Stack’s Bowers Galleries Announces New Philadelphia Gallery
Stack’s Bowers Galleries plans to open a new rare coin gallery in historic Philadelphia. This location in the heart of the city will offer the firm’s entire range of numismatic services and will open the doors in late summer 2021. Experienced numismatists wanted!
US Coin “Moon Landing” Is Coin of the Year 2021
The US coin “50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing” is the winner of the Coin of the Year Award 2021. The concave-convex commemorative coin placed first in two categories.
Pobjoy’s New “Climate Change” Coin
Pobjoy Mint has dedicated a new 12-sided £1 coin to the climate change. The coin is issued on behalf of the British Overseas Territory and includes all the security features of the new UK £1 coin.
How Do We Even Know When The Battle at Marathon Took Place?
On 22nd March 2021, Künker will be auctioning off an extensive collection of coins of Roman Alexandria. Among them are 14 specimens of the zodiac series of Antoninus Pius. These pieces tell us something about how we know when events took place in ancient history.
Paul Rabin (+ 2021)
Paul Rabin was one of those persons you saw at many coin fairs – whether in the United States, Switzerland or Germany. The amiable coin dealer died in February 2021. Ursula Kampmann commemorates him.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in Mende…
Davissons Ltd.
Once a year Davissons Ltd has a major auction. In sale 40 closing on 3rd March 2021 live online, the focus is on coins of high quality. This year’s sale includes some remarkable offerings carefully selected from five old collections from the early to mid-twentieth centuries.
Major Coin Find in Hungary: 7,000 Roman to Renaissance Coins
In mid-January, Hungarian archaeologists made an important discovery: 7,000 coins were unearthed. The coins of the hoard come from very different times: from the 2nd century AD to the time around 1500.
Will the USA Implement a New MoU With Turkey?
The American Hellenic Institute requested the Biden administration to freeze a cultural property Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Turkey that imposes import restrictions on cultural goods with implications to religious minorities in Turkey.
ANS Receives NEH Funds For OXUS-INDUS Project
The National Endowment for the Humanities funds the OXUS-INDUS Project with $150,000. The two-year joint ANS - Oxford University project researches the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek coinage.