Diary of a numismatist travelling Turkey (2009) – Part 3
Do you know Antep and its fabulous museum with mosaics? If not, I strongly recommend it to you. Antep is a pleasant town where you quickly feel at home. Urfa, ancient Edessa, in contrast, can’t be recommended for women traveling on their own. And if you do, you will need steady nerves.
Mint of Finland celebrates Helsinki being design capital
In 2012, the eyes of the design world will turn towards Finland and its World Design Capital, Helsinki. Mint of Finland ushers in 2012 by commemorating Finnish design and knowhow with a collector coin.
Circulation coin celebrates Canada’s rare Wood Bison
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a special 25-cent circulation coin which is the third of five 2011 commemorative coins honouring Canada’s legendary nature. It is dedicated to the Wood Bison, a creature uniquely Canadian.
Four rarities found
Four ancient British coins of the highest rarity have recently been unearthed by metal detectorists, confirming yet again the considerable contribution made by metal detecting to iron age numismatics.
ILAC – new computer applications for numismatics
The Austrian research project ILAC opens the interdisciplinary field of computer vision to numismatic research. One of the applications will be the Computer-aided coin archiving and processing. Martin Kampel and Klaus Vondrovec who are working on ILAC explain what it is all about.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, at a coin fair ...
Private issues to beat small denomination shortage
India is facing an urgent shortage of small denominations. Retailers pay a heavy premium to money changers when providing themselves with change. Now a private syndicate issues its own money.
World Money Fair 2012: Faster – Higher – Stronger
The World Money Fair 2012 in Berlin had only highlights: 15,000 visitors came to the fair, at the gala dinner the World Money Fair Award was given and a Künker auction fetched the highest price ever for a coin in Germany.
A coin to stop modern-day slavery
The United Future World Currency are to present a prototype of a new coin that carries the message of ending modern-day slavery and human trafficking. The coin will be struck at the Royal Mint UK in eco silver, a responsibly sourced product.
New Latvian circulation coin dedicated to Gingerbread Heart
The Netherlands Mint struck a new 1 lats circulation coin for the Republic of Latvia. The coin is dedicated to the “gingerbread heart” and has been issued on December 9, 2011.