Royal Dutch Mint issues a commemorative coin: 100 years Mint building
The Royal Dutch Mint will issue a new commemorative coin on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its Mint. More detailed information will be available soon.
From royal to floral: New themes abound in Royal Canadian Mint’s Spring 2011 Coin Collection
The Mint’s first collector coin honoring the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II is joined by themes such as Tulips; the Wild Rose; the Mountain Avens; Birthstones; “Welcome to the world”; as well as Mythical Creatures and Great Canadian Locomotives series; and Canada’s Famous CN Tower.
Spectaculum: About Golden Crowns and odd disguises
On the first weekend of May a Dark Age Festival took place at German Bad Säckingen. The response was incredible, which gives us a good reason to reflect, why the Middle Ages are so popular and why museums can’t benefit a little bit more from this trend...
Anonymous Donor Gives $100,000 to ANA
A generous donation will fund the Radford Stearns Award for excellence in exhibiting...
The Lindworm of Klagenfurt
On May 4, 2011 the Austrian Mint issued the fifth silver coin in the series “Tales and Legends in Austria”. The new coin recounts the legend of the Lindworm of Klagenfurt...
Lindgren, Garbo, Bergman: Sweden’s new banknotes and coins
Astrid Lindgren, Evert Taube, Greta Garbo, Ingmar Bergman, Birgit Nilsson and Dag Hammarskjöld will be the motifs on Sweden’s new banknotes. This is the decision of the General Council of the Riksbank...
10-krone coin to commemorate the bicentenary of Norway’s first university
This year is the bicentenary of the founding of Norway’s first university. To mark the event, Norges Bank will issue a special edition 10-krone circulation coin on May 3, 2011...
1 Lats Collector Coin Fog Mists the Pane dedicated to Aleksandrs Caks
The Bank of Latvia releases a 1 lats collector coin dedicated to Aleksandrs ?aks, Latvia’s great 20th century poet...
A Medal goes around the world: Rick Hansen celebrated by the Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to have been invited to create the Rick Hansen Medal. It will travel to China, the United States and Canada, carried by medal bearers commemorating Rick Hansen’s historic achievement and inspiring others...
Egyptian Roly-Poly
On January 31, 2011 Hosni Mubarak appointed Zahi Hawass as new Minister of Antiquities. On March 3 Hawass lost his office. Since March 30 he is back – despite a one-year-jail-sentence connected with forced labor. Nevertheless, Zahi Hawass still has time enough to promote his own fashion label...