Murrine Millefiori – Glass Art 2016
The coin series Murrine Millefiori Glass Art, designed by Coin Invest Trust for the Cook Islands, gives a new look to a glasswork technique with an old tradition. Now the second issue has been launched.
Royal Mint strikes The Battle of the Somme Silver £5 Coin
One hundred years on from The Battle of the Somme, The Royal Mint is to commemorate the anniversary with the creation of a £5 silver proof commemorative coin depicting poignant scenes from the terrible event.
Lecture disproving allegations against antiquities trade market
Vincent Geerling, Chairman of IADDA, gave a lecture during BAAF Brussels disproving the current reporting in the media about looted antiquities and alleged terror financing. The lecture was filmed and is now available online.
Chester L. Krause (1923-2016)
Chet Krause has founded an empire of numismatic information. The volumes of the phone book-like Krause-Mishler form part of every library. Now, the patriarch of numismatic journalism is dead.
Classical Numismatic Group
CNG Electronic Auction 377 features 765 lots among them Alexandrian tetradrachms, an extensive run of Parthian tetradrachms and coins from the Roman Republican Period.
CGB
More than 480 lots will be up for sale during CGB?s Live Auction, closing on 28 June 2016 ? from ancient coinage to royal and modern French coins as well as world coins.
Spink & Son, UK-London
On June 28, 2016, the second part of the Lord Stewartby collection will be offered for sale. This time, more than 500 lots feature pennies and their fractions as well as Irish coins and Continental imitations.
Kolbe & Fanning
Kolbe & Fanning announce that their 142nd sale of important numismatic literature will be held on June 24 and 25, 2016. The two-part sale will feature a number of rare and desirable works on ancient, medieval and modern coins from several consignors.
Burglary in West Palm Beach
On 10 June 2016 John Aiello was victim of a vehicle burglary in West Palm Beach, FL (USA). The suspects took a coin collection comprising many 19th c. US coins and a collection of obsolete banknotes.
The MDC in Bangkok: News from the world of mints. Part 3 Sessions of the Technical Committee 2
From May 1 to 4, 2016, the Mint Directors Conference took place in Bangkok. It was attended by nearly 360 delegates for whom 35 presentations were held. Here you find an abstract of the papers given by the Technical Committee.