Animal kingdom comes to ‘life’ in The Singapore Mint’s latest releases
The Singapore Mint has launched two unique collections namely the “Giant Pandas 1oz 999 Fine Silver Proof Minted Stamp Ingot with Colour” and the “2014 Macau Lunar Horse Coins”.
Yitzhak Shamir State Medal Release
A new Israel State Medal in honor of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was presented to his son, Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir and daughter, Gilada Diament.
Royal Canadian Mint marks 75th anniversary of Superman™
In the heart of the city that inspired Metropolis, the famous backdrop against which the story of Superman™ has been told since 1938, the Royal Canadian Mint has released seven exciting new coins to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the world’s most celebrated Super Hero.
American Israel Numismatic Association won ANA award
The Shekel, bi-monthly periodical of the American Israel Numismatic Association won the First Place Award for Outstanding Publication of a Specialty Coin Club, recently presented by the American Numismatic Association. CoinsWeekly congratulates them!
ANS organizes symposium on early electrum coinage
‘The Beginning of Coinage’ on November 15-16, 2013 offers members and others interested in early electrum coinage to learn more about some of these new discoveries. Papers by international experts in the field will cover a variety of aspects.
The Battle at Harzhorn on display
In 2008 an enormous battlefield from the 3rd century CE was discovered in northern Germany. This changed the idea of that period completely: actually Roman campaigns deep into the Germanic area continued even after Varus’s defeat. Now a splendid exhibition shows the findings.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at Fiumicino ...
Burglars without numismatic knowledge quickly copped
Teenagers who stole a rare coin collection in Saint Paul (MN) got copped the next day when they tried to change the coins into banknotes and the coin-counting machine jammed.
The Ebnöther collection in Schaffhausen
Only few will know that just a one-hour ride by train from Zurich an eminent collection of ancient and pre-Columbian American art is on display. Now the Ebnöther collection in the Museum zu Allerheiligen / Schaffhausen is being shown in a restyled manner. Visit the permanent exhibition with Ursula Kampmann.
Royal Mint strikes silver coins from seventy year-old sunken bullion
In 1940 a vessel transporting silver bullion for the Bank of England sunk after being torpedoed by a German submarine. In 2011 the shipwreck was located and the bullion recovered. Now The Royal Mint issues bullion coins from this seventy year old silver.