Corpus Nummorum Thracorum wins Berlin DH-Award 2016
The team of Corpus Nummorum Thracorum has won the 2nd place at the Berlin DH Prize 2016. The project presents coins from ancient Thracia in an online database in a exemplary way.
Introducing the Newest Member of the Baldwin’s Specialist Team
A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd are proud and delighted to welcome the newest member of their specialist team, the renowned medallist and curator Mark Smith will be handling Baldwin’s Medals and Orders Department.
African Currency Forum scheduled for November 2016 in Egypt
Organized by the Association of African Banknotes and Security Documents Printers (AABSDP), the upcoming African Currency Forum will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from 20 to 23 November 2016.
Murrine Millefiori – Glass Art 2016
The coin series Murrine Millefiori Glass Art, designed by Coin Invest Trust for the Cook Islands, gives a new look to a glasswork technique with an old tradition. Now the second issue has been launched.
Royal Mint strikes The Battle of the Somme Silver £5 Coin
One hundred years on from The Battle of the Somme, The Royal Mint is to commemorate the anniversary with the creation of a £5 silver proof commemorative coin depicting poignant scenes from the terrible event.
Lecture disproving allegations against antiquities trade market
Vincent Geerling, Chairman of IADDA, gave a lecture during BAAF Brussels disproving the current reporting in the media about looted antiquities and alleged terror financing. The lecture was filmed and is now available online.
Chester L. Krause (1923-2016)
Chet Krause has founded an empire of numismatic information. The volumes of the phone book-like Krause-Mishler form part of every library. Now, the patriarch of numismatic journalism is dead.
Lithuanian 2 euro coin features amber disc amulet
Coins marked with Baltic symbols are currently issued by the Bank of Lithuania. Constituting legal tender, the latest 2 euro commemorative coin features an archaeological find from the Neolithic period: an amber disc amulet.
Burglary in West Palm Beach
On 10 June 2016 John Aiello was victim of a vehicle burglary in West Palm Beach, FL (USA). The suspects took a coin collection comprising many 19th c. US coins and a collection of obsolete banknotes.
The MDC in Bangkok: News from the world of mints. Part 3 Sessions of the Technical Committee 2
From May 1 to 4, 2016, the Mint Directors Conference took place in Bangkok. It was attended by nearly 360 delegates for whom 35 presentations were held. Here you find an abstract of the papers given by the Technical Committee.