Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has graded the fifth installment of the extraordinary collection of Eric P. Newman. The selections comprise nearly 1,000 coins and boast a variety of exceedingly rare and high grade US Colonial, Territorial and Federal issues.

The changing face of Britain as personified by the figure of Britannia is captured once again on The Royal Mint’s Britannia Gold and Silver Proof Collection, which for 2014 includes the smallest coin to be minted since the forming of the United Kingdom more than 300 years ago.

The Spanish Royal Mint continues its special series dedicated to each of Spain's Autonomous Communities. The 2014 Autonomous Regions BU circulation coin sets are dedicated to Extremadura and Galicia.

Classical Numismatic Group’s Electronic Auction 335 offers 926 lots closing 24 September from 10 AM ET. The auction features a number of important collections, for example the collections of Patrick H. C. Tan, the JDW Collection and the Warden Family Collection.

Auctiones announces that eAuction #29 will end on September 21, 2014. The sale has a pre-sale estimate of more than 200’000 CHF featuring 415 lots from Greek and Roman antiquity, Early Medieval and Byzantine times, the Islamic World, World coins, and Lots.

In this series we will present you some figures of the English history by their coinage. The journey starts with the Vikings and goes until today.

Usually it’s the coins that are in the spotlight, not so much their collectors. But in 1970, Norman Rockwell created the painting “The Collector”, which was recently sold at Christie’s. The painting is worth a closer look as it tells us much about the collector.

On September 18, 2014 Scotland is to vote whether it will become independent from the United Kingdom or not. In case of ‘yes’ many questions are still open – one of them is what currency the new country will use. Professor Nick Mayhew, director of the Winton Institute for Monetary History, outlines this tricky problem.

Numismatist and cartoonist Jeremy Bostwick discovers a different point of view of antiquity and its coinage. Today’s cartoon is dedicated to Byzantine numismatics which Jeremy loves: An imperial selfie!

The American Numismatic Society, located in New York City, invites nominations and applications for the position of the Francis D. Campbell Librarian in its Harry W. Bass Jr. Library. So if you feel like managing some 100,000 volumes don’t miss the job posting!