Seizure and Detention at the New York International
On January 3, 2012 law enforcement officers seized two coins from a joint sale of Classical Numismatic Group and Nomos Ltd. The coins’ owner, Dr Arnold-Peter Weiss, was detained.
What’s a coin worth?
What’s the duty of a journalist? It’s information, but we feel that another major task is making readers think about our world and its self-evidences. To reach this aim, journalism has many possibilities. One of them is a slight form of deliberate provocation. We thought it’s not self-evident that an ancient Greek coin is worth $ 3.25 million. And here is, what our readers thought...
“Jonah In the Whale” Named Coin of the Year
A 2-New Sheqalim coin from the Bank of Israel has been named Coin of the Year by Krause Publications. The “Jonah In the Whale” silver coin was chosen the best of 10 individual category winners for coins minted in 2010 by an international panel of coin experts.
Swiss Mint dedicates coin to traditional cow fights
Each year in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland the strongest cow, the “Queen of the Queens”, is crowned after many fights. She leads the traditional driving of the cattles to the Alpine pastures. This custom of cow fighting is vivid more than ever and therefore the Federal Swiss Mint has dedicated a coin to it.
Money gallery at British Museum being rebuilt
The Money gallery at the British Museum opened 14 years ago, and was at the time an innovative way of displaying coins and medals. Now it is being rebuilt and therefore will remain closed to the public until June 2012.
International Collectors Fair Collecta in Slovenia
The 6th International Collectors Fair – Collecta will take place from 23rd to 25th March 2012 at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre in Slovenia.
Perth Mint issued 2012 Australian Platypus 1oz Platinum Bullion Coin
The Perth Mint struck one platinum bullion coin, the Australian Platypus 1oz Bullion Coin. Now the 2012 issue has been announced and will certainly be much requested as the 2011 edition is sold out yet. The design features a swimming platypus, an animal unique to Australia.
Interest: balancing money
There’s quite a lot you can do with coins: Spend them, collect them, describe them. But you may treat them also as a skill exercise stacking them in the thousands. A young American did this and published a video clip online documenting his piling performance.
Huntington Collection For Sale – Spanish history in 37,895 coins
The vast Archer M. Huntington Collection of coins relating to the history of Spain will be offered as a single lot in a sealed-bid auction at Sotheby’s New York ending on 8 March 2012. One of the world’s most famous coin collections is expected to realize between $25 and 35 million.
Britannia Silver Bullion Coin Revealed
The Royal Mint has revived the iconic depiction of the goddess to mark the 25th anniversary of Britannia bullion coins. The new bullion coin for 2012 will be available from 1st November 2011.