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The Journal of Ancient Numismatics is a free online journal dedicated to the study of Ancient and Medieval numismatics and history. Thanks to the sponsorship of Agora Auctions the journal is online again.

The publishing house Moneta (Belgium) has released several new or revised books. Moneta publishes volumes on numismatics, monetary history and coin finds, from antiquity to present times, in various languages.

With the issue of the Gibraltar Silver Royal, a legal tender coin with a face value of 20 pounds, the Gibraltar Mint officially joins the market of international coinage. The Silver Royal contains one troy ounce of pure fine silver with a millesimal fineness of 999.

Zimbabwe hasn’t had an own currency for years now. Instead of the Zimbabwe dollar, foreign currencies are now being used for payments. In 2014, the government will further increase the number of officially accepted currencies to counteract the drastic lack of cash money.

Two coin hoards in close proximity to each other have been discovered in the North of Scotland, one of them being the first find of Roman coins in this area. The coins shed more light on our understanding of the relations between Romans and Celts in Antiquity.

The ANS and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World received a major grant of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities which will provide for the full implementation of the Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE) project.

At last, the authors Michel Taillard and Michael Arnaud now present a comprehensive, new standard work of reference on French patterns and piéforts. The standard work of reference on modern French numismatics, the red-colored Gadoury, did not include those coins.

The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has certified the superb Benchmark Collection, a complete set of Australian pre-decimal coins. The collection includes a number of finest known examples and important rarities as well as several previously undocumented varieties.

Two subsidiaries of Dallas-based Dillon Gage Metals were recently named associates of the London Bullion Market Association, a world-wide trade group representing wholesale gold and silver bullion, over-the-counter market members.

Mint of Finland has released a commemorative coin entitled ‘First Mark and Numismatics’ on 11 April. It is a homage to scholars and collectors of coins as well as commemorating the birth of Finland’s national currency.