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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® has become the first third-party coin grading service to grade 35,000,000 coins. World coins continue to be the fastest growing segment of NGC’s business.

The International Association of Professional Numismatists held its 65th general assembly from Thursday 5 May to Sunday 8 May 2016, in Amsterdam, Holland. A main topic discussed at the meeting were new international laws affecting the numismatic trade.

MA-Shops is a platform for dealers offering a wide variety of coins and other collectibles. MA-Shops works with a network of especially reputable European coin dealers. Here we present two of them who have joined MA-Shops recently.

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.

On May 21, 2016, the Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique celebrated its 175th anniversary with a conference under the title “Belgian Numismatics in Perspective”. Several of the top-class attendees were honored.

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.

The Art Institute of Chicago shows two portraits of Antinous, the favorite of Roman Emperor Hadrian. Together with that masterpiece other items like coins on loan from the ANS try to cast a light on the historical figure. The display runs through August 28, 2016.

Every year, the American Numismatic Association awards college scholarships to young, talented numismatists to use toward tuition at an institution of their choice. The 2016 winners are Nathan Godin and Peyton Souder.

A suspected thief was tackled by a security guard as he tried to escape at the Long Beach Expo on Friday, June 10, 2016. An alleged accomplice with a backpack containing more than $300,000 of rare coins was also taken into custody.

On May 3, 2016, Mint of Finland has released the first issue of the Presidents of Finland 5 euro collector coin series. It pays tribute to the first Finish President, Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg.