Interview with Claude Fayette, important collector of French banknotes
Claude Fayette, collector of French banknotes and author of the book “Les billets de la Banque de France”, has given an interview about some questions on the enjoyment of collectors.
Coin Cabinet of the royal library in Belgium increases online database
The Coin Cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium continues to digitalize parts of its collection. A fifth database has been added, namely the catalog of the collection of coins of the Prince-Bischopric of Liège comprising a total of 2,420 coins.
Boris Kochnev Memorial Seminar on Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics
On Saturday, March 14, 2015, the Middle Eastern and Central Asian Program at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, will hold the Seventh Seminar on Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002).
Three new Swiss commemorative coins
The Swissmint has launched three new commemorative coins: A bimetallic coin on the custom of the descent from Alpine pastures and two silver coins, one on the innovative “Solar Impulse” project and the second on “1500 Years of St. Maurice's Abbey”.
Chinese Medals Commemorate Imperial Palaces on World Heritage List
Two new issues, commemorating the Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Forbidden City and Shenyang, illustrate the appeal of medallic art in China. Designed by Long Hu and sculpted by Lin Feng and Li Jin, these are being struck at the Shanghai Mint.
A Wild West scenario: heist at Wells Fargo
Once, stagecoach robberies were the biggest fear of Wells Fargo, today’s gangsters use a car to smash through a glass door of the Wells Fargo History Museum. The booty of that Wild West assault is as typical as it could be …
United Kingdom’s smallest and largest coins go on trial
Both the smallest and the largest UK coins ever minted at The Royal Mint are among 70,000 coins on trial at the Trial of the Pyx. The smallest coin weighs just one fortieth-ounce and measures a delicate 8mm wide, the largest coin has one Kilo and is 100mm wide.
New Director of Publications Electrifies the ANS
Andrew Reinhard began his tenure as the Director of Publications at the ANS in December 2014, and is already beginning to implement new initiatives opening the ANS publications to the digital world.
Rome’s rich town of Padova
Nearly nothing has remained of the once so splendid town of Patavium, modern Padova in Italy. In the current exhibition running until 1 March 2015 the local museum of Padova gives at least an idea of these lost treasures.
A Window into the Past
What increases the pleasure a coin collector takes in his treasures even further: right, a bottle of fine red wine. Renowned coin dealer Marc Emory has written a novel about the two passions of the connoisseur. Ursula Kampmann has read it.