Large Coin Hoard Found In Shropshire
In August a novice metal detector user reported his first find: the largest coin hoard ever found in Shropshire county. Over 9,000 Roman coins from the 4th century AD may have been buried as ritual offering. HM Coroner declared the finding treasure...
New permanent exhibition in Schwyz: “Switzerland in the Making”
The new permanent exhibition “Switzerland in the Making. Through the 12th to the 14th Century” at the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz opens on 29 October 2011. The scenographic exhibition takes the visitor to a fascinating tour into the past...
ANS Modern Chinese Duplicates in Stacks Bowers Ponterio Auction
The American Numismatic Society’s Board of Trustees has approved the sale of a group of duplicate modern Chinese coins from the collection of its East Asian Department (estimated at $200,000). The pieces have been consigned to Stacks Bowers Ponterio Hong Kong Auction...
Parlamentarium: the European Parliament’s New Interactive Visitors’ Centre
The renowned Atelier Brückner has designed the new visitors’ centre of the European Parliament in Brussels. Since October 14, 2011 the European Union presents itself in its diversity and unity in 23 languages offering an interactive exhibition...
Perth Mint Unveils the Largest Gold Coin Ever
The biggest, heaviest, inherently the most valuable gold bullion coin in the world has been unveiled by The Perth Mint. Weighing a massive one ton of 99.99% pure gold, the monumental coin measures nearly 80cms wide and more than 12cms deep...
Treasure Stolen in Benghazi or Hollywood the Libyan Way?
Like in a Hollywood film robbers intruded in a bank in Libya and stole the “Treasure of Benghazi”: thousands of ancient coins and other objects. Months later the Libyans alerted Interpol about the catastrophe. But now doubts have arisen if things happened really this way...
Finland Celebrates a Sea That Has Many Faces
Voters from around the world have chosen the design for the new ethical commemorative coin the Mint of Finland is going to issue. For the second year in a row the design proposals have been put forward by high-school students...
Palau Dedicates an Issue to Escapologist Harry Houdini
Palau has assigned to the Coin Invest Trust the task of developing a coin dedicated to the illusionist and escapologist Harry Houdini. In October the coin is issued as 2 dollar silver coin and as 1 dollar coin in copper/nickel. Both are delivered in a “magic box”...
Cherrypickers’ Guide in New Edition
Whitman Publishing is releasing a new, expanded, and updated volume of the award-winning Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins. The fifth edition, volume II will be available in November 2011...
International Symposium on Roman Coins in the Renaissance
From November 16 to 18, 2011 various research institutes organize an international symposium in Berlin. The aim is to conduct a comparative analysis of the role and function of antique coins, and the reception, and (re-)construction of ancient culture and history in the age of the Renaissance...