Stack’s Bowers Galleries expand gold trading operations
Stack’s Bowers Galleries announced the return of Richard Gonzales as its Director of Gold Trading and of Amandeep Jassal to lead the company’s new East Coast U.S. Gold trading desk.
CSNS Convention to Include Program About Newman Numismatic Portal
Len Augsburger and Wayne Homren will be giving a program at the 77th Anniversary Convention of the Central States Numismatic Society entitled: The Newman Numismatic Portal: What It Is, How It Works and What It Can do For You.
Austrian Mint concludes Klimt and His Women Series with “The Kiss”
On April 13, 2016, The Austrian Mint will issue the fifth and final gold coin in the “Klimt and His Women” series. The coin honours the internationally renowned painting “The Kiss”.
France celebrates UEFA Championship 2016 on coins
Organised every 4 years since 1960, the male European football UEFA championship, called “EURO”, will take place in France from 10th June to 10th July 2016. On this occasion France issues a series of coins. Special feature is a ball insert.
Heritage Auctions, USA-Dallas
Famous rarities from Australia and Canada led the results in Heritage’s April 14-19, 2016 CICF World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction Chicago, hammering prices totaling more than $6.3 million in all.
This is how coins with polymer ring are made: a visit to the Karlsruhe Mint
On April 14, 2016, the 5 euro coins “Planet Earth” will be released. The number of orders exceeds the mintage. For all those who came away empty-handed we have a view inside the Karlsruhe Mint where a portion of the mintage was produced.
Artworks seized at New York Asia Week
An orchestrated series of highly publicized seizures during the New York Asia Week questions the viability of this important event. Kate Fitz Gibbon, lawyer and independent art historian specialized in Central Asia, reports what has happened.
Instant Conviction of Japanese Dealer
One of the most shocking episodes in the Asia Week series of seizures was the lightning-fast conviction of Japanese art dealer Tatsuzo Kaku under a plea agreement with the New York prosecutor, just one week after he was arrested. Kate Fitz Gibbon reports.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in a military camp in Gaul ...
Welcome to Iran! Part 2: At the Mongol’s tomb
Today we make our way across modern Tehran, to the old Safavid capital Qazvin and to Soltanyieh, where the Mongolian ruler Öljaitü built a magnificent shrine as a last resting place for Mohammad’s son-in-law Ali and his son Hossein.