Classical Numismatic Group
CNG presents Auction 399 closing on 14 June, 2017 featuring 795 lots. This e-auction comprises coins from the Howard Simmons Collection, Oriental Greek, Central Asian and Islamic pieces from the William F. Spengler Collection, and some World coins and medals.
Münzen und Medaillen GmbH, D-Weil am Rhein
Auction 45 to be held by Münzen & Medaillen GmbH in their home town of Weil am Rhein will be devoted exclusively to ancient coins. Many of these originate from the collection amassed by Markus Robert Weder (1953-2016) focusing on late Roman Imperial coins.
Gold, a new digital currency?
Investors usually buy physical gold or shares that reflect the gold price. The British Royal Mint offers the first digital blockchain-based platform for trading gold. Intended as an investment option, RMG® could also become a digital currency.
Antiquarians and numismatics through correspondence
Letters constitute a source numismatists have neglected so far. And yet they can tell us so much: How numismatic books came into being, where and for how much money coins had been bought, which collections had been accessed for which books, and so on. A congress in Rome has recently addressed this topic.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in the hospice ...
New euro coin designs for San Marino
15 years after the Republic of San Marino introduced the euro, the national sides are being changed now for the first time. The circulation coin set will be issued by end of June but you can see all new designs in this article already.
A Numismatic History of Congo / Zaïre: 1887-1997
Richard K. LeVan has published a “Numismatic history of Congo/Zaïre” closing thus a gap and offering to collectors a thorough handbook on what coins were issued from 1887 by the Congo Free State under the Belgian King to the end of President Mobutu in 1997.
New Online Resource For Byzantine Coins
A free online resource that enables data on a large collection of Early Byzantine copper coins, many previously unpublished, to be available to scholars and collectors has recently been launched.
International Symposium “Byzantine Gold Coins in the World of Late Antiquity”
In Changchun (China) an International Symposium on “Byzantine Gold Coins in the World of Late Antiquity” will take place from 23 to 25 June 2017. Central questions deal with globalisation and cultural exchange between East and West.
South African coins celebrate first heart transplant’s jubilee
The South African Mint has issued a pair of coins to mark the 50th anniversary of the world’s first heart transplant by Christian Barnard in 1967. Each of the twinned coins features a heart in great detail, allowing the viewer to imagine the medical miracle.