The Republic of San Marino issues a bimetallic 5 euro collector coin in occasion of the 30th anniversary of the birth of Marco Simoncelli. The Italian professional motorcycle racer died in an accident during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.

CNG presents Auction 403 closing on 9 August, 2017 featuring 801 lots. Available are selections from the Nisa Collection of Parthian coins, Roman-Egyptian tetradrachms from the Hermanubis Collection and world gold issues.

For 50 years, New Zealand has not calculated with pound, shilling and pence anymore, but with New Zealand dollars. The two biggest numismatic societies of New Zealand took this as an opportunity to organize an international conference and a coin fair. Ursula Kampmann was among the attendees and has checked out Auckland’s numismatic side.

On the initiative of a local coin dealer, several Representatives, and the Industry Council for Tangible Assets, North Carolina has been given a new bill on numismatics. Effective July 2017, it is a complete sales-and-use tax exemption on coins, currency, and precious-metals bullion sales.

Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in Central Asia ...

The Israel Museum shows ‘Faces of Power. Roman Gold Coins from the Victor A. Adda Collection until June 2018. Haim Gitler describes the exhibition and the story of arguably “one of the century’s major collections of Roman gold coins”.

Robert Pepping looks in “New Zealand History Coined” at the pre-decimal currency of New Zealand from 1933 to 1965. He offers many details for all those who want to know more about the historical, economic and cultural background of the coins and their designs.

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation© has certified 2,000,000 Chinese coins, a first for a third-party coin grading service. Only 18 months after it had certified 1 million Chinese coins, this milestone reflects NGC’s significant growth in China.

Held in Krakow in June/July 2017, the conference “Coinage in Imperial Space. Continuity or change from the Achaemenid to Hellenistic kingdoms?” saw lively participation from 40 international experts in the field. Here you can read the organizers’ review.

Featuring a couple folk dancing and accompanying musicians, the latest commemorative coin of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank honors László Lajtha. Available in two versions, the coins mark the 125th birthday of one of the country’s most prominent composers and folk music researchers.