ONS Meeting in Bremen
On November 23, 2013 the Oriental Numismatic Society will hold their next meeting in Bremen. Lectures can still be integrated into the programme. As always there will be dedicated plenty of space to exchange and discussions.
Special issues of San Marino euro coins
The Mint of San Marino will issue two commemorative coins, a 2 Euro commemorative coin “Pinturicchio” and the 5 euro silver coin dedicated to J. F. Kennedy. Of the Pinturicchio coin a special edition will be distributed during the Monety Expo Warsaw in September.
Coin set ‘Japan-Spain relations’ officially presented
Recently the Japan Mint has issued a 2013 Proof Coin Set dedicated to ‘400th Anniversary of Japan-Spain Relations’. During a bilateral business meeting in Spain these sets were presented to and by high representatives of both countries.
Ten years of Wertpapierwelt – Museum of Historical Shares and Bonds
To commemorate its ten-year anniversary, the world’s most prominent collection of historical securities is presenting a new type of exhibition. A modular design takes the visitors into the past and present world of shares and bonds and our complex economy.
Teletrading coin dealer jailed for fraud
David Laurence Marion owned International Rarities Corp. a big Minneapolis-based company. The firm went broke and its owner is now going to prison for five years because defrauding clients over millions of dollars.
Meteorite particles in Olympic gold medals
When a meteorite went down in Russia earlier in 2013, for the very first time a large number of persons were hurt during such an event. Now particles of the meteorite are included in seven gold medals at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
DAMIN Osaka meeting 2014
In the framework of the DAMIN program on Silver monetary depreciation and international relations, the next round table will be held in Osaka in April 2014 on East/West relations. All marks of interest are welcome.
The coins of the Alexandrinian nomes
The egyptologist Manfred Weber and the numismatist Angelo Geissen published together a book on the Alexandrinian nome coins of Roman Imperial times. Ursula Kampmann discusses this remarkable product of an interdisciplinary cooperation.
Central States Plans Civil War Educational Forum at 75th Anniversary Convention of CSNS
The 2014 Convention of the Central States Numismatic Society is a very special one, celebrating the society’s diamond jubilee. It features not only the traditional big bourse, but has a particularly strong lineup of Civil War researchers with presentations on a broad array of Civil War era related topics.
Fake slabs to become illegal in the U.S.
US House of Representatives has passed a bill applying modifications to the ‘Hobby Protection Act.’ Not only producing imitations and selling them is punishable by law but also faking slabs.