10 Euro Spain: Shanghai Expo
Do you want to accompany a Chinese tourist when walking through the Spanish pavilion at the Shanghai Expo? Afterwards you are able to judge, whether the Spanish designer has given a good impression of the building on the new commemorative coin...
Coin collectors for Cologne
There is a good opportunity to demonstrate that coin collectors are willing to save cultural property. Please provide support in order to rescue precious numismatic manuscripts, which have been damaged during the collapse of the Cologne Civic Archive...
News from the Perth Mint
A comprehensive list of new commemorative coins struck by the Perth mint reached us recently...
Between East and West or: the first Western coins of China
The first Chinese coins imitating western models were struck on the island of Formosa, modern-day Taiwan, nearly 200 years before. This article will tell the story, how it came about...
The great Ottoman monetary reform
On December 12, 2011, the Osnabrück auction house Künker sells the Sultan Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire. These 908 lots reflect the history of the coins of the last Ottoman sultans and the monetary reform of 1845...
The history of South America told by coins from the Lissner Collection
The numismatic history of South America is as fascinating as its political turmoils between the Spanish Conquista and the fight for independence. The Lissner Collection has gathered innumerous numismatic gems and thus illustrates perfectly this intriguing history.
The Turks at the gates of Vienna!
Künker Auction 289 will offer coins and medals bringing to mind the quarrel about the legacy of Louis of Hungary and the first Siege of Vienna. They form part of Ottoman Collection featuring coins referring to the difficult relation between the Ottoman Empire and the Occident.
Swiss commemorative coin for Henry Dunant
The Swiss Confederation is issuing a 20 franc silver coin on the occasion of Dunant Year 2010. It was presented for the first time on the World Red Cross Day on 8th May...
ROME On the DANUBE
For some five centuries the River Danube formed an essential part of ancient Rome’s northern border against the barbarian tribes of Germania...
New book on coins, medals and banknotes featuring the portrait of Edward VIII
Spink issues Joseph S. Giordano’s book “Portraits of a Prince”...