New Edition of Collecting World Coins Available
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Collecting World Coins, 1901-Present in an updated 14th edition, presents the most comprehensive country-by-country, fully illustrated listing of 20th and 21st century coins used in everyday commerce.
Videos on Medieval and Roman numismatics
French numismatist Georges Depeyrot has uploaded onto his profile at Academia.edu two videos explaining the world of Roman coins and Medieval numismatics.
Record price for a gold coin of a man who made a million
A gold stater of the Celtic king Cunobelin, known as the Biga Type, was recently sold for £15,100, the highest price ever paid for a coin of this ruler.
Austria by Its Children 3: “Province of Lower Austria”
The Austrian Mint issued on May 17, 2013 the third silver coin in its delightful series “Austria, by its Children.” The new coin features the province of Lower Austria.
FEI – The official coin series
The international parent organization of the national equestrian association, FEI, has entrusted Coin Invest Trust with the design of an official coin series. Collectors and equestrian sport aficionados alike can now delight in the first four coins of this new series.
Springtime in Turkey – Part 5
There’s an old Sicilian proverb that says, ‘Only donkeys and tourists go out in the midday sun.’ But for us, lunchtime afforded us the glorious opportunity to take in Pergamum all on our own.
Liberty Dollar has returned
In 2011 Bernard von NotHaus was convicted on counterfeiting after having issued the Liberty Dollar, a private currency apparently similar to the official US currency. Now a collector wants to issue a New Liberty Dollar as private medal with no intention of provoking authorities.
A numismatic glimpse inside English economic history
Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth-Century Britain – this is how David W. Dykes entitled his luxury volume dealing with English tokens and their place in the history of money. The bibliophilic publication is of interest not just to special collectors.
Spectrum Group International Announces Purchase of Non-Controlling Interest in Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Spectrum Group International announced on May 2, 2013 that it has purchased the 49% non-controlling interest in SBN/dba Stack’s Bowers Galleries which is now wholly owned by the company.
Famous ‘Lost’ nickel sells for $3.17 million
1913 5C Liberty, PR63 PCGS, one of just five known, crosses the block in Chicago-area event, April 25. The item was kept for over 40 years in a closet after being mistakenly declared to be a date altered fake.