Call for posters for the 1st International Numismatic Workshop, Rome
The Scientific committee for the 1st International Numismatic Workshop at La Sapienza University, Rome invites to send proposals for posters dealing with the theme of “Numismatics and Archaeology: coins, stratigraphies and contexts”...
Wooden masks and black storks – The Hungarian Central Bank issues new coins in April
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank issued three silver coins in the month of April celebrating a festivity of major importance for the whole country, a great poet, and Hungary’s magnificent Danube National Park...
The Royal Canadian Mint honours the Royal Wedding
The Royal Canadian Mint has produced a $20 pure silver coin featuring a sapphire-colored crystal enhancement symbolizing the 18-carat sapphire engagement ring which Prince William presented to his fiancée last October...
Royal Canadian Mint added to the LBMA Silver Good Delivery List
The Royal Canadian Mint has been added to the London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA) Silver Good Delivery List effective April 14, 2011...
News from the Perth Mint in May
A comprehensive list of new commemorative coins struck by the Perth Mint in May reached us recently...
Italy celebrates itself and its money
An exhibition to mark the state’s 150th anniversary was opened by President Giorgio Napolitano on the 4th of April. It shows the evolution of the Italian money from Italy’s founding until today...
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...
Finnish coin manufacturer strengthens its position in the world market
Mint of Finland Ltd buys German coin-blank manufacturer Saxonia EuroCoin GmbH...
Owner of the Hackney Hoard ascertained
In 2007 residents of the London borough Hackney came upon a treasure of 80 American gold coins, while digging a frog pond. Now the real owner of these coins has been ascertained. It is the descendant of a German Jew, who escaped to Britain in 1938...
Termite alarm in the bank vault
Termites have eaten through 10 million rupees worth of bank notes at the Indian town of Barabanki...