Treasure Hunting the American Way
Allegedly the former art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a chest full of gold coins and precious antiquities worth between 1 and 3 million US dollars somewhere in the Rocky Mountains north of Santa Fe as an award. A dedicated community is eagerly treasure hunting.
Springtime in Turkey – Part 12
Nothing beats a little dose of the unexpected while on holiday – it’s the only way you can really get to know a country and its people. After all, how else would we have gained insight into Turkey’s bureaucracy had we not had that awful car trouble? It also meant we had the chance to make one last excursion to Izmir.
Coin Invest Trust designs coins on historic changes in the Vatican
Coin Invest Trust has designed a series of coins that pay tribute to a historically significant event: the first resignation of a pope since the Middle Ages.
Latvia issues Baby Coin
The Bank of Latvia has issued a new silver collector coin. The Baby Coin is destined to become a present made by friends to a newborn baby following traditional customs of showing thus their good will and joy over the new human’s birth.
Belgian School at Athens celebrates 50 years of excavations
The Belgian School at Athens celebrates 50 years of Belgian activities at Thorikos, Attika, Greece with a conference on October 7-8, 2013.
The coinage of Maxentius
Maxentius ruled between 306 and 312, as the last emperor who had a residence in Rome. His comprehensive coinage makes ample reference to the great past of the Eternal City. Now, a corpus of his coinage has been published which Ursula Kampmann introduces you to here.
Governor-General launches Australia’s first purple striped coin
The Governor-General of Australia will launch Australia’s first purple striped circulating $2 coin celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Australian Mint.
The Royal Mint’s penny Gromit sculpture looks a million dollars!
The Royal Mint has personalised a giant fibre-glass model of one of the world’s best-loved canine cartoon characters, Gromit, with thousands of shiny new pennies. The sculpture will be auctioned off in October to raise funds for the Bristol Children’s Hospital charity.
Two new awards for excellence in currency
Two new awards will be presented during the Coin Conference in Berlin in October. The awards will celebrate excellence and innovation in coin design and coin production. Nominations close on July 26, 2013.
Anti-counterfeiting approach by biomimicry
Some news from our cutting-edge technology section: Canadian company NanoTech Security proposes a bio-mimicry approach to money production. Instead of using ink an electron beam patterns a master die creating a nano structure that evokes colours to the human eye.