Acting Mint Master for Royal Dutch Mint
Kees Bruinsma has been appointed acting mint master of the Royal Dutch Mint. A limited number of coins bearing his mint mark have been struck in 2015.
Gilles Bransbourg Receives French Embassy and ISAW Award
Dr Gilles Bransbourg was awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the “Ordre des Palmes Académiques”. France’s oldest non-military decoration thus acknowledges the exemplary activities of the ANS Adjunct Curator of Roman Coins.
Latest release of Austrian Mint: New Year’s Concert Vienna Philharmonic
This year, the annual New Year’s silver coin issued by the Austrian Mint features the New Year’s concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra which is broadcasted world-wide.
Heritage Auctions, USA-Tampa (FL)
An 1894-S Barber Dime, Branch Mint PR66 PCGS CAC, the finest known realized $1,997,500 at auction on Jan. 7, 2016 as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night event at the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Convention in Tampa, FL.
Classical Numismatic Group, USA-New York
CNG offers part III of the Adams collection featuring 801 lots of ancient Greek, Celtic, Oriental Greek, Central Asian, Roman Provincial, Roman Republican and Roman Imperial coinage. There will be selections of Medieval, Islamic, World and British coinage, too.
Classical Numismatic Group, USA-New York
Triton XIX was CNG’s largest and most successful auction to date featuring a Brutus aureus knocked down at $800.000 and a Mohur of Jahangir sold for $400.000.
Classical Numismatic Group, USA-New York
Greek, Celtic, Oriental Greek, Central Asian, Roman Provincial, Roman Republican, and Roman Imperial coinage as well as Byzantine, Early Medieval, Islamic, World, and British Coinage will be found in part I of Triton XIX.
Baldwin’s, USA-New York
The iconic Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan was the venue for the annual New York Sale, held over the course of three evenings on 5-6-7 January 2016.
Dr Thomas Gräbener retires from Management of Gräbener Minting
On December 31, 2015, Dr Thomas Gräbener will retire from the Management of Gräbener Minting as planned. Martin Stahlschmidt and Ronny Stöcker are appointed new Managing Directors.
Dieter Raab (1938-2015)
Dieter Raab, long-time owner of the Frankfurt-based auction house Dr. Busso Peus & Co., died on December 20, 2015. With his passing, we lose one of the most lovable figures of the coin trade in post-war Germany.