Heritage Auction, HK-Hong Kong
Led by strong bidding across the board, especially for Chinese coins and currency, Heritage Auctions’ World Coins & Ancient Coins Auction (28-29 June 2018) and its World Currency Auction (27-29 June 2018) in Hong Kong combined to bring $4.38 million.
Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Naville Numismatics’ Live Auction 41 features a selection of 681 lots of Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins, all chosen with contribution from NAC’s experts. The auction will close on 24 June 2018.
A numismatic soccer dream?
Will Germany win the soccer world cup 2018 and celebrate the victory with a collector coin? In 2016, a possible German victory in the European championship was actually the theme in a competition. Read some thoughts on that by numiscontrol.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at the group’s meeting ...
Bringing the UK’s coin collections together
We have reported about the British Museum’s exhibition “Money and medals: mapping the UK’s numismatic collections”. This article is a supplement. It will tell you some background stories from which museums the exhibits are coming and why they were stored there.
Shedding light on coins from Pompeii
Giacomo Pardini publishes the 523 coins recovered in a recent excavation in Pompeii. He discusses the coins as social and cultural objects providing also an up-to-date overview of coins found at Pompeii which were struck between the fourth century BC and AD 79.
How came images on ancient coins?
Contributions in the proceedings of a conference at the Belgian and French Schools at Athens explore the relation between “issuer” and “user” of ancient coins by asking many intriguing questions as: Were numismatic types chosen and adapted for particular audiences?
Mint Directors Conference in Seoul 2018 – Part 2: Old and new MDC Guidelines
In April 2018, mint representatives from all over the world met in Seoul. They discussed current issues on the topic of coins. In this part, we summarize which new guidelines were published for which fields of minting.
Riksbank terminates contract with Crane AB
Sweden’s Riksbank is looking for a new banknotes supplier. The bank has terminated its contract with Crane AB as the company is going to move the printing operations to Malta breaking thus an agreement with Riksbank to not produce Sweden’s banknotes abroad.
Salamanca University founded 800 years ago
Founded by King Alfonso IX of Leon in 1218, the University of Salamanca is the oldest university in Spain and one of the longest-standing educational centres in the world. Spain commemorates the university’s 800th birthday with a collector coin in silver.