Peru centre of counterfeit banknotes
Recently Peru has become a centre of counterfeiting banknotes particularly US bills. The Secret Service has reacted by intensifying the collaboration with Peruvian law enforcement.
Movie Review “Who’s Minding the Mint?”
A 1967 screwball comedy features an employee of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (by the way, the mint does not matter at all) and his vicissitudes while trying to reprint banknotes previously destroyed by accident. The film has been released again as DVD.
Bitcoin and more – an overview of virtual currencies
The Wall Street Journal has published an article putting together the various virtual currencies – like bitcoin – ‘in circulation’ online and in the non-virtual world.
Minting in modern China
An absolute must-have for anyone interested in modern Chinese coins before the People’s Republic of China was founded is the collection of essays written by Richard Wright. Here you find a book review.
Hendin Receives 2013 Medal from Gunnar Holst Foundation for Numismatics
David Hendin was the recipient of the 2013 Gunnar Holst Numismatic Foundation Medal, awarded at the University of Göteborg, Sweden, on May 16. CoinsWeekly congratulates on this well-deserved recognition of his achievements.
Springtime in Turkey – Part 7
Given the number of tourists about the place, one could be forgiven for thinking that pretty much everyone in the world has already walked along the Curetes Street of Ephesus. And we were taking in Ephesus on a quiet day too, relatively speaking …
Richard (Dick) G. Doty, 1942-2013 Smithsonian Curator
The numismatic community is in mourning for Richard G. Doty. He was a master not only in describing coins but in reconstructing their history. He certainly would have written many more books. We will miss him.
Wildlife Conservation – Prism 2013
The Cook Islands offer us a small reminder that it is largely due to human interference that many species and habitats on earth are currently threatened. Three silver coins designed by Coin Invest Trust depict females of a threatened species, illustrated in prism technique.
Conferences on Archaeology and Asian Art in Brussels
ArtConnoisseurs is a cultural and scientific event taking place from 6 to 8 June 2013 which consists of a series of expert conferences – also on numismatics – given by renowned collectors, scholars and museum curators from Europe and from all over the world.
Important coin collection stolen in France
A fairly comprehensive coin collection was stolen from a private home near Paris, France end of May 2013. We publish a list of the stolen items and ask you to stay on alert.