Czech Medals to commemorate noble family
The Czech Mint has issued a set of four medals in gold and silver. Each medal is dedicated to a famous member of the Bohemian house of Wartenberg that flourished in the 14th and 15th centuries.
15th Collector Fair Sberatel in Prague
The 15th International Trade Fair Collector Sberatel will be held in Prague from September 6 to 8, 2012. Past fairs have been a great success and Sberatel is the biggest event of this kind in the Czech Republic.
Australian curved coin features star constellation
The Royal Australian Mint presents its newest innovation – a curved coin. With the curved coin creating a domed shape it seemed only fitting for it to emulate the night sky and feature the well known Southern Cross.
New Edition of “Grading Coins by Photographs”
Whitman Publishing is releasing a second edition of Q. David Bowers’s “Grading Coins by Photographs” which has been updated with hundreds of new high-resolution color photographs showing each coin type in multiple grades.
Numismatic Northern Spain – Part 6
You’ve probably never heard of Las Médulas. And yet, this site of the most important gold mines of the Roman Empire is now a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The landscape of Las Médulas is staggeringly beautiful, so much so that we were distracted to the point of nearly getting completely lost.
Gold Prices Tend to Rise after a U.S. Presidential Election
Gold prices generally languish in a year leading up to a U.S. presidential election. Terry Hanlon, president of Dillon Gage Metals in Dallas explains this phenomenon and what we can expect from near future for the prices of precious metals.
Diary of a numismatist travelling Turkey (2009)
In the summer 2009 Ursula Kampmann travelled through Turkey – of course searching for numismatic traces as she always does. She condensed her impressions in a diary whose single parts we have gathered here.
Numismatic diary of a journey throughout Greece (2011)
In summer 2011 Ursula Kampmann travelled Greece writing about her numismatic – and other – experiences a vivid diary. Here are all part gathered.
Numismatic Northern Spain (2012)
In April 2012 Ursula Kampmann travelled through Northern Spain. During the summer she published her numismatic diary of this travel. Here you can read all single parts.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries re-open New York retail space
Stack’s Bowers Galleries re-opens the legendary retail outlet in New York City on August 23, 2012. On that occasion a new GOLD to go™ ATM machine will be presented and two silver Bison coins officially launched.