Italian collector coins on Flora and Fauna in the Renaissance
Italy has issued two new collector coins in gold dedicated to Flora and Fauna in the Renaissance with the face value of 20 and 50 euros respectively. The motifs follow famous Renaissance works from Florence in Tuscany.
Queen Elizabeth Land Coin
The Pobjoy Mint announces that a new legal tender commemorative coin is to be issued by The British Antarctic Territory to celebrate the naming of part of the Territory ‘Queen Elizabeth Land’ as a mark of respect to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Nano Space
Cook Islands’ coin containing a small nano chip, upon which a detailed map of the world was depicted, has a successor: Nano Space. This coin takes things one step further, capturing our solar system on the chip. From the smallest to the largest.
New Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues Available
The 19th edition of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues has appeared, fully up-dated being a comprehensive resource available for proper identification, description and valuation of circulating modern world bank notes from 1961 to the present.
New York International Numismatic Convention Announces Reduced Hotel Rates
The New Your International Numismatic Convention, to be held January 4-12 has negotiated a special reduction in sleeping room rates from those previously contracted.
Do we know how much Gold there is around?
How big would be a cube formed by all the gold that exists in the world? Opinions differ because we simply don’t know how much gold there is. However, it is an interesting question.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Pictures of times past ...
TropenMuseum petition
Amsterdam’s renowned Museum of the Tropics is hit hard by budget cuts and government plans to even close it. We call everybody to help putting this case again on the government agenda by signing an online petition. This is an open letter from the museum.
Springtime in Turkey – Part 8
There’s not much left to see of Miletus today. The former harbour is silted up, and the city almost entirely vanished. This may have something to do with the fact that Miletus had the misfortune of constantly being on the wrong side of things, just like the priests of the oracle of Didyma.
Gorny & Mosch, Munich
The most expensive item of the auction sale Ancient Art, conducted by Munich auction house Gorny & Mosch, was the slightly larger than life-size head of a bearded philosopher, sold for 129,800 euros. That, however, was by no means the only exciting result.