Coins Stolen After the Long Beach Coin Show
The Long Beach Police Department is investigating a vehicle burglary that happened after leaving the Long Beach Coin Show in February resulting in the loss of ancient coins. Find descriptions and photos of the stolen coins here.
A Virtual Journey to the Devastated Sites of the Middle East
Using the most recent digital techniques, an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art takes visitors on a virtual tour of three ancient cities – Palmyra and Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq, all devastated in the recent past.
Treasures Beneath the Dubrovnik Cathedral
In his new publication, Ivan Mirnik takes a detailed look at the numismatic finds from the archaeological excavations underneath the Dubrovnik Cathedral in the 1980s.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Relocate Their Whitman Spring Expo Auction
The Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo has been canceled. Therefore Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ decided to relocate their March 2020 Baltimore Auctions to California.
Cosmos of Collectibles
The contemporary reference work for the modern coin collector, that’s what Cosmos of Collectibles is. The new website helps to identify and find all coins that collectors want to have.
Why Was Numismata Munich Really Cancelled?
Numismata Munich didn’t take place. The Regional Administrative Office of Munich withdrew the permission. Was there no way one could have predicted this? Here you find out why this wasn’t possible and what changed on Friday morning.
Numismatic Events Cancelled or Postponed
As the Coronavirus is spreading, many events all over the world have been cancelled or postponed. We try to gather numismatic events affected by this recent development and will update the following list continuously. If you have to cancel your event, please make sure to notify us.
Tokens: Culture, Connections, Communities
The Royal Society published an anthology that, for the first time ever, deals with the phenomenon of tokens across time. Ursula Kampmann took a look at it.
ANA Call for Paper: “Women in Numismatics”
The American Numismatic Association is accepting proposals for the 2020 Maynard Sundman Littleton Coin Company Lecture Series. This year’s subject is: “Women in Numismatics”. Presentations will be given at the Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money®.
Where Have All the BREXIT Coins Gone?
On 31st January 2020 the Royal Mint issued 3 million Brexit coins and has added further millions in the meantime. Apparently, though, that is not enough and people try to hunt them down. But why do these coins seem to disappear from circulation?