Solidus Numismatik e.K.
Solidus dedicates their Premium Auction 63 exclusively to Romania. Among the 125 selected coins, many are the best specimens of their type known. A series of rare patterns will be offered online for the first time. Most of the coins have been graded by NGC and PCGS.
Heritage Auction
Heritage Auctions numismatic events in Dallas this September include US, World & Ancient Coins, Paper Money and U.S. Currency. Clear highlights are the first parts of the significant collections of James Dines and Bob. R. Simpson featuring innumerous coveted rarities.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at the coast of Cyprus…
International Council of Museums Faces Severe Crisis
What is a museum? That’s what the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is debating so fiercely that some of their leaders have resigned. Do museums have a political mission? ICOM’s existence might depend on the answer to this very question.
Art Dealer Helps Restituting Ancient Cyprus Vase
A dealer in ancient art helped to restitute an ancient Cypriot vase to Cyprus. The object was looted and illegally exported and now came up on the London market. It will be repatriated to Cyprus.
100 Greatest Modern World Coins
Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker offer in their new book “100 Greatest Modern World Coins” a guided tour of coins that have influenced the world and captured the imaginations of collectors since the early 1900s. Dennis Tucker presents two examples.
Two Grand US Collections to Come to the Market
Two extremely significant collections of US coins will be coming to the market step-by-step starting September. Heritage Auctions is to offer the collections of Bob R. Simpson and James Dines, both full of top-rated pieces and expected to set record prices.
Online Symposium of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles
This year the traditional Symposium of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles will be held as an online event. On 11 September experts discuss the topic “Small is Beautiful: Coins in their Contexts in Ireland, Britain and Europe”. The event is free, registration is compulsory.
Royal Australian Mint CEO MacDiarmid Steps Down
Ross MacDiarmid, CEO of the Royal Australian Mint will be leaving the mint on 4 December 2020. As the first CEO of the mint with a private sector background he has transformed the institution into a high performing business.
Australia Introduces the World’s First Donation Coin
Having faced a bushfire crisis, an ongoing global pandemic and an economic recession, many Australians are in need of a helping hand. In this context, the Royal Australian Mint is releasing the world’s first Donation Dollar, a one dollar coin designed to be donated.