2016 IAPN book prize for Hugo Vanhoudt
Every year IAPN assigns an honour literary Prize to award a book dealing with Numismatics. The 2016 award went to Hugo Vanhoudt for his book on Burgundian, Spanish and Austrian Netherlands and French and Dutch period coins 1434-1830.
CIT Produces Real Legal Tender Silver Notes
On behalf of Cook Islands, Coin Invest Trust issues the first 1 dollar notes made of 5 grams of fine silver. Depicting the skylines of the world’s great metropolises in colour, this new series creates a fusion of metal value and legal tender.
Hungarian coin dedicated to Saint Margaret of Hungary
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank has issued a 50,000-forint gold coin and a 2,000-forint non-ferrous coin dedicated to Saint Margaret of Hungary. The daughter of King Béla IV was born 775 years ago and could foretell the future according to the medieval legend.
The War of the Spanish Succession
On November 1, 1700 the childless King of Spain died. The fight for his empire was the reason for the War of the Spanish Succession. This film will tell you its history using coins and medals from that period.
Atlas Numismatics
Atlas Numismatics has updated their website with 879 new coins, medals, and tokens at fixed prices.
Gorny & Mosch, D-Munich
From March 6 to 8, 2017 Gorny & Mosch will hold Auctions 244 to 246. Among other things, a series of Syracusan decadrachms will be on offer, and the collection of a Munich-based doctor, containing the finest ancient coins, will be auctioned off.
Gorny & Mosch, D-Munich
110,000 euros for a decadrachm of Euainetos constituted an impressive price but it was not the only outstanding result with Gorny & Mosch. This Spring Auction, too, illustrated that exceptionally graded coins obtain exceptional prices – whether from antiquity, the Middle Ages or modern times.
Heritage Auctions
A high-grade 1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollar Proof is expected to lead Heritage Auctions’ Sunday Internet Coin Auction, March 5.
U.S. American Secret Service recovers $30 million of counterfeit money
In a concerted action, the U.S. American Secret Service seized fake U.S. banknotes worth $30 million in Lima, Peru. Controlled by the mafia, this is where many of the world’s most-talented counterfeiters are working.
Anniversary in Munich – the 50th Numismata Munich
Europe’s most successful coin fair for Classic numismatics will turn 50! The exhibition space of the Munich Numismata has increased tenfold, and 4,000 visitors come every year. It was initiated once by the Munich-based collectors.