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After more than 18 months US President Barack Obama announced a new nomination for the US Mint director. The nominated Bibiana Boerio has served for decades in the automobile industry.

In September The Perth Mint is issuing new Lunar Proof Coins in gold and silver and starts the new Birds of Australia series with a silver coin featuring the Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo. The Young Collectors Animal Athletes series is continued with the Rhino Beetle.

Marking the centennial anniversary of the Hungarian Scout Association, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank issued a collector coin with a matching 100 forint denomination. The official logo of the organisation – a lily with the Hungarian holy crown – is depicted on the obverse.

The American Numismatic Association debuts the ‘Kids Zone,’ an interactive exhibit designed to teach children about money. The opening reception was held on Oct. 6 at the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs.

The electronic copy of the October issue of The Canadian Numismatic Journal, the official publication of the Association, will be available – live and free to all – on its Web site beginning on October 1, 2012.

A new volume collects the research papers of Richard Wright on ‘The Modern Coinage of China’, drawing them together from the various journals in which they were originally published between 1974 and 2003 into a newly set version.

Especially in the United States gold bars filled with tungsten, a less valuable metal of similar weight, have turned up. Selling fake gold bars obviously pays. And no one knows how many of these manipulated bars are circulating.

During their volunteers day Citi employees gave a hand to the British Museum photographing coins and medals and making the objects available online. Why do we hear so seldom of projects like that?

Andrew Meadows, Deputy Director of the American Numismatic Society and Mel Wacks of the American Jewish Historical Society have signed an agreement to transfer the web site of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame to the auspices of the ANS.

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