Chinese coins from a scholar’s study at the Ashmolean
“Chinese coins from the scholar’s study” is a new exhibition at the Money Gallery in the Ashmolean Museum. This special display presents Chinese antiquarian taste for coin collecting and is open until September 24th, 2017.
Hoards in Syria
Frédérique Duyrat has published a weighty monograph on hoards in Syria. It is more than a numismatic study. The author asks the fundamental question how and when all the Syrian coins were incorporated into Western collections. Ursula Kampmann took a look.
World Banknote Summit 2017
The 2017 World Banknote Summit took place in Basel. Participants benefited from “firsts” and took advantage of the more intimate Conference environment to meet and work with industry peers. Planning is already underway for the 2018 Summit in Frankfurt.
Games of the Small States of Europe in San Marino
San Marino has issued a 5 euro silver collector coin in proof dedicated to the 17th edition of the “Games of the Small States of Europe San Marino 2017”.
New issues of Lithuanian Labyrinth coin series
On behalf of Armenia, The Lithuanian Mint releases two additions to its silver coin series “The Labyrinths of the World”. Devoted to the Barcelona Labyrinth and Masone Labyrinth near Parma, they are equipped with a gilded ball running through the maze’s trails.
James Earl Jones Coin Collecting Video Free on PNG YouTube Channel
The Professional Numismatists Guild has uploaded the award-winning video “Money: History in Your Hands” on its new YouTube channel. Narrated by acclaimed actor James Earl Jones, it gives advice about buying, storing and selling numismatic items and bullion for everyone.
New Online Resource For Byzantine Coins
A free online resource that enables data on a large collection of Early Byzantine copper coins, many previously unpublished, to be available to scholars and collectors has recently been launched.
International Symposium “Byzantine Gold Coins in the World of Late Antiquity”
In Changchun (China) an International Symposium on “Byzantine Gold Coins in the World of Late Antiquity” will take place from 23 to 25 June 2017. Central questions deal with globalisation and cultural exchange between East and West.
South African coins celebrate first heart transplant’s jubilee
The South African Mint has issued a pair of coins to mark the 50th anniversary of the world’s first heart transplant by Christian Barnard in 1967. Each of the twinned coins features a heart in great detail, allowing the viewer to imagine the medical miracle.
Sand Dollar
Americans call the skeleton of a sea urchin a sand dollar. Now, Coin Invest Trust makes real money out of it: They strike a sand dollar for Palau in silver and gold.