Mint Directors Conference 2014 website online
From May 11 to 17, 2014 the 28th Mint Directors Conference will take place in Mexico. Now the official website has been launched offering many information around this important event.
Cash is King on Cyprus
Economic crisis clarify, which part of our currency is the base of daily life. There have been huge problems in Cyprus simply due to the fact that the coin supply did not work any more.
Coins and inflation
Is there only one solution to face inflation: To drop the minor denominations and introduce coins of higher face value? Richard Giedroyc suggests to think a little bit outside the box.
Bi-Coloured Coins Through Edge Plating
Bi-coloured coins are popular and seen as attractive. They are, though, expensive due to a complex production process. Mark Shaw explains how this process could be simplified and thus become much more cheaper.
Bring color into circulation! For every need there is a matching bicolor coin
Bicolor coins are very well accepted by the users. So, which possibilities do exist to produce inexpensive bicolor coins. Dimitrina Fileva compares the different options.
The second official coin of the PGA Tour
Friends of golf know the PGA Tour as the organizer of the world’s premier and highest-remunerated tournament for professional golfers. And now, the Cook Islands are issuing the second official coin of the PGA Tour, designed by Coin Invest Trust.
PCGS Paris Certifies “Champagne Lanson” U.S. $20 Gold Coins Treasure For Bonhams
The Professional Coin Grading Service’s European Submission Center in Paris has authenticated and graded nearly 500 U.S. 19th and early 20th century $20 denomination gold coins discovered in a French vineyard which will now be offered in a public auction.
New Doty Book on Obsolete Paper Money
Whitman Publishing announces the release of a new book by Dr. Richard Doty, senior curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection: “Pictures From a Distant Country: Seeing America Through Old Paper Money”.
Chicago International Coin Fair Set for 18-21, 2013
Krause Publication will play host to the 38th annual Chicago International Coin Fair set for April 18-21 at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare, Chicago.
Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
From March 28 until September 29, 2013 the British Museum will present a major exhibition on the Roman cities of Pompeji and Herculaneum in the Reading Room. It will bring together over 250 fascinating objects looking at the Roman home and the people who lived in these ill-fated cities.