Maria Radnoti-Alföldi (1926-2022)
On 7 May 2022, Maria Radnoti-Alföldi died at the age of 95. The German-Hungarian numismatist and ancient historian influenced generations of scholars.
A Trip to the TICC 2022 in Tokyo
Our translator Michał Skubisz, who has been in Japan for a few weeks now, attended the Tokyo International Coin Convention. It was his first coin show. He shares his impressions with us.
Celtic Coins at Oxford
The Ashmolean has doubled its number of Celtic coins acquiring the John Talbot collection. The Oxford numismatists now launch the Celtic Coin Index Digital website providing access to the world’s largest dataset of Iron Age coins in Britain.
Supplement to the Corpus of Fatimid Coins
In 2006, Norman Douglas Nicol published the standard reference work “A Corpus of Fatimid Coins”, which includes over 2,700 coins. Now a supplement volume features hundreds of coins not included in the original work.
New Royal Numismatic Society Medal
One of the highest accolades in numismatics is the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society. Now the Society has made a new medal as its President Roger Bland explains. The idea for the new motif came to the medallist in an Italian restaurant.
How to Collect 2 Euro Coins from Portugal
Outside the country, 2 euro commemorative coins from Portugal are rare to find in wallets. What’s the best way to collect these issues? And what should collectors keep in mind? Our author numiscontrol has the answers.
Special Forces – Real Heroes
CIT dedicates the third issue of its successful series “Real Heroes” to all special forces of the free world and, in particular, to those of the United States. The coin features an ultra high relief, partial color printing, and microminting.
What Will Happen to the Winterthur Coin Cabinet?
The Winterthur Coin Cabinet is internationally renowned – but it’s too much of a financial burden for this Swiss municipality. At least that’s what some of the parliamentarians think. They demand the city stop financing the museum.
How Was The Bank of England Involved in Transatlantic Slavery?
The Bank of England Museum reopened again after a two-year Covid break. In a new temporary exhibition the museum investigates the connection between “Slavery & the Bank”.
Sixbid Now Available in Six Additional Languages
In addition to English and German, Sixbid is now also available in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.