“Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” is the title of a travelling exhibit currently on display in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Bringing together rare works of art, this event is a must-see.

Krause Publications has announced the 100 nominees for the 2016 Coin of the Year awards. The awards will be presented during a ceremony February 6, 2016, at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany.

The Basecamp production “The Distance” creates podcasts about longevity in business, featuring the stories of businesses that have endured for at least 25 years. Recently the family owned business Harlan J. Berk Ltd. was in the spotlight of one of these podcasts.

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation®, Numismatic Conservation Services® and Paper Money Guaranty® have announced that World Coins Japan, located in Tokyo, has been appointed an Official Submission Center to the companies in Japan.

Mohács was the scene where nearly 18,000 Hungarian soldiers died on August 29, 1526. The Magyar Nemzeti Bank issues a coin in commemoration of the victims and the Mohács National Memorial.

The Magyar Nemzeti Bank has released a commemorative version of the HUF 50 circulation coin of the National and Memorial Historcial Sites series. It attempts to draw general attention to the importance of national and historical memorial sites, their purpose as well as to the role played by the various sites in history.

Aficionados looking for numismatic rarities certainly know auction house Paul-Francis Jacquier. Once again, his 40th catalog offers extraordinary items featuring perfect bronzes dating from Roman Imperial Times as well as a number of rare quinarii.

CNG’s Electronic Auction 361 offers 1135 lots from many distinguished collections. The focus is on ancient coins and gold world coins from the Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection.

Staggering results at Sincona’s: a total hammer price of 14.5 m CHF for the four sales, 1.5 m CHF for a Russian pattern efimok 1798, 1.1 m CHF for the rarest Family rouble and 725.000 CHF for the heaviest Swiss gold coin.

At its Fall Auctions 2015 Sincona offers more than 4‘100 lots in four catalogues. The spectrum covers coins, medals, orders and banknotes of the whole world, from the Middle Ages up to our times. Highlight of the sale is the largest known Swiss gold coin, a Basel 30 ducats.