Karl May’s Heirs Standing on the Dock
Scalps illustrate quite drastically what victorious Indians did to their enemies. Is it impious to still display these trophies when descendants want to bury the remains of their ancestors? To that question the Karl May Museum recently had to find an answer.
Art of Devastation: A Web-based Catalogue of First World War Medallic Art
American Numismatic Society launches “Art of Devastation”: an important new web-based research catalogue of the thousands of art medals, commemorative medals and tokens produced in response to this major conflict.
Dr. Arie Kindler (1920-2014)
The famous numismatist Dr. Arie Kindler died on July 23rd at the age of 94. We reprint his obituary written by Cecilia Meir and published first on the website of the Israel Numismatic Society.
Sicily in full bloom Part 10
Have you ever been to Palermo, that beautiful city full of contradictions? A cab driver put it like this: we’ve seen the Carthaginians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Moors, the Normans, the French and the Spanish. How can you not expect chaos?
A little more life for a tribe that died
March 2014 a small but exceedingly rare gold coin was found by a metal detectorist near Winchester, which will be sold on September 8, 2014. It shows two snakelike corded crescents on one side and a lanky belted horse on the other side. Only one other example is recorded.
Marco Polo Was in China
Are you looking for truly well-founded information on the Chinese economic system? Then forget all numismatic books. The best treatise has been written by a German sinologist. Ursula Kampmann has taken a look at Hans Ulrich Vogel’s book.
The Hype about the Golden Kennedy Half Dollar: Explanations
Last week we reported about the excessive demand for the Golden Kennedy Half Dollar. We asked our readers, whether they had a good explanation for this incredible hype although the US Mint had announced that these commemorative coins will be produced until the demand is met. We have received a lot of responses.
Seven coins stolen from BucksCoins
On August 12, 2014 seven coins were stolen from BucksCoins. Information can be passed anonymously to the police via 101 quoting crime reference Number: 42287/14/4.
A Lucky Pig made of pure gold
A coin is a coin is a coin. And coins are round. Aren’t they?! Again and again, the creative team at Coin Invest Trust shows that coins can be many things: heart-shaped, star-shaped or pig-shaped. Now comes a lucky pig in pure gold, from Liechteinstein, for Palau.
Hungarian Mint commemorates famous architect Miklós Ybl
Hungary marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Miklós Ybl with the issue of a silver collector coin in 2014. The coin’s front shows the church in Fót, as interpreted by the sculptress Ildikó Eröss, with a portrait and signature of Ybl on the back.