Royal Australian Mint issues new Mint Issue App
The Royal Australian Mint has released the 100th edition of Mint Issue and to celebrate this major milestone has created the Mint Issue App for the iPad. The app takes Mint Issue to a new level, introducing interactive coin displays, videos and much more.
‘Italian Cast Coinage’ in new edition
Italo Vecchi has published an updated edition of his famous ‘Italian Cast Coinage’ of 1979. This catalog of all of the known types of cast coinage used in Rome and central Italy between the seventh to third centuries BC takes now into consideration the many specialized studies which have appeared in the last decades.
Israel Museum showcases ‘first Jewish coin’
A very generous couple of collectors donated 1,200 Persian coins to the Israel Museum, most of them minted for the Palestinian provinces. Among these coins a drachm may be the first known to be minted for the province of Judah.
Olympic Medals Are Heavier but Contain Less Gold than a Century Ago
When gold medals are handed out at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February, athletes will receive silver medals plated with gold as the price of gold rose. The medals also feature particles of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
The ISEGRIM Project – a data base of coins
The University of Düsseldorf provides a data base with about 60,000 descriptions of ancient coins, minted between the seventh century BC and the end of the minting period of cities in Asia Minor in 276 AD. It is accessible online for researchers and laymen.
Harlan J. Berk the First to Accept Bitcoins
Harlan J. Berk Ltd. is the first-known to accept a progressive and controversial form of digital currency. All numismatic coins can be purchased with the use of bitcoins on the HJB website.
Denmark has released Coin Set for Children 2014
The Royal Danish Mint has issued the new 2014 Coin Set for Children which is now available. The Coin Set has a new design with a sweet story about a teddy bear and his friends.
New Swiss coin for collectors: ‘Patrouille Suisse’
The Federal Mint Swissmint has launched a new commemorative coin for coin enthusiasts and collectors. The silver coin ’50 years of the Patrouille Suisse’ depicts the aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force.
New volume in Handbook of Greek Coinage Series
Volume 12 in the Handbook of Greek Coinage series is being at press and will be available soon. This volume represents the 7th of the 12 scheduled volumes of this important work being written by Oliver Hoover and published by CNG.
Brad Ciociola joins Stack’s Bowers Galleries as currency specialist
Stack’s Bowers Galleries announces the addition of Brad Ciociola to its currency division. Ciociola brings a wealth of currency and grading experience to Stack’s Bowers Galleries, and has begun his position with the firm in January 2014.