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Cashless is becoming continuously more popular in the UK. People carry little money on them, would prefer to pay smaller sums with credit cards, and some even do not withdraw any money at all as a study by a British bank has recently revealed.

In September the National Bank of Sweden announced that newly designed coins will be introduced in 2016 comprising again a 2-krona coin. Swedish sculptor Ernst Nordin won the design competition with his design ‘sun, wind, and water.’

How long will coins be used any longer? Dave Harper doubts whether coins will continue to exist for much longer, at least in the USA. The decisive factor might become the vending machine industry.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After becoming victim of a theft Jeff Garrett, former president of the US Professional Numismatists Guild, shares his experience with us in order to give some advice and describe what it means when they smash your show cases and steal your valuable coins.

Nineteen UK firms have launched The Association of Accredited Auctioneers (Triple-A) to bring trust and professionalism to the international art market forging at the same time commercial links with Asia’s only on-line live bidding portal www.epailive.com.