Baldwin / Dmitry Markov / M&M Numismatics, New York
Held as part of the 38th annual New York International Numismatic Convention, The New York Sale proved to be a ...
Numismatik Lanz Munich and Numismatica Bernardi, Trieste / New York
Good prices for Roman gold. On January 4th, 2010, this year’s joint auction of the companies Lanz, Munich, and Numismatica Bernardi, Trieste, was conducted in New York. There was high demand for the numerous ancient gold coins that ...
Heritage, New York
Heritage Auctions' World Coins division kicked off 2010 with a bang over the New Year's weekend at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, setting an in-house record ...
Collection of the House of Welf remains in Hanover
After lengthy disputes it is finally decided. The Collection of the House of Welf remains in Hanover. The state of Lower Saxony purchases the unique cabinet for ...
40 Years of NUMISMATA Munich (1970-2010)
From a Bavarian regional coin day to the European coin fair with international flair...
New Catalogue on Rumanian Essays
The two authors present a bilingual catalogue containing 460 pages with 196 numbers including patterns and actual coinage of Romania. Each object is ...
Finally a good joke!
Coins from the time when the Israelites moved to Egypt found in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo?
The online edition of the Mideast Jerusalem Post from September 25th, 2009, reported that in the archives of the Egyptian Museum, among a multitude of unsorted artifacts, coins were ...
The Saints of Zurich
Have you ever been to Zurich? Perhaps during the last week of October, when the distinguished auction houses of Zurich hold their autumn sales? If ...
How to detect forgeries
Part 3: Electrotypes
The last two parts on news from the forgery front have dealt with fakes that have been produced by newly cut dies and with cast fakes. This part is dedicated to a third kind of fakes: the electrotypes.
You will surely recognize ...
How to detect forgeries
Part 1: Counterfeits from newly cut dies
Each collector of coins who doesn’t buy exclusively at coin dealers who guarantee for the authenticity of their sold coins (like for example all members of the IAPN do) has to be concerned about buying fakes. Especially the...