‘Better to be safe than sorry’
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.
Baldwin’s launches auctioneers’ association with other UK firms
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.
Germany keeps reduced VAT rate of 7 percent on coins and other objects of art in 2013
After long debates only one thing is certain: Germany is going to keep its reduced VAT rate of 7 percent on coins and other works of art for the next year. However, the reduced VAT rate will be abolished from January 1, 2014.
Numismatic dictionary English German; German English
English is certainly the most important language in the numismatic world as well as in general. However, sometimes you may find it necessary to cope with German in numismatics. Nevertheless Germany is one of the most important coin markets, where masses of catalogues are produced – in German. Now you have a great help: Ursula Kampmann’s Numismatic Dictionary!
The Official PGA TOUR ‘Golf Ball’ Silver Coin
The PGA TOUR organizes the world’s premier and highest-endowed tournament for professional golfers. The Cook Islands are issuing a commemorative PGA TOUR golf ball silver coin designed by Coin Invest Trust.
Silver Coin ‘World Alpine Ski Championship 2013’
Exactly 100 days before the World Ski Championship begins in Schladming Austria, the Austrian Mint will issue a 5 euro silver coin in celebration of the “Ski Championship with Heart”.
Book on East India Company Coinage
Dr. Paul Stevens' ‘The Coins of the Bengal Presidency’ is the first of a planned three part series on the coins of the East India Company, this will be the new standard reference work for the next generation of numismatists.
Monaco: Coin show on the first Sunday in Advent
On December 2, 2012 an international coin show will take place in Monaco. The opening hours for the public are 9 am to 5 pm. Éditions Victor Gadoury invites to visit “la Grande Bourse” in cooperation with the Numismatic Association of Monaco.
Coin Yearbook 2013 available
The Coin Yearbook is the independent price guide and collector’s handbook for the coin hobby. It is the biggest-selling guide to UK coins in the world. Now the 2013 edition has appeared.
Shopping with antique coins at their face value
A young couple stole a coin collection worth $100,000 but is obviously not aware of what they hold in hands: they pay at the movie theatre and the pizza restaurant with these coins at face value, among them a Liberty Head Quarter. Now they got busted.