VAM seminar at Ontario coin show
From July 19-21, 2012 the SoCal Ontario Coin and Currency Show will be held at the Ontario Convention Center. The show is going to feature a VAM seminar highlighting the authors Jeff Oxman and Mark Witkower.
14th Silesian Collectors’ Market 2012
The organizators of the 14th Silesian Collectors’ Market inform that on 7th October 2012 the event will be held in in Katowice, Poland. The event called by many ‘Collectors’ Day’ concentrates about 400 exhibitors and almost 5,000 visitors from Poland and Europe.
Medals of first private soldier to be awarded the V.C. in the Great War at Spink
In Spink’s London auction of Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria, on July 19, 2012 the first V.C. awarded to a private soldier in the Great War (1914-1918) was offered for sale.
Automobile of Sarajevo
The Austrian museums are proposing 100 objects in a large-scale publicity campaign. Some of them might attract especially those interested in history like this automobile in which heir to the throne Francis Ferdinand was shot in Sarajevo in 1914.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in the agora ...
Citi Money Gallery at British Museum open
Finally the Citi Money Gallery, the new display show at the Money and Medal Department of the British Museum, is open. In ‘Room 68’ more than thousand objects are on display in showcases; video and graphics attract visitors and fascinate children and grown-ups.
Numismatics in Jerusalem – Part 2
Actually, numismatics concentrates on quite a narrow space in Jerusalem. There is the Israel Museum, which accommodates beside its own collection the Israel Antiquities Authority as well. And only a fifteen minutes’ walk from there you will find the exhibition of the Bank of Israel. Follow us today on a visit at the Israel Museum.
Definitions – Work in Progress: Edge inscription
We are working on an encyclopedia of technical terms used by the coin producing industry. Help us by doing so! Today’s definition is dedicated to the term "edge inscription".
FBI requests assistance
Customer data have been stolen from a coin and bullion company. The FBI inquires, whether any company has been contacted by an individual trying to sell similar data.
Perth Mint Gold Certified Conflict-Free
The Perth Mint is one of the first three gold refiners in the world to be certified under the internationally recognised Conflict-Free Smelter Program.