Italian Mint honours Renaissance artist Donato Bramante
Italy has issued the SU set 2014, containing the 5 euro silver coin dedicated to the “500th Anniversary of the death of Donato Bramante” and the 2 euro commemorative coin “450th Anniversary of the Birth of Galileo Galilei”.
Moneta Publications: Second website
Moneta Publications has a second website. Customers have now the possibility to choose the transportation: normal, and the various UPS possibilities.
Royal Mint Launches Online Bullion Trading Service
The Royal Mint has launched a new bullion trading website, enabling customers to buy, store and sell bullion coins directly from The Royal Mint quickly, effortlessly and securely, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Austrian Mint announces Issuing Programme 2015
The Austrian Mint has announced its issuing programme 2015 as scheduled so far. The ‘Prehistoric Life’ series is continued as well as ‘Klimt and his women’. And of course there will be another niobium coin.
What’s new in September from the Perth Mint
A comprehensive list of new commemorative coins struck by the Perth mint reached us recently. Read this article to see what the Mint has to offer.
Quo Vadis: what good will First Day of Issue Grading do to the collector?
The Kennedy gold Half Dollar was extremely sought-after during the ANA Chicago. That was due to a First Day of Issue certificate that might turn the collectors’ market upside down. At present, the First Day of Issue Graded coins make a lot of money. The long-term question, however, is: for whom.
GDR – Turnaround – Reunification: Museum and Numismatics in Politically Turbulent Times – Part 2
In 2009, Bernd Kluge, Director of the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, gave Ursula Kampmann an interview and explained to her what it meant to work in the Münzkabinett in the GDR era and to lead it through the Turnaround and the German Reunification. On the occasion of his retirement on 1 October, 2014, we publish this interview again in CoinsWeekly.
British Museum investigates Germany’s identity
The British Museum shows an exhibition on Germany’s past and identity. At the same time a radio series present objects and places developing the topic further. Germans too will learn quite a lot about themselves.
World of John F. Kennedy in Medallic and Coinage Art
Whitman Publishing has released ‘The Kennedy World in Medallic Art’ by William R. Rice. In this monumental new book, Kennedy historian Rice offers fresh insight on the life and times of the president.
Motifs of Norwegia’s new banknote series
Norges Bank has now decided on the motifs to be used as the basis for further work the new banknote series. A surprising decision secures that the motifs are typically Nordic with a modern expression at the same time.