CIT presents coin depicting the Giant Girdled Lizard
A dragon on a coin: The extraordinary Giant Girdled Lizard (smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species home to South Africa, is depicted on CIT’s newest coin. This issue will be this year’s contribution to the CIT series “Shades of Nature”.
Rutgers digitizes the Badian Collection of Roman Republican Coins
The Rutgers University Libraries has digitized a collection of 1,250 Roman Republican Coins from the Badian collection.
The medals of Frederick William II
Manfred Olding, in collaboration with Gunter Mues, has finished the next volume of his Prussia catalogs. This time, he addresses the medals of Frederick William II. Ursula Kampmann has taken a look at the book “Die Medaillen Friedrich Wilhelms II.”.
NGC grades its 40-millionth coin
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation graded more than 40,000,000 coins. It is the first third-party coin grading service who ever reached this threshold.
Krugerrand is tradable on the Stuttgart stock exchange
Institutional investors can now invest in Krugerrand on each trading day of the Stuttgart stock exchange. Advantages are the purchase of physical gold in combination with the stock exchange tradability with favourable spread as well as the secure storage option in Germany.
The legal battle between the Australian and the Canadian Mint is entering the next round
The Royal Canadian Mint has expanded its lawsuit for patent infringement against the Royal Australian Mint – it now concerns up to 15 million coins. The Royal Australian Mint, in turn, has launched a counter claim, contesting that the Canadian patent even meets the qualifications for one.
Switzerland commemorates historic steamboat “La Suisse”
Switzerland’s Federal Mint Swissmint launches a new commemorative coin for coin enthusiasts and collectors. The silver coin “La Suisse” continues the three-part Swiss steamships series.
Italy issues new coin celebrating the Baroque
A new Italian silver coin was issued that is dedicated to the country’s Baroque period. On the coin, Italy is embodied by a woman on the obverse while the reverse shows the statue of Santa Veronica by Francesco Mochi.
FBI-agents as archaeologists
Has the FBI actually dug for the gold of Gettysburg? According to professional treasure hunters, there are still gold bars worth 55 m. $ hidden in the ground near Benezette, Pennsylvania. The gold was meant for Lincoln's troops.
German Bundesbank has opened its vaults
The Money Museum of the Deutsche Bundesbank hosts a special exhibition named “Gold. Treasures at the Deutsche Bundesbank” which will contain gold bars and rare gold coins from all eras. The exhibition runs until September 30th 2018.