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“Connecting Through Coinage”, a major two-day event focussing on coinage associated with York, will be held in June 2014 in York. Day One is the “Romano-British Congress” and Day Two will be the fifth biennial international “Symposium in Early Medieval Coinage”.

Uppsala University holds a gigantic collection of medical-historical medals which formerly belonged to Erik Waller. Harald Nilsson has now published a catalogue of this collection. Ursula Kampmann discusses the book.

Lyn Knight will be the official auction house for the November 20-23, 2014 29th Annual National Coin and Currency Convention a Professional Currency Dealers Association sponsored event.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s first appearance on film and to commemorate him as an icon of cinematic history, the Perth Mint has released a 1oz silver lenticular coin featuring the comic genius.

For the first time, a coin in the popular pearl series by Coin Invest Trust isn’t dedicated to a shell, but to a sea snail. The latest coin in the series shows a “queen conch”, native to the Caribbean.

The Central States Numismatic Society’s 75th Anniversary Convention will be held in April in Chicago. Amongst others, the convention will offer several auction sessions, an almost 300 booth bourse area as well as educational seminars, for instance on Women in Numismatics or on the Civil War.

Following the “Coral Reef, Eilat” coin issued a year ago, the Bank of Israel has released the “Jordan River”, the second coin in the “Views of Israel” series.

In 2014 Japan will issue again coin sets of its “47 Prefectures” series. This year’s issues will be dedicated to Ehime, Yamagata, Mie, Saitama, Ishikawa and Kagawa.

One of the greatest American coin hoards ever to be found has been acquired by Stack’s Bowers Galleries. The hoard contains over a million coins and its comprehensive market value may range from $15 to $20 million.

On February 13, 2014 numismatist and coin dealer Jean-Paul Divo died. Lutz Neumann-Lysloff recalls his life and his achievements for numismatics.