Spain’s New Latent Image Coin: “Ways of St. James”
The Royal Spanish Mint is famous for their latent image technology. The new 30 euro silver coin dedicated to The Ways of St. James illustrates this expertise featuring a quadruple latent image.
World Money Fair 2022 in Berlin Cancelled
In 2022, again there will be no World Money Fair in Berlin. After numerous cancellations of exhibitors the organisers decided to cancel the event. For the second time in a row a virtual event will be realised instead.
Heritage Auctions
In January 2022 Heritage Auctions will hold their FUN US Coins and Currency Signature auctions with highly sought-after coins and banknotes. An exceptionally rare gold quintuple Stella 1879 could top $2 million.
Heritage Auctions, USA-New York
Heritage Auctions will be offering a British series rarity at their NYINC World Coins Platinum Night Auction on 10 January 2022. The sale will see more rarities from Venezuela, Spain, and the ancient world.
Nomos AG
Obolos 21, which will be closing on 2nd January 2022, contains 1,157 lots from all over the ancient world, as well as medieval and some early modern coins too. The sale features a good number of extremely rare ancient coins as Alan Walker explains.
Who Was Frederick the Wise?
We all think we know him: Frederick the Wise who hid Luther at Wartburg Castle to protect him from imperial reprisals. As part of the Köhlmoos Collection, Künker will offer some coins featuring his portrait on 26 January 2022 that help us look beyond the myth.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
The Hong Kong sale of Stack’s Bowers Galleries in December 2021 realized more than $10 million in total sales. Leading the way was a Chinese Silver Tael Pattern Restrike that sold for $1.35 million.
Heritage Auctions, HK-Hong Kong
NGC announced that the “Mukden Tiger” certified by this grading institute was sold for more than $2.1 million at Heritage Auctions’ HKINF World Coins Auction.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung, D-Heidelberg
With Auction 83, Heidelberger Münzhandlung demonstrated that the collector market is alive and well: prices for both FDC coins and specimens of “normal” quality are on the rise. Read on to find out about the trends: which prices are at the very top and where is still room for further increase?
Künker, D-Osnabrück
Time to make a note in your calendar: Künker’s January Auction Sales 2022 will take place on Wednesday instead of Thursday, and in Osnabrück instead of Berlin. Several collections will be on offer, including the second Köhlmoos Collection of the usual legendary quality.