Cook Islands collector coin commemorates SS Republic
The paddle steamer SS Republic was transporting over 50,000 coins when it sank in 1865. In 2003, the wreck was discovered and the cargo recovered. Now, the Cook Islands has issued a commemorative coin bearing a small piece of salvaged coal from the ship.
The Royal Mint’s Benjamin Britten 50p strikes a musical note
The Royal Mint revealed the design for the 50p coin commissioned to mark the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the great British cultural figures of the 20th century, which falls on 22 November 2013.
Widespread ignorance of Britons regarding their coins
As The Royal Mint launches its new Collector Albums, research from the organisation shows that many Britons lack fundamental awareness of their coins. Over 10 millions had no idea that Queen Elizabeth II appears on every current British circulating coin.
New edition of an oldie: The red Gadoury
Actually there is no need to introduce the red Gadoury, the book that comprises French coinage from 1789 to 2013. Now the 21st edition has appeared and Ursula Kampmann presents it briefly.
National Numismatic Exhibition in India postponed due to political situation
The organisers of the National Numismatic Exhibition scheduled on October 4-6 in Hyderabad (India) announced that the event will be postponed due to the critical situation in the region where a separating state inflames the passion.
First authenticated pirates’ shipwreck reveals coin treasure
In 1984 Barry Clifford discovered the only documented pirate shipwreck off Cape Cod. The Whydah was once the flagship of ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy and may be still stowed with over 400,000 coins.
‘Longing for Mecca – the pilgrim’s journey’ an exhibition in Leiden (NL)
The Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden (The Netherlands) shows impressive objects of art in its forthcoming exhibition dedicated to the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca which is central to the Muslim faith, among which there are also historically significant coins.
A generations’ work: the Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum
The Austrian Academy of the Sciences Press has published the first volume of a gigantic project dedicated to the Parthian coinage. Ursula Kampmann presents this epoch-making publication.
How to be a Man? Basel investigates the stronger sex in Antiquity
The current exhibition of the Antikenmuseum Basel focuses on men and images of men in Classical Athens. The Skulpturhalle concentrates on the traditionally male domain of sport. The exhibitions run until March 30, 2014.
Priceless coin worth ca 4,000 euros unearthed
During an archaeological excavation in Bethsaida on the coast of the Sea of Galilee a coin issued in Akko featuring the portrait of Cleopatra was discovered. Nothing particular if not a clueless journalist had dealt with it.