Bank of Israel Issues Coins Honoring Nobel Peace Prize of Menachem Begin
The latest coin issue from the Bank of Israel, and the last one of 2010 is dedicated to Prime Minister Menachem Begin and his Nobel Peace Prize...
Ashmolean Museum Acquires A Hoard of Angels This Christmas
A hoard, which was discovered in the summer of 2007, is part of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum now. More than half of the hoard’s asking price came from private giving...
Important merger in the US coin trade
Spectrum Group International’s Bowers And Merena Auctions To Join Forces With Stack’s To Create Stack’s-Bowers Numismatics...
The lustre of all the gold treasures of the world does not make me happy
Although Michael I Apafi had the largest modern gold coins produced he nevertheless remained sceptical towards gold...
At the Height of the Thirty Years’ War
Why issued Emperor Ferdinand III a gold medallion on his son’s coronation to King of Hungary and Bohemia only ten years later? This numismatic question leads us in the middle of the bloody Thirty Years’ War and to Wallenstein.
Christmas and coins
The Holiday Season is upon us, a time when we gather in family tradition to share a scrumptious dinner, tell stories... So why not also take advantage of the occasion to share your passion and show off your collection?
The Poles and Their Pope
Few countries have as many coins depicting John Paul II as Poland. And few themes appear as often in Poland's numismatic production as the portrait of the Polish pope...
“The Pummerin” – The Bell of St. Stephen’s Cathedral
The Austrian Mint will issue today the first coin of 2011 celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Pummerin...
An Ounce of Luck
Coin Invest Trust presents a very special coin for everybody who wants to wish enduring luck to his beloved ones at the beginning of 2011...
Gold Rush at the Bode Museum
The Numismatic Collection of the National Museums in Berlin and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna have used the exploding gold price and the run on gold as an occasion to organize a joint exhibition...