Definitions – Work in Progress: Edge inscription
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 "edge inscription".
FBI requests assistance
Customer data have been stolen from a coin and bullion company. The FBI inquires, whether any company has been contacted by an individual trying to sell similar data.
Peter Weiss condemned to write extra essay
Now has arrived the legal end of an episode which had begun at the New York International Coin Convention. Peter Weiss pleaded guilty of owning two coins he believed to have been taken out of Italy illegally after the 1909 deadline. An expert had declared the pieces in question to be forgeries.
Diva Faustina – new book on her coinage and cult
A new study by Martin Beckmann resolves the chronological difficulties of the coinage struck posthumously in the name of Faustina the Elder, wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, until now undated by means of die study of Diva Faustina’s gold and bronze coinage.
International numismatic and precious metal fair at Warsaw
From 11th to 13th October 2012 the 8th International Numismatic, Gold & Art Jewellery Exhibition CoinExpo 2012 is going to take place in the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland.
Monnaie Magazine available for web and tablets
The French magazine “Monnaie Magazine” is now available as digital version too. There are android and iOS versions for PC and Apple devices.
Calgary Stampede: 100 years of thrill
The Royal Canadian Mint commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede, immortalized in five-ounce pure gold and silver coins, as well as colourful 25-cent cupronickel coin and stamp set.
Royal Mint commemorates The Queen’s Jubilee with 5oz coins
To celebrate the momentous occasion of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, The Royal Mint has revealed Proof quality UK five-ounce coins in gold and silver, and two majestic gold and silver one kilo coins.
Numismatics in Jerusalem – Part 1
Actually, numismatics concentrates on quite a narrow space in Jerusalem. There is the Israel Museum, which accommodates beside its own collection the Israel Antiquities Authority as well. And only a fifteen minutes’ walk from there you will find the exhibition of the Bank of Israel. Follow us today to a visit at the Israel Museum.
White Gold – exhibition in the Israel Museum
Electrum coins are among the most fascinating coinages because they are right at the beginning of Western numismatics. Unfortunately the decisive facts are still contested. The Israel Museum has just opened an exhibition on electrum issues and on that occasion held an important congress.