New x-ray imaging technology assists with coin hoards
In collaboration with the British Museum researchers from the University of Southampton are applying an x-ray imaging technology in order to analyse coin hoards. The metal blocks are x-ray scanned, then a computer assembles the images rendering thus a 3D picture of the single coins.
Mongolia issues coin on Long-eared hedgehog
As part of the Wildlife Protection series Mongolia dedicates a new coin to one of its native animals, the long-eared hedgehog. The Coin Invest Trust has chosen a design reminiscent of the series’ first coin, the twice award-winning ‘Gulo gulo’ of 2007.
Book on Anglo-Saxon counterfeits
The replicas and forgeries of Anglo-Saxon coins have produced a corpus of material almost as extensive as the originals. In this groundbreaking new study Tony Abramson brings together a vast catalogue of Anglo-Saxon counterfeits and copies.
Definitions – Work in Progress: Electric Conductivity
We are working on an encyclopedia of technical terms used by the coin producing industry. Help us by doing so! Today’s definition is dedicated to the term “electric conductivity”.
On Pseudo coins – Collectors and the Need of Information – Letter to the editor
In our last issue we published some opinions on so called “pseudo coins”. Al Beck, a dealer from the United States who specializes in coins featuring animals sent us the following letter.
What about Thailand’s two-baht?
Thailand’s two-baht coin has seen many changes in its life and it was never much loved by the people since it is easily mistaken for a lower denomination. Now it seems the two-baht may find, once again, an end.
Is inefficient logistics India’s source of coin shortage?
India lacks continuously circulation coins despite higher production quotas. Although there have been various rumours about illegal coin exports, a central problem appears to be much more concrete: lack of infrastructure for distributing properly the minted coins.
Airtime instead of small change
Immaterial airtime seems to be the solution to a vital problem of Zimbabwean economy: the overwhelming, ubiquitous lack of coins and hence of small change.
Commemorative Coins are a Profit Center
When did issuing commemorative coins start and how did it change. Richard Giedroyc tries to give an overview over the past 2.000 years.
Highest turnover in investment products in the history of the Austrian Mint
The Austrian Mint has published its Annual Report of 2011. Those who want to know more about facts and figures can download it from the Internet.