Winners of the International Coin Design Competition 2012
Since 1998 Japan Mint has invited coin design from all over the world to the International Coin Design Competition, to encourage creativity and enhance the artistry of coin designs. In 2012 the winner of the Most Excellent Work comes from Ukraine.
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.
Coin celebrating the great Pyramids at Giza
Egypt’s Great Pyramids are one of the world’s most beautiful and awe-inspiring sights and an amazing and technically unique coin issue on behalf of the British Virgin Islands brings these amazing structures to life.
Australian Slim Dusty coin
The Royal Australian Mint has launched a coin recognising Slim Dusty’s contribution to Australian society at the ‘Slim Dusty Birthday Bash’. This coin is the latest release in the Mint’s Inspirational Australians series.
Italy commemorates 150th anniversary of poet D’Annunzio with silver coin
Italy commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gabriele D’Annunzio, one of Italy’s most eminent poets of the 19th and 20th century, with a 5 Euro coin.
PCGS Shanghai Office Will Open July 20, 2013
In a historic event that has the potential to significantly expand the already rapidly-growing coin collecting market in China, Professional Coin Grading Service, Collectors Universe (Shanghai) will officially open on July 20, 2013.
DAMIN News
The DAMIN project on the depreciation of silver in history has made available online all interviews and presentations of the last two round tables. Additionally all these papers were published in a new Moneta volume.
ANA Board of Governors Elections
Voting members of the American Numismatic Association have chosen three new candidates and six incumbents to the ANA Board of Governors for the 2013-15 election term. For the first time ANA members were given the option to vote by either electronic or paper ballot.
Royal Mint to gift silver pennies to babies sharing the royal baby’s birthday
The UK is expecting the birth of a royal baby, the child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge by mid-July. The Royal Mint has now revealed to be producing 2,013 silver pennies to give to parents of babies who will be born the same day in the UK.
Springtime in Turkey – Part 11
What do you do when your car breaks down and you’re stranded in the middle of nowhere? That’s right – you take your time visiting the local ruins. In this chapter, we pay a leisurely visit to the ancient city of Hieropolis, modern-day Pamukkale.