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Usually it’s the coins that are in the spotlight, not so much their collectors. But in 1970, Norman Rockwell created the painting “The Collector”, which was recently sold at Christie’s. The painting is worth a closer look as it tells us much about the collector.

On September 18, 2014 Scotland is to vote whether it will become independent from the United Kingdom or not. In case of ‘yes’ many questions are still open – one of them is what currency the new country will use. Professor Nick Mayhew, director of the Winton Institute for Monetary History, outlines this tricky problem.

The American Numismatic Society, located in New York City, invites nominations and applications for the position of the Francis D. Campbell Librarian in its Harry W. Bass Jr. Library. So if you feel like managing some 100,000 volumes don’t miss the job posting!

Building on the scope of Robert Friedberg’s groundbreaking research, the “Guide Book of United States Paper Money”, fourth edition, is an engaging history and price guide of the paper currency of the United States.

For years, Coin Invest Trust has been designing coins which stand out for their bold design, innovative minting technology and exceptional quality. Now, the creative thinkers from Liechtenstein have developed a new security feature to ensure collectors can be certain to have bought a coin from Coin Invest Trust: SeQrySign.

On September 10, 2014, the Austrian Mint has issued the fourth coin in its popular “Back from the Dead” dinosaur coin series, accompanied with a new and improved augmented reality app. The first two coins of the series moved from “Life in the Water”, to “Life in the Air”. The third and fourth coins represent “Life on the Ground”.

We have received two reports of coin thefts: On August 29, 2014 a money transporter was raided in the Swiss Canton of Geneva, 650 1-ounce gold coins were stolen. Also in these days a Fedex shipment containing rare Cyprus and World coins has been reported stolen on its ways to Paris.

The US is facing economic ruin while activists try to save the country by help of a private gold currency. A new film blurs the boundary between fiction and reality thanks to sponsoring by the really existing “Gold Liberty”.

The 100th Hannover Coin Show is scheduled for 30 November, 2014, an anniversary for the oldest active coin show in Germany. On this occasion, we will tell you something about the coin show’s history today.

In 864 Charles the Bald founded the French Mint which is still producing France’s coins. On that occasion the institution presents itself in an intriguing video documentary.