On July 11, 2015, the Joint meeting of the Royal and British Numismatic Societies was hosted by the Yorkshire Numismatic Society in the Yorkshire Museum. The day was loosely focused on hoarding with a chronological range which spanned the Iron Age to the Seventeenth-century.

Symbols of France and of the French, Astérix and Obélix embody with simplicity, humor and pride the republican values. In the series devoted to these two national heroes, Monnaie de Paris launches the second wave.

With the release of gold fractional coins, the Royal Mint has completed its Britannia bullion range for 2015. The coins come in gold and silver, in various denominations.

Over the course of the previous decades, Preussag AG has assembled the largest collection of löser and mining coins in history. This collection will now be auctioned off by London Coin Galleries, in collaboration with Künker, in London. The range of pieces on offer comprises 217 löser and 327 mining coins.

6.4 million pounds sterling, nearly 9 million euros, was the overall hammer price of 217 löser and 327 mining coins of the Preussag Collection, auctioned off by London Coin Galleries in collaboration with Künker. The most expensive coin of this auction, a gold jakobslöser, achieved an incredible 650,000 pounds, equivalent to 911,500 euros.

If, during your next stay in Canada, you come across a 5 dollar note displaying a strangely familiar looking face, you better keep it: modified to become a likeness of Star Trek character Mr Spock, these bills have become a cult.

Please do not shoot – in the U.S. State of Utah, this admonition falls on deaf ears of more and more trigger-happy residents which practice their skills on a very special target: ancient rock art.

Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in Rome’s mint ...

Sweden has launched new banknotes. It is the first step in the major overhaul of the country’s banknotes and coins. Since 1 October 2015, it is possible to pay with the new 20-, 50- 200- and 1,000-krona banknotes.

Sedwick’s Auction 18 features coins mainly from Latin America. A special highlight is a selection of silver cob coins from Potosí, Bolivia which were made for presentation, not for circulation.