Japan Mint Online Shop Opened
Japan Mint opened an Online Shop for international individual customers. At present, the shop is available for customers living in some countries only, interested buyers from other countries must still order the products by email.
Spain releases Jewels of Numismatics V
The fifth issue in Spain’s Jewels of Numismatics series is dedicated to the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their marriage united both crowns under the same family and could be considered the origin of the unification of Spain.
Third Coin in Austrian Mint’s Prehistoric Life Series
On March 19th, the Austrian Mint has issued the third coin in its “Back from the Dead” dinosaur coin series. After the first two coins moved from “Life in the Water”, to “Life in the Air”, this coin depicts “Life on the Ground”.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries, USA-Baltimore
Beginning on March 27, 2014, The Charles A. Wharton Collection will cross the auction block at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. The star of this event will be the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Carlos Saavedra Lamas.
Nomos, CH-Zurich
56 new items have been added to the Nomos webshop. The offer ranges from a stater from Metapontum to a 17th century Dutch medal produced as a wedding or betrothal gift. However, the focus is on Roman Republican and Roman Imperial coinage.
CNG
CNG’s Electronic Auction 323 closing on March 26, 2014 offers 897 lots. There is a broad selection from the early Roman Empire and, among the world coins, aficionados will find a rare Offa penny from Anglo-Saxon England.
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
Celebrating their 50th years in business Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. bring their 189th Buy or Bid Sale ending on March 25, 2014. This sale is comprised of 349 ancient coins, 40 world coins, antiquities and antique maps.
Enormous theft of coins worth over one million euros
The French Creusy family, in the coin business for over 40 years, was robbed on their way back home from a coin convention in Paris. All their merchandise worth over one million euros was stolen. They offer 80,000 euros reward for helpful indications.
Can a coin rewrite Canada’s history?
In December 2013 a metal detectorist found an English coin from the 16th century on Canada’s West Coast. A hobby archaeologist who heard about this took the find to be proof of his theory that the English had discovered Canada 200 years before the Spanish. But does the coin really prove that?
Legendary gold cargo to be recovered from SS Central America shipwreck
Odyssey Marine Exploration has been awarded the exclusive contract to recover the remaining valuable cargo from the SS Central America off the coast of South Carolina. The ship sank in 1857 with one of the largest documented cargoes of gold ever lost at sea.