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This week it became known that a well-established institution of German numismatics has ceased to exist. Moneytrend filed for insolvency on 22 April 2020.

French art dealer Anthony JP Meyer reports on the current situation in France. He thinks of the many people who rely on his small enterprise. We thought that this post might be of the same interest for you as it was for us.

A. J. Lansen has given collectors a reference work for plantation tokens in the Dutch East Indies. The book won the Tams-Mishler-Award in 2018. The new revised 4th edition lists 21 recently discovered tokens.

After 38 years at the American Numismatic Association, The Numismatist Editor-in-Chief Barbara Gregory retired in April. She passed the editorial responsibilities to current ANA Managing Editor Caleb Noel.

The EU Commission’s work program 2020 reveals plans to withdraw one- and two-euro cent coins from circulation. This came as a surprise to representatives of mints as there are serious concerns over the matter.

The National Bank of Denmark have released new commemorative silver coins on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe II. She succeeded to the Danish throne in 1972 and is now the longest reigning Scandinavian Monarch.

Hitting a bollard can happen, when reverse parking. Ignoring a meter-high stone sculpture on the Easter Island is a totally different ball game. However, the background is rather serious.

As the world faces an unprecedented economic and public health crisis, the numismatic markets have demonstrated incredible resiliency. Indeed, coins and banknotes represent one of the rare pockets of stability during this period of fear and uncertainty. A commentary from the specialists of NGC.

The University of Richmond Museums have opened an online exhibition on the history and economy in the late medieval eastern Mediterranean. The exhibition features 53 coins from the eastern Mediterranean during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Currently everyone is suffering from the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, some more, others less. What impact can we expect the situation to have on the coin producing industry? A MNQ special issue summarises the current trends.