NEH Funds the ANS’s Hellenistic Royal Coinages Project
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the American Numismatic Society a substantial grant to fund the web-based Hellenistic Royal Coinages project which promises to help fundamentally with identifying and researching Hellenistic royal coinages.
PMG certifies rare Palestinian Currency Board notes
The collectors Jerry and Diane Fishman commissioned Paper Money Guaranty with the authentication and grading of their rare Palestinian Currency Board banknotes, among them an issued 50 Pound note from 1927 believed to be unique.
International Coin Design Competition 2017
The Japan Mint will hold the International Coin Design Competition 2017 with the objective of encouraging creativity and enhancing the artistry of coin designs.
Remembrance Poppy
The Cook Islands have issued a colored coin in the shape of a stylized red poppy to remember the fallen soldiers, who lost their life during World War I and II.
MA-Shops
MA-Shops is a platform for dealers of collectible items. It offers a wide variety of coins, banknotes, medals, militaria and other collectibles, stamps and even bottles of wine directly to the collector. Marek Melcer’s Podlaski Gabinet Numizmatyczny joined MA-Shops recently.
Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Naville Numismatics’ Live Auction 33 features a selection of 558 lots of Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins, all chosen with contribution from NAC’s experts. The auction will close on 16 July 2017.
Solidus Numismatik e.K.
400 lots will be offered at Solidus Premium Auction 18. The range stretches from ancient to modern coins. A Lake Constance bracteate from an old collection is probably being offered for the first time ever on an auction, another one for the first time since 1922.
Raid at dawn: criminal investigation of Bode Museum heist successful
More than three months after the giant Big Maple Leaf has been stolen from the Bode Museum, Police arrested some suspects. Thanks to a large-scale raid, the crime seems to have been largely solved.
New UNESCO Heritage Sites
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added 21 sites to the World Heritage List during the 41st meeting in Krakow. Five sites were extended and for the first time Angola and Eritrea are present in the prestigious list.
Boii and Taurisci
A new volume on the Celtic finds from Oberleiserberg, a Celtic settlement roughly 50 km north of Vienna, has been published. Among others, it contains interesting essays on numismatic topics. Ursula Kampmann took a look.