Final highlight of the “Exotic Butterflies” series
Between 2011 and 2017 CIT Coin Invest AG issued the extremely popular “Exotic Butterflies” series. As final highlight the “Dream Edition” offers a kind of summary.
Sotheby refuses to accept Greek ownership claims
Sotheby has filed a lawsuit against the Greek Ministry of Culture in a New York court. Greece had previously demanded the return of an object of excellent provenance. The auction house intends to clarify the rights of legal ownership.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at the coin show ...
Italian State securities on the menu
In one of his last blogs Franky Leeuwerck conducted an interview with the author of an extensive book on state bonds. You will learn a lot about the history of this means of government financing which is rooted deep in the early Renaissance period of Italy.
Central Banks – An Edited Collection
The Swedish Central Bank is celebrating its 350th anniversary making them the oldest central bank in the world. It is older than the Bank of English, which wasn’t founded until 1694. Ursula Kampmann takes a look at the edited volume.
U.S. Medals and Tokens featured in new 4th MEGA RED Edition
Whitman Publishing released his new 1,504-page MEGA RED edition featuring also American exonumia ranging from dime-sized tokens to dollar-sized and larger medals.
Geer Steyn Receives the 2018 J. Sanford Saltus Award
Dutch artist Geer Steyn became the fifty-seventh recipient of the J. Sanford Saltus Award for excellence in medallic art at the biannual conference of the International Art Medal Federation in Ottawa, Ontario on May 29, 2018.
Baldwin’s of St James’s, GB-London
Baldwin’s of St James’s will offer in Auction 18 a selection of ancient, British, Islamic and foreign coins and medals and a collection of masonic jewels. The sale will take place on 7 June 2018.
The coinage of Apollonia Pontica
Dimitar Draganov has written another volume of the SNG Bulgaria, dedicated to the coins of the ancient town of Apollonia Pontica. The Ruse collection’s material is so abundant that a monograph is justified. Ursula Kampmann has taken a look at this Volume.
Gerd-Volker Weege (1945-2018)
On May 13th, 2018, Gerd-Volker Weege, owner and editor-in-chief of “money trend”, passed away after a serious illness. Numiscontrol remembers a dedicated and unconventional, thus sometimes even unpleasant, but nonetheless appreciated colleague.