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Daryl J. Haynor presents in his book about every aspect of the Classic Gold quarter eagle and half eagle series issued between 1834 and 1839. The work has established itself already as attribution system being adopted by major auction houses and grading companies.

In the heart of Vienna, close to the “Graben” the new Auction House VIA GmbH of Mag Raphael S. Hiltbrunner has opened its doors. The company can be proud of its numismatic competence and language skills.

Last week Swissmint informed its clients about the current situation regarding commemorative coins. There are fundamental changes and, due to COVID-19, also some postponements. We summarised the most important facts.

Since December 2014, Ursula Kampmann and her team have been publishing Mint News Quarterly, the specialist journal for the circulation and commemorative coin industry. From now on, all issues can be downloaded from the CoinsWeekly website.

New Mexico artist Glenna Goodacre – well known to coin collectors as the designer of the Sacagawea dollar – has died of natural causes at the age of 80. She passed away at her home in Santa Fe the evening of Monday, April 13, 2020.

One of New York’s more than 10,000 corona victims is known by many who regularly visit the NYINC: Jay M. Galst was an avid collector of coins related to his area of expertise: ophthalmology. Find here a short obituary by Ursula Kampmann.

Another loss in the numismatic world: London based medal dealer Irene ‘Neddy’ Allen passed away in March. Her colleague Christopher Eimer commemorates her.

With the help of pocket change, you can teach your children at home while their schools are closed, says the American Numismatic Association. The organization also prepares their 97th annual coin week for April 19-25.

In 2017 a colloquium was held in Warwick examining the debasement of coinage during ancient times from a variety of angles. The essay collection of the colloquium has now been published by Oxbow. Ursula Kampmann took a look at it.

The Radboud University Nijmegen and the Netherlands Institute at Athens organize a postgraduate intensive course in numismatics in September 2020: “How to Tackle Ancient Greek Coinage and Coins: An Intensive Course on Numismatic Methodology”.