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A new proposed federal legislation to ban the collecting of awarded Purple Hearts currently causes a stir among collectors of these medals. Collectors’ societies call it a “danger to our hobby” and ask for support worldwide.

A workshop entitled ‘Money on the Margins: Coinage, Forms and Strategies of Intercultural Commerce on the Black Sea Shore in the Classical and Hellenistic Eras’, will take place on June 18-22, 2017, at Zichron Yaakov, Israel. The organizers call for papers.

Canada has produced a new collector’s coin to celebrate the visit of Prince William and Princess Catherine with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.

On the occasion of the 225th anniversary of the birth of István Széchenyi, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank issues a commemorative coin in two materials and denominations. They honor a key character in the political struggles and the transformation of Hungarian society.

In November 2015, the wreckage of the galleon San José that was sunk in 1708 was found off the Colombian coast. It is said to be still loaded with gold and precious stones. Planning to recover this huge treasure, a U.S. American company even risks a battle at sea.

Indian Government is at a loss where to keep ‘stolen’ national treasures worth $100 million when US sends them back. Ivan Macquisten points out a central problem of returning cultural artefacts to source countries without proper preparations.

Showcasing more than 100 spectacular objects from Morocco to China, “Power and Protection” is the first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world. It can be seen at Oxford‘s Ashmolean Museum until January 15, 2017.

Covering more than five centuries, the third edition of D.M. Metcalf’s “Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396” has been published. It explores the evidence of archaeological excavation and of several hundred coin-hoards.

World Coin News has announced the 100 nominees for the 2017 Coin of the Year awards. Australia and Canada have the most nominations in the annual Coin of the Year Award competition.

On Thursday, January 12, 2017, the American Numismatic Society will hold its Annual Gala at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The society has announced to whom it will confer the honor of receiving the Trustees’ Award.