Schuler streamlines organization
The listed Schuler Group is streamlining its top management level and merging individual companies. The Board of Management is to be downsized from five to four members and the number of second-tier managers in Germany is to be reduced significantly.
Mulligan Mint gone bust
Since its foundation in 2012 the Dallas-based Mulligan Mint has released rather peculiar coins for collectors and individuals. Now it has filed a Chapter 11 case after more than 71,000 ounces of a silver shipment missing.
Egypt and Alexandria. A brief numismatic survey
In this series Ursula Kampmann invites you to a trip though the history of Egypt and its capital Alexandria by its coinage.
Animal kingdom comes to ‘life’ in The Singapore Mint’s latest releases
The Singapore Mint has launched two unique collections namely the “Giant Pandas 1oz 999 Fine Silver Proof Minted Stamp Ingot with Colour” and the “2014 Macau Lunar Horse Coins”.
Yitzhak Shamir State Medal Release
A new Israel State Medal in honor of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was presented to his son, Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir and daughter, Gilada Diament.
Royal Canadian Mint marks 75th anniversary of Superman™
In the heart of the city that inspired Metropolis, the famous backdrop against which the story of Superman™ has been told since 1938, the Royal Canadian Mint has released seven exciting new coins to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the world’s most celebrated Super Hero.
American Israel Numismatic Association won ANA award
The Shekel, bi-monthly periodical of the American Israel Numismatic Association won the First Place Award for Outstanding Publication of a Specialty Coin Club, recently presented by the American Numismatic Association. CoinsWeekly congratulates them!
ANS organizes symposium on early electrum coinage
‘The Beginning of Coinage’ on November 15-16, 2013 offers members and others interested in early electrum coinage to learn more about some of these new discoveries. Papers by international experts in the field will cover a variety of aspects.
The Battle at Harzhorn on display
In 2008 an enormous battlefield from the 3rd century CE was discovered in northern Germany. This changed the idea of that period completely: actually Roman campaigns deep into the Germanic area continued even after Varus’s defeat. Now a splendid exhibition shows the findings.
Burglars without numismatic knowledge quickly copped
Teenagers who stole a rare coin collection in Saint Paul (MN) got copped the next day when they tried to change the coins into banknotes and the coin-counting machine jammed.