Perth Mint Unveils the Largest Gold Coin Ever
The biggest, heaviest, inherently the most valuable gold bullion coin in the world has been unveiled by The Perth Mint. Weighing a massive one ton of 99.99% pure gold, the monumental coin measures nearly 80cms wide and more than 12cms deep...
Treasure Stolen in Benghazi or Hollywood the Libyan Way?
Like in a Hollywood film robbers intruded in a bank in Libya and stole the “Treasure of Benghazi”: thousands of ancient coins and other objects. Months later the Libyans alerted Interpol about the catastrophe. But now doubts have arisen if things happened really this way...
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, near Lerna...
Finland Celebrates a Sea That Has Many Faces
Voters from around the world have chosen the design for the new ethical commemorative coin the Mint of Finland is going to issue. For the second year in a row the design proposals have been put forward by high-school students...
Palau Dedicates an Issue to Escapologist Harry Houdini
Palau has assigned to the Coin Invest Trust the task of developing a coin dedicated to the illusionist and escapologist Harry Houdini. In October the coin is issued as 2 dollar silver coin and as 1 dollar coin in copper/nickel. Both are delivered in a “magic box”...
Cherrypickers’ Guide in New Edition
Whitman Publishing is releasing a new, expanded, and updated volume of the award-winning Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins. The fifth edition, volume II will be available in November 2011...
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in a well-known city...
The World’s Biggest Art Collector Is Also Interested In Coins
ARTnews has nominated Sheik Saud al-Thani the biggest collector of 2011. And the numismatic world has begun to feel his passion. In occasion of Morton & Eden’s last auction the sheik bought coins worth more than 1 million pound sterling...
Shipment Theft Reported of a Newly Discovered and Finest Known 1870-CC $20, NGC AU58
A Brinks shipment from Professional Coin Grading Service to Heritage Auctions was apparently broken into, and the finest known 1870-CC $20 stolen. The coin is graded AU58 by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation and carries NGC Certification ID 3414402-001...
International Symposium on Roman Coins in the Renaissance
From November 16 to 18, 2011 various research institutes organize an international symposium in Berlin. The aim is to conduct a comparative analysis of the role and function of antique coins, and the reception, and (re-)construction of ancient culture and history in the age of the Renaissance...