Obolos 9 is postponed to 25 March 2018
Those who were not able to bid during Obolos 9 will have a second chance. Due to too many bidders trying to place their bids, the computer crashed and the auction will be repeated.
Shanna Schmidt presents new Website
Shanna Schmidt Numismatics Inc. has a new and improved website. The new website shares the same visually beautiful photos that her previous web gallery displayed, but now the client can purchase coins directly via the website from her.
United States Mint Updates its Numismatic Customer Return Policy
Returning a coin purchased at the US Mint will be a bit more difficult in the future as the institution announced to change its return policy. The reason behind this move is the excessive abuse of the outgoing return policy.
New chairmen of European Vending Association Coin-Group
After 15 years Klaus Meyer-Steffens has stepped down as chairman of the European Vending Association Coin-Group for retirement. Elected as his successor was Ingmar Gründel.
The Royal Mint’s Beatrix Potter bunny coin will return in 2018
Four of Beatrix Potter’s famous cartoon characters will be shown on a series of new coins minted by the Royal Mint. The coloured Silver Proof 50p coins will feature the likenesses of Peter Rabbit, Flopsy Bunny, Mrs Tittlemouse and a mouse from ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’.
Sack & Kiesselbach receives the prestigious World Money Fair Award
The producer of oil-hydraulic presses Sack & Kiesselbach very well known in the numismatic world has received the World Money Fair Award for their innovative power. The company has continued to meet new challenges for the last 127 years.
New coin of Coin Invest features Che Guevara
Following Chinggis Khaan and Fidel Castro, Coin Invest has dedicated the third issue in its “Iconic Revolutionaries” series to Che Guevara, whose face became an icon of the Protests of 1968 thanks to Alberto Korda’s portrait.
Photographic impressions of the Munich Numismata
The Munich Numismata took place on 3 and 4 March 2018. Naturally, CoinsWeekly had its own booth at the event. Here are some photographic impressions of the coin convention.
How the portrait got on the coin…
It was in Asia Minor that the satraps came up with the idea of putting their portraits on coins. If you want to know how this happened and who these satraps were, have a look at this film illustrated with coins offered in Künker’s Auction 304.
Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby (1935-2018)
Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart died on 3 March 2018. He is considered one of the greatest experts of British numismatics. We mourn the loss of a distinguished collector and researcher who also shaped his country’s (monetary) policy.