Database of Royal Library of Belgium goes online
The Coin Cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium digitized a large number of Belgian medals and coins the past few years. Although the work is still far from being finished, some collections are already available for researchers.
Numismata terminates collaboration with Monety Expo Warsaw
Erich Modes, executive director of the company Münzen Modes and organizer of the widely known coin fair NUMISMATA, informs that he has terminated the collaboration with Monety Expo Warsaw, effective immediately.
Chinese Rare Coin Experts Visit Long Beach Expo
More than two dozens of the top rare coin experts from mainland China and Hong Kong attended the Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Expo for the first time, June 5 - 7, 2014. The response was enthusiastically positive.
New Finnish coin on Literacy
Mint of Finland released a collector coin in honour of literacy. The Lukuinto theme year of diverse literacies will be celebrated in Finland in the 2014-2015 academic year. The Literacy collector coin is the sixth coin to be released in the Ethical collector coins series.
Wild Horse continues Mongolian Nature series in 2014
Coin Invest Trust continues its Mongolian Nature series by issuing the “Wild Horse”. The new addition to the coin series with the cut-out motifs has been an enormous success just like its predecessor, the “Wolf”. Like the wolf coin, the current edition is available in gilded silver and gold.
Chicago past and present to be highlighted on medal
A medal commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Chicago Coin Club features historic past and present cityscape images of Chicago.
Nomos, CH-Zurich
68 new items have been added to the Nomos webshop. These additions are mainly from two private collections and include bronze, silver, electrum, and gold pieces that range from ancient Asia Minor (c. 5th century BC) to a Commonwealth ‘Fine work‘ Shilling struck in 1651.
Morton & Eden, GB-London
The only Victoria Cross awarded for the British campaign in Tibet sold for a UK auction record £408,000* in a sale by specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London on Wednesday July 2, 2014. It will go on permanent public display soon.
Fritz Rudolf Künker, D-Osnabrück
Hammer prices amounting to more than 9.3 million, markedly more than 50 % above the estimate of 6.15 million, individual prices ranging between 20 euros and 170,000 euros: Künker proved that virtually every collector can find its piece in the Künker auction sales.
Fritz Rudolf Künker, D-Osnabrück
On 2 July 2014, the Osnabrück auction house will conduct its 250th auction sale. But before and after that other auctions will take place, too. Among others four special collections will be auctioned off with coins from Germany and from all around the world.