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An international panel of judges has chosen the Coin of the Year among the ten category winners of the Coin of the Year Award 2017: Italy’s 10 euro silver coin ’70 Years of Peace in Europe’.

Roberto Ganganelli, editor-in-chief of the online magazine “Il Giornale della Numismatica” was elected new president of the AISN. The choice shows how closely collectors, dealers, and scholars in the field of numismatics cooperate.

Dimitrios Gerothanasis, a PhD candidate in History & Archeology from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, will join Alan Walker at Switzerland-based Nomos AG on February 1st, 2017.

For Palau, Coin Invest Trust has designed the penultimate issues of the Marine Life Protection series. Available in three versions, the coins are devoted to the coral hind. Thanks to smartminting, the silver variant impresses with its unprecedented relief height.

In 2016, the French coin guide book “Le Franc” celebrated its 20th anniversary. CGB is offering a new updated version that’s both handy and accessible to a broader audience, titled “Le Franc Poche”.

In 2016 France issues the 4th coin of its ‘7 Arts Series’ dedicated to the famous actor Jean Gabin who died 40 years ago. The series is designed by Christian Lacroix.

As the third member of its series “National Memorial Sites”, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank issues a HUF 2,000 bronze patinated commemorative coin. Marking the 60th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, its depiction features plot 301 in the Budapest New Public Cemetery.

In times of a flailing economy, Egypt’s creative class is designing new banknotes. A popular motif is the bust of Nefertiti. That the identification with an artwork that has not actually been stored in the country for 100 years is so strong must apparently be credited to Zahi Hawass.

Bishapur, City of Shapur, was once the name of the Sassanid capital. It was founded by Shapur I in 266. Roman prisoners of war are said to have helped with the construction. Together with their Emperor Valerian they had been taken captive in the Battle of Edessa.

Drawn from the collections of three institutions at Princeton University, a new permanent collection of ancient and medieval coins was opened at the University’s Art Museum. Supervised by curator Alan Stahl, the organizing team involved Princeton students.