‘Cityscapes’ – City views on historical coins and medals
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham (UK), shows an exhibition on panoramic views of Europe’s great cities on European coins and medals. ‘Cityscapes’ will be on display until 6 October 2013 and in addition it will be accompanied by an online exhibition.
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Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at a dealer’s shop ...
End of the Canadian Penny
Since 1858 Canada had minted an one cent coin – until May 4, 2012 when the last penny left the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg on its way to the museum. Due to elevated production costs and convenience reasons the coin has been abandoned definitely.
Coin counterfeiting factory in London detected
Recently the increasing number of counterfeit £1 coins in the UK received media interest. Now police crushed a whole workshop in a London office block – and even £2 coins were produced there. Until then these coins had been considered to be more difficult to fake.
Sincona AG, CH-Zurich
Sincona AG held its auctions 5 and 6 on May 23-25th in Zurich. Catalogue 5 ‘Numismatic Rarities’ contained 92 coins and medals of special rarity and / or beauty. The estimate of this catalogue was 2,161,000 Swiss Francs. The knock-down result was 2,905,000 Swiss Francs.
Krause Publications releases Interactive Educational Map
Krause Publications has released an educational iPad app that uses state quarters to teach children about the 50 U.S. states. This is the first true app released by Krause Publications.
Hungarian coin honors the writer István Örkény
István Örkény was the creator of world-class Hungarian grotesque prose. In honour of the 100th anniversary of his birth the Hungarian Mint has issued a collector coin being part of the series “Great Figures of Hungarian Literature”.
Numismatic Summer Meeting in Oxford in July 2012
Every year the British Numismatic Society (BNS) and the Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) hold a joint summer meeting. This year’s meeting has the theme of Anniversaries and Jubilees.
Royal Canadian Mint has experienced a year of remarkable financial performance
The Royal Canadian Mint achieved a record $3.2 billion in revenues and pre-tax profits of $43.8 million last year, the Corporation’s fourth highest ever net income.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at a Roman coin collector’s home ...