Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Larry H. Miller built up over many decades a spectacular collection of US-American coins including many important specimens from well-known collections. Now the second part of this collection is up to sell at Stack’s Bowers Galleries.
UNESCO Marks Convention’s 50th Anniversary with Doctored Photos and Disinformation
How to press your point by an implied lie: the UNESCO campaign shows objects from the Metropolitan Museum as part of the decoration of a private interieur pretending the objects were stolen. Kate Fitz Gibbon discusses this story.
Leu Numismatik
The 14th Web Auction of Leu Numismatik features 2,600 lots of ancient, medieval, and modern world coins. It includes among others a collection of Central Asian coins, a collection of Ayyubid and post-Seljuk issues, and Ottoman coins from a German collection.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, on Mount Olympus…
Heritage Auctions, US-Dallas
Heritage Auctions offered the second portion of the legendary Simpson Collection of rare and important US coins in their November sale. An 1807 Draped Bust quarter that appeared only the second time in auction in over 100 years was sold for $630,000.
Baldwin’s of St. James’s
An amazing group of silver members’ tickets to the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Institution have been found in a vault of the coin dealer Baldwin & Sons. The members’ tickets will be sold by Baldwin’s of St. James’s on 9th December 2020.
Roma Numismatics
Roma Numismatics’ upcoming E-Sale 78 is held in association with Numismatica Lucernae. The sale features 2,191 lots including coins from the notable William Stancomb Collection as well as rare specimens from the Marnix, Z.P. and Vitangelo Collections.
Naville Numismatics
Naville Numismatics Live Auction 62 features a selection of 693 lots of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins, all chosen with contribution from NAC’s experts.
Barter in West Africa
The Monnaie de Paris dedicates a special exhibition to barter in West Africa. One focus is on the Ashanti people, who used gold dust to carry out transactions until the 20th century.
“Una and the Lion” Sets Another Record
In May 2020 a 1839 “Una and the Lion” five pound coin set a record price realising 855,000 euros. In October this was surpassed by a result of 984,000 euros for another coin of the same type.