Bert van Ravenswaaij Is the New Mint Master of the Royal Dutch Mint
Bert van Ravenswaaij has been appointed the new Mint Master of the Royal Dutch Mint. This change comes with numismatic consequences. His privy mark will be featured on all new Dutch circulation coins.
Tiffany Art Metropolis: Notre-Dame
With Tiffany Art Metropolis - Notre-Dame, CIT created a gold and a silver coin that combine smartminting® technology with Tiffany glass inlay to create a special work of art that does justice to the granular delicacy of the Gothic building of Paris’ cathedral Notre Dame.
Sensational Hoard of Celtic Gold Coins Discovered in Brandenburg
A volunteer archaeologist in Brandenburg found 41 Celtic gold coins. It is the second largest hoard of this coin type ever – and was found far away from the Celtic settlement areas. How did the coins get there?
Werner Burger (1936-2021)
Werner Burger was a pioneer of Chinese numismatics. His PhD thesis is said to have been the first one in that field. Now the scholar and collector died in Hong Kong on 15th November 2021, aged 85.
350.000 $ for a candy tin find
One of the very first coins to have been struck in what is now the United States, was discovered in a candy tin in a property of the Wentworth family. It now sold at Morton & Eden auction for an outstanding $351,912 (£264,000).
Byzantine Gold Coins on the Silk Road
Over one hundred Byzantine gold coins and coin imitations have been found in China. A colloquium in Changchun asked the question, how these coins came to South East Asia.
“The Heritage of Money and Coinage”
In spring 2022 Master’s and PhD students will have the opportunity attend a numismatic course in Rome connecting online and on-site activities. An application is still possible.
Pobjoy’s 50p Mr Stink
Pobjoy continues the 50 pence coins series “The World of David WalliamsTM” with “Mr Stink”. The series is dedicated to children’s author David Walliams, whose second novel describes the story of the girl Chloe who befriends with a witty tramp called Mr Stink.
The Hungarian Greyhound Continues the Hungarian Dog Breed Series
The Hungarian Mint has issued a new coin in the series “Hungarian sheep and hunting dog breeds”. The base-metal collector coin is the third coin in this series and is dedicated to the Magyar Agar, the Hungarian Greyhound.
Kingold and China’s Fake Gold Reserves
The Chinese coin dealer Kingold backed loans with 83 tons of gold bars – that’s almost 5% of China’s gold reserves! However, most of the bars turned out to be gold-plated copper, leaving creditors with debts running to the billions.