Innovation Charts
The upcoming MintWorld Compendium will be dedicated to ‘Innovations.’ Of these the last ten, twenty years have seen quite a lot. Please write us which innovations you consider most important. And if you have the feeling something is missing on the list, please feel free to drop a line. We will include a little bit of information on your favorites within the upcoming MintWorld Compendium.
Royal Mint bullion range with new specifications
As Nick Bowkett of the Royal Mint informs his blog readers, the Royal Mint is changing the specifications of bullion products.
IACA’s Award for Best New Coin or Series Comes to Coin Conference
The Excellence in Currency Awards are presented by the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) to recognise excellence in currency issue, production, processing, management and distribution. Nominations are now being invited until December 15, 2012.
Australian coloured Remembrance Day commemorative coin
In the lead-up to Remembrance Day, it is only fitting that Australia’s first ever $2 commemorative circulating coin features the poppy flower, a symbol synonymous with this important day of reflection.
PCGS Milestone: 25 Million Coins Certified Worldwide
A historic gold coin from Japan has the distinction of being the 25 millionth coin authenticated and graded by Professional Coin Grading Service, underscoring the growing appreciation worldwide for expert certification by PCGS.
Two books on the Brussels Hoard of 1908
London-based Auction house Baldwin’s has offered 101 of the rarest Henry III Pennies from the Brussels Hoard, a finding linked by its intriguing history to the auction house itself as two books now available from Baldwin’s explain.
Basel displays objects from desert town Petra
Until March 17, 2013 the Antikenmuseum Basel displays an exhibition about Petra, capital of the Nabataeans in the Jordanian desert. Nabataean art and many events take the visitors into a remote world.
Baldwin to sue sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani
Bidding until one owns the most beautiful pieces of the sale and no need to consider what they might cost? This collectors’ dream has turned out a nightmare for the New York Sale organisers. Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani owes them 12.2 million pounds for coins from the Prospero Collection.
Czech Platinum medal St Wenceslas Cathedral
The Czech Mint has issued a platinum medal featuring St Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc. The medal commemorates a building that illustrates virtually the country’s whole history of art, and is limited to only 50 pieces. It is the fourth medal of the series ‘Notable Buildings.’
Quadrennial award of Royal Belgian Numismatic Society
The Royal Belgian Numismatic Society has been granting an award every four years since 1981. Authors of numismatic works in the largest sense possible may submit papers until October 1, 2013. Read the complete conditions here.