The second official coin of the PGA Tour
Friends of golf know the PGA Tour as the organizer of the world’s premier and highest-remunerated tournament for professional golfers. And now, the Cook Islands are issuing the second official coin of the PGA Tour, designed by Coin Invest Trust.
PCGS Paris Certifies “Champagne Lanson” U.S. $20 Gold Coins Treasure For Bonhams
The Professional Coin Grading Service’s European Submission Center in Paris has authenticated and graded nearly 500 U.S. 19th and early 20th century $20 denomination gold coins discovered in a French vineyard which will now be offered in a public auction.
New Doty Book on Obsolete Paper Money
Whitman Publishing announces the release of a new book by Dr. Richard Doty, senior curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection: “Pictures From a Distant Country: Seeing America Through Old Paper Money”.
Chicago International Coin Fair Set for 18-21, 2013
Krause Publication will play host to the 38th annual Chicago International Coin Fair set for April 18-21 at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare, Chicago.
Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
From March 28 until September 29, 2013 the British Museum will present a major exhibition on the Roman cities of Pompeji and Herculaneum in the Reading Room. It will bring together over 250 fascinating objects looking at the Roman home and the people who lived in these ill-fated cities.
Court Refuses Sotheby’s Request to Dismiss Forfeiture Claim
A United States District Court in New York City has refused to dismiss a Government case to forfeit a Khmer Statue that was to be auctioned off by Sotheby’s Auction House. The Government seeks to return the statue to the Cambodian Government.
Coin dealer killed in Berlin
The much-loved coin dealer Gernot Dorau has been found dead in his coin shop yesterday, March 27, 2013. According to the homicide squad it is a case of murder with robbery.
Memorabilia of ‘Gangsters and Gunslingers’ in Britain
The American Museum in Britain displays ‘Gangsters & Gunslingers – The Good, the Bad & the Memorabilia’ from 23 March to 3 November 2013. The show brings together two defining chapters in the history of the United States: the Wild West and the wild years of the Prohibition / Depression era.
Australia’s history to be re-written because of coins?
During WWII a soldier discovered coins in northern Australia which are said to come from the mediaeval Kilwa Sultanate in Tanzania. Did early connections between Africa and Australia exist? An expedition is to answer how these coins arrived there and what this means.
Pobjoy Mint presents new blue titanium coin featuring blue whale
British Pobjoy Mint announces the release of an amazing new blue titanium coin on behalf of the Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands which celebrates the largest known animal ever to exist – the Blue Whale.