Jeff Garrett ANA’s new president
Voting members of the American Numismatic Association have chosen three new candidates and six incumbents to the ANA Board of Governors for the 2015-17 election term. Jeff Garrett will become the ANA’s 59th President, Gary Adkins will be Vice President.
Ministerial draft updating the legislation on the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Since the draft for the new Law on the Protection of Cultural Property has been presented to a handful of specialists, there is an ongoing debate about it. Some lenders have already begun to withdraw their works of art from museums. Ursula Kampmann gives a summary of the new regulations.
Matthew Rhett Jeppson nominated new US Mint Director
On 9 July 2015 President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Matthew Rhett Jeppson Director of the Mint. Since January 2015 Mr. Jeppson has been Principal Deputy Director of the Mint.
Volume 2 of Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money available
Whitman Publishing has released the second volume of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, by Don and Lois Bailey. The second book in the four-volume Encyclopedia, covers the modern coins of Mexico in depth.
Winners of the International Coin Design Competition 2014
Japan Mint has announced the winners of the International Coin Design Competition 2014. The objective of the competition is to encourage creativity and enhance the artistry of coin designs.
CSNS Announces Exhibit Award Sponsorships
The Central States Numismatic Society has announced sponsorships for a number of the organization’s educational exhibit awards at the CSNS convention 2016. But four exhibiting categories are still available for sponsors to endow.
Latvia celebrates 500 years of the Riga Castle
The Latvijas Banka has issued a silver collector coin that marks the 500th anniversary of the Riga Castle. The obverse of the coin depicts Wolter von Plettenberg, the Master of the Livonian Order, and the Madonna. The reverse shows the Riga Castle in a bird’s-eye view.
Art Medals for the first Jewish Miss America Bess Myerson
Bess Myerson, the first and only Jewish Miss America, died at age 90 on December 14, 2014, at her home in Santa Monica, California. She was inducted into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 2001 and 150 bronze, 65 silver and 13 gold art medals were struck in her honor.
Lutz Ilisch celebrates his 65th birthday
On July 2, 2015, Lutz Ilisch celebrated his 65th birthday. It was him who has made Tübingen an internationally renowned center for Islamic numismatics.
Medal Portraits exhibition in Spain
The house of Catalan architect Rafael Masó in Girona (Spain) is today a museum dedicated to the work and collections of Masó. Currently nearly 400 medals from his collection are on display there, a splendid catalogue accompanies this exhibition.