The Royal Mint has personalised a giant fibre-glass model of one of the world’s best-loved canine cartoon characters, Gromit, with thousands of shiny new pennies. The sculpture will be auctioned off in October to raise funds for the Bristol Children’s Hospital charity.

Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in Germanic forests ...

Allegedly the former art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a chest full of gold coins and precious antiquities worth between 1 and 3 million US dollars somewhere in the Rocky Mountains north of Santa Fe as an award. A dedicated community is eagerly treasure hunting.

Nothing beats a little dose of the unexpected while on holiday – it’s the only way you can really get to know a country and its people. After all, how else would we have gained insight into Turkey’s bureaucracy had we not had that awful car trouble? It also meant we had the chance to make one last excursion to Izmir.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers have announced their 129th mail-bid sale of important numismatic books. It covers ancient, medieval, foreign and U.S. numismatics.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers held their 129th mail-bid sale on July 18. The sale included works on ancient, medieval and foreign coins, as well as outstanding publications on U.S. numismatics.

Dr. Walter Schlebusch has been appointed as Giesecke & Devrient’s new CEO and Chairman of the Management Board. Taking up this position on July 1, he will succeed Dr. Karsten Ottenberg, who will be leaving the company on June 30, 2013.

Loomis has been contracted by the Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, to take responsibility for part of the Riksbank’s handling of coins in Sweden. The contract, which extends over four years, will commence on November 1.

Since 1998 Japan Mint has invited coin design from all over the world to the International Coin Design Competition, to encourage creativity and enhance the artistry of coin designs. In 2012 the winner of the Most Excellent Work comes from Ukraine.

Two new awards will be presented during the Coin Conference in Berlin in October. The awards will celebrate excellence and innovation in coin design and coin production. Nominations close on July 26, 2013.