Royal Canadian Mint releases final collector coins of 2012
The Royal Canadian Mint has launched the final collector coins of 2012 remembering Canada’s past and wildlife. In addition collectors are offered a Lunar coin 2013 and a new Gold Maple Leaf coin.
Ancient Greek play-writer Aeschylus on silver coin
The Bank of Greece has issued a new 10 Euro collector’s coin in silver which highlights Aeschylus, an author of enduring reputation and innovation in a genre most prevalent in ancient Hellenic culture – that of the theatre in the form of tragedy.
Spanish Painters series featuring Joan Miró
The Spanish Royal Mint has released the fifth set in the collector coin series ‘Spanish Painters’ featuring Joan Miró. The five coins comprise one gold and four silver coins, are minted in proof quality and highlight some of the artist’s most representative paintings.
British Museum acquires medals of Polar explorer Scott
Recently the British Museum has enriched its large collection of some 70,000 medals acquiring 24 medals that belonged to the family of national icon Captain Scott.
Spectacular series of exhibition on French medallic art
In November and December 2012 a series of exhibitions on French medallic art in the 19th and 20th century in France has started. The title of the exhibitions is ‘Au creux de la main: La médaille en France aux XIXe et XXe siècles’.
Beware of the ghost – some banks have paranormal visitors
Scared of banks? There are some banks you should be even more scared. And the reason should not be the amount of your mortgage rates. Go Banking Rates compiled a list of haunted banks all over the world. Read about massacres, executions, robberies – and always about ghosts.
On the re-politicisation of cultural property
In an US indemnity lawsuit against Iran lawyers are trying to seize ‘Iranian objects’ from important museums of their own country in order to sell them. That, however, would mean that in the end US citizens pay for Iran. And then, of course, the academic research.
Bank of Israel’s Biblical Art Series continued: Daniel in the Lion’s Den
The tale of Daniel in the Lion’s Den, from chapter 6 of the Book of Daniel, is an amazing one of faith, loyalty and heroism and was chosen by the Bank of Israel as the theme for the 17th annual issue in its Biblical Art Coin Series.
Building inspired by Chinese Cash Money
‘Time Style’ presents in a slideshow fifteen buildings which, as a matter of fact, do not look like buildings. Some of them seem to originate from another planet, others are made up like statues or flames, and one was inspired by traditional Chinese cash money.
Volker Heuchert appointed Assistant Keeper at the Ashmolean
German-British numismatist Volker Heuchert has been working at Oxford University since many years and has established his reputation particularly as collaborator to the Roman Provincial Coinage project. Now he was appointed Assistant Keeper at the Ashmolean Museum.