A Coin-Collecting American Boy in 1960s Rome
Robert W. Wallace, one of our steady readers and Professor of Classics at Northwestern University (USA) shares with us his memories of how he collected coins during his Rome stay in the 1960s. And about how differently coin collecting was considered at that epoch.
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.
Hungary’s first oval coin dedicated to Nobel Prize Winner
Hungary’s first oval coin is the first coin in a new series of Hungarian Nobel Prize Winners. The National Bank of Hungary commemorates Albert Szent-Györgyi, the Discoverer of Vitamin C, with this issue.
Austrian Mint Issuing Programme 2013
The Austrian Mint has announced its issuing programme 2013. Collectors will find the traditional New Year’s coin and new editions of popular series like the ‘Federal Provinces’ and ‘Klimt and his women.’ There will be a new series, too: ‘Prehistoric Life.’
Latvian Collector Coin “Riga Technical University”
The Bank of Latvia issued a new 1 lats silver collector coin. Dedicated to the Riga Technical University on occasion of its 150th birthday it is not only a coin but a practically employable tool, which enables the measurements of size, direction and source of origin.
Festschrift for Ilya Prokopov
A new volume of essays has just been published in honour of Dr Ilya S. Prokopov, one of the leading Bulgarian numismatists and a world expert on modern counterfeits of ancient coins.
New divisional heads at collectable auction house Spink
The collectables auction house Spink & Son Ltd announces the appointments of two new divisional heads, the Numismatic division and the Philatelic department. In the last decade Spink has rapidly expanded from its original London base.
Austria dances the waltz in silver
On December 12, 2012 the Austrian Mint issued a 5 euro silver coin celebrating one of the best-known dances of all time, the Waltz. For the first time ever a portion will be available in an English-only package.
Ancient Greek playwrite 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.