Part 2: Cast counterfeits After having shown how to detect counterfeits from newly cut dies we will deal with those fakes that have been cast. Once again, we see here an old imitation of a Roman coin that was made during the Renaissance period. It is a free imitation of ...

Part 4: Transfer die forgeries Fakes coming from transfer dies are so dangerous, because these fakes have neither the characteristics of casts nor the characteristics of coins that have been struck with newly cut dies. You neither can...

The European Union publishes the list of gold coins, which are tax-exempted in 2010 ...

The most recent special edition of the journal Helvetia Archaeologica provides a popular overview of the Celtic coins in Switzerland. All aspects of Celtic numismatics are ...

Is there a mood swing regarding the Protection of Cultural Property? An article in the New York Times from November 16th, 2009, raises some questions Dr Zahi Hawass as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities seems to be feared by archaeologists – at least this is indicated by John Tierney in his article “A Case in Antiquities for Finders Keepers” published in ...

John Spring presents a book every serious coin collector should have in his library. It is a catalogue of all ...

In 2009 the Museum August Kestner presented an exhibit on the coins of Augustus. Responsible for this presentation was...

Russian coins are highly popular. The global economy crisis seems to have had no impact on them at all. Therefore...

A group of numismatists met with representatives of the Federal Department of Culture and members of the cantonal archaeology in order to analyse the position of the coin trade and coin collecting after 5 years of Cultural Goods Transfer Law. Following points were discussed...

Last year an exceedingly rare gold quarter stater, minted over 2,000 years ago in the Somme valley, northern France, was found near Ringwould, Kent, by a metal detectorist. Struck c.250-225 BC in the land of ...