National Coin and Currency Convention Scheduled for Rosemont
The 29th Annual National Coin and Currency Convention will once again be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois, featuring a three session auction cataloged and conducted by Lyn Knight that will include both United States and foreign paper money.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall 2014
The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the German Reunification. 25 years later, the historic event is remembered on this Palauan coin. Designed by Coin Invest Trust, the latent image on the coin surface shows the two major protagonists from 1989: Helmut Kohl and Mikhail Gorbachev.
New editions in Singapore’s Macau Lunar Series and World Buddha Heritage Series
In August 2014, the Singapore Mint unveiled the Macau Lunar Goat, the eighth coin in the Macau Lunar Series, and the first convex coin with the Maitreya Buddha of Vietnam, the seventh issue of the Bhutan World Buddha Heritage Series.
Astronaut makes history at the Royal Australian Mint
On 18 August 2014, former National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut, Mr Richard (Rick) Hieb, launched the final spectacular domed coin, “Orion”, from the award-winning “Southern Sky” series at the Royal Australian Mint, to celebrate National Science Week.
The era Kluge draws to an end
Only very few numismatists have shaped the numismatic course of events like Bernd Kluge, hitherto Director of the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. On 1 October, 2014, he is retiring. At this point, Ursula Kampmann would like to dedicate a small laudation to him.
GDR – Turnaround – Reunification: Museum and Numismatics in Politically Turbulent Times
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.
New online database for Sotheby’s catalogues
The coin cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium is in possession of the coin collection and library of Lucien de Hirsch. Among it are 409 Sotheby’s catalogues, recording coin sales, sales prices and dealer names between 1833 and 1869. The database is now available online.
Huns in India
In Vienna, a new monograph on the coins of the Huns in India has been published within the framework of the interdisciplinary research project “The cultural history of the Western Himalaya”. Ursula Kampmann reviews Matthias Pfisterer’s work for you.
Coin News pluri-awarded at Annual Writers Competition 2014
Three awards for Coin News made their staff rejoice. Every year the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) honours numismatic publications and writers in various categories.
NGC Introduces Chinese Early Releases and First Releases Labels
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation will begin to offer Chinese and English bilingual labels for its popular Early Releases® and First Releases® designations which identify a coin that was received by NGC within 30 days of its release.