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In his Reminiscences George Kolbe is sharing his memories and experiences as a Numismatic Bookseller with us. The text was first published in The Asylum, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-March 2013) and is the first part in a series of articles.

Coin Invest Trust now uses videos to describe select coins and their extraordinary features. Their first NewsFlash focuses on four new issues with CIT staff members elaborating on both background and technical specifications.

On April 15, 2015 the Austrian Mint issued the fourth gold coin in its 5-coin series, “Klimt and his Women.” The coin shows details from Klimt’s paintings “Jurisprudence” and “Medicine”.

The collector coin of Uusimaa will be released by the Mint of Finland as part of the coin series paying tribute to the emblematic animals of Finland's provinces. The obverse side of the coin depicts the hedgehog at the foot of tower blocks.

The story of a huge treasure on Cocos Island, located not far from Costa Rica, was already known to Robert Louis Stevenson to whom it served as an inspiration to write his best-seller ‘Treasure Island’. Now, the legendary Treasure of Lima is said to have been discovered at last.

With over 1.3 million objects in its collections, the Hunterian is one of the world’s leading university museums and galleries. Now the museum, including the numismatic collections, is moving to a new location at Kelvin Hall on the main University of Glasgow campus.

The Royal Mint is to bring about the return of a world-renowned bullion brand after an absence of 47 years, expanding its bullion range to offer gold and silver minted bars bearing the historic marque of The Royal Mint Refinery: RMR.

The Spanish Real Casa de la Moneda has issued a silver collector coin to celebrate the 500 Anniversary of Saint Teresa of Jesus, a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint and Carmelite nun.

The winner of a public competition to design the “tails” side of the new £1 coin was unveiled by the Chancellor: It is David Pearce, age 15. His design takes in four well known symbols of the UK with a rose, leek, thistle and shamrock emerging from a Royal Coronet.

In Israel a group of spelunkers found a cache of rare coins and silver and bronze objects in a cave. Parts of the hoard date back to the Hellenistic epoch, but some are much older. As on some vessels stalagmites had developed, the archaeological findings can even help to date the cave.