Shades of Nature: A bee seen like with a microscope
Coin Invest Trust issues a new coin series: Shades of Nature. Thanks to the latest laser technology, the coins reveal nature in all its shades and beauty. The first coin depicts a honeybee in as much detail as if viewed under a microscope.
Atlas Numismatics
Atlas Numismatics has updated their website with 135 new coins, medals, and tokens at fixed price. Selections include late eighteenth century Spanish gold, medals celebrating the campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, and an exquisite group of British trade tokens.
Baldwin, GB-London
A collection of Gold Sovereigns that spans 525 years, 15 Monarchs and seven mints, will be offered for sale by London based auctioneers, A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, on Thursday 8th May 2014. The comprehensive date collection consists of 394 Sovereigns from the earliest hammered examples to modern milled.
Classical Numismatic Group
CNG’s Electronic Auction 326 offers 761 lots and closes on May 7, 2014. The sale features among others cast and struck bronzes from Magna Graecia, 4th century centenionales and Crusader bronzes.
More new currencies for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe hasn’t had an own currency for years now. Instead of the Zimbabwe dollar, foreign currencies are now being used for payments. In 2014, the government will further increase the number of officially accepted currencies to counteract the drastic lack of cash money.
Coin hoards found on Scottish festival grounds
Two coin hoards in close proximity to each other have been discovered in the North of Scotland, one of them being the first find of Roman coins in this area. The coins shed more light on our understanding of the relations between Romans and Celts in Antiquity.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at a military assembly ...
ANS receives NEH Grant
The ANS and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World received a major grant of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities which will provide for the full implementation of the Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE) project.
Éditions Victor Gadoury Publishes Book on French Patterns and Piéforts
At last, the authors Michel Taillard and Michael Arnaud now present a comprehensive, new standard work of reference on French patterns and piéforts. The standard work of reference on modern French numismatics, the red-colored Gadoury, did not include those coins.
NGC Grades Benchmark Collection of Australian Coins
The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has certified the superb Benchmark Collection, a complete set of Australian pre-decimal coins. The collection includes a number of finest known examples and important rarities as well as several previously undocumented varieties.