reveals striking market shifts in 2020: online sales have exceeded the general retail, female collectors spent more than their male counterparts, and the USA are no more the largest global market for public auctions.
Atlas Numismatics
Atlas Numismatics has published their inventory with 373 new high-quality coins, medals and tokens at fixed prices, including a beautiful collection of modern European gold coins.
News About Our Numismatic Puzzles: Now You Can Puzzle in a Systematic Way!
Have our first numismatic jigsaw puzzles made you happy, too? Or did you bite your nails because it was too much of a challenge? That will change now! There are categories with different levels of difficulty – and we regularly add new puzzles.
Money and Medals Training Goes Digital
The Money and Medals Network training program has gone digital. Because of the pandemic they are now being hold via Zoom. In this article Henry Flynn explains how it works and how the audience has reacted.
Do You Have a Set of British Museum Electrotypes?
In the 1880s the British Museum produced frames of electrotype replica coins. The original sets include 2 frames of gems and 4 frames of Greek and Roman coins and medallions. Mary Hinton researches the history of these sets and needs your help.
CDN Publishing Ensures ANA Collector Classes To Remain Free
Launched in late June 2020, the American Numismatic Association eLearning Academy offers collectors 20 to 24 online courses per quarter. To ensure these classes remain free, the ANA partners with CDN Publishing.
Venezuela Issues One Million Bolivares Banknotes
Venezuela’s economy shrank exponentially for a seventh straight year. As an answer to that, the country has introduced a 1,000,000 bolivares banknote. It is the largest in the nation’s history – but worth only 50 US cents. An analysis by Michael Alexander.
Britannia 2021 as Woman of Colour
The Royal Mint has launched its new Britannia collection. For the first time it features two designs: the “traditional” one, and a “premium exclusive range” with Britannia as woman of colour celebrating Great Britain’s diversity.