Hungary’s Central Bank Burns Its Cash
Hungary’s Central Bank converts withdrawn banknotes into briquettes for fuelling that are given to charity organisations. Each year approximately a quarter of the banknotes in circulation make 40 to 50 tons of briquettes that save lives during the cold snap.
Could Palestine issue its own currency?
Following the Palestinian Authority’s September 14 2011 announcement that a post office accompanied by distinctively Palestinian stamps was being established the question regarding if a Palestinian currency system perhaps using both coins and bank notes might also be around the corner.
India Grapples with Small Change Dilemma
Projecting future demand for coins and bank notes should be part of the logistical economic considerations planned by any government. Unfortunately for India the demand for “small change” in both mediums continues to outstrip the supply. Richard Giedroyc is composing a picture of the situation for us.
New coins for the Solomon Islands
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) announced that the Solomon Islands will replace its current set of circulation coins with attractive new coins in July 2012.
Hungarian Mint Ltd. has won five times People’s Choice Award – We did ask why
In 2008 Krause Publications invented the People's Choice Award, which is handed to the favorite coin of Internet voters during the Coin of the Year Award ceremony. Since then the Hungarian mint has won each of these awards.
Book To Remember Numismatist Philip Grierson
Philip Grierson (1910-2006) was the most important numismatist of his time. One hundred years from his birth, this book presents a number of texts to remember him comprising an almost unknown paper as an example of the Irish sense of the absurd.
Endless Paradise: an eternal idyll on silver
Palau issues a new series of rectangular 2 dollar silver coins. You can arrange and combine them deliberately: they always show an exotic idyll of the Southern Sea. The number of combinations will even grow with the following series.
New auction portal online!
At www.liveplatform.ch the collector can access a new auction platform that brings together on its website the offers of many international companies.
Japan commemorates the tsunami
In 2015 two new coins will be struck by the Japan Mint to commemorate the “Great East Japan Earthquake”. The gold and silver coins will hardly be available abroad due to the great demand expected in Japan.
Obituary: Robert J. Myers
Robert J. Myers died aged 77 on February 14, 2012. He was a coin dealer and auctioneer, a “Renaissance Man” with many passions and interests comprising numismatic literature. The obituary is accompanied by a personal statement of George F. Kolbe.