2010 Huntington Medal Award for Christof F. Boehringer
On Wednesday, April 27th, the ANS will award the 2010 Huntington Medal to Professor Christof F. Boehringer...
The Swan flies for the 200 Years Bank of Finland coin
The Bank of Finland collector coin to be issued in May is an emblem of Finnish culture and patriotism...
Australia honors the Royal Engagement by a new issue
Australia’s first official royal engagement coin for Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton will hit the shelves tomorrow at the Royal Australian Mint...
News from the Perth Mint in April
A comprehensive list of new commemorative coins struck by the Perth Mint in April reached us recently...
UBS separates itself from its numismatic business
Upon request of CoinsWeekly the public relations office of UBS confirms that the bank terminates its intra-bank numismatic trade in the course of it focusing on the main business. In future, customers will be served by an extern, very experienced partner...
The new Ashmolean and its astonishing concept
One object next to the other, some curators still think, that’s the art of museology. And they are very surprised, when visitors admit that they found their tour a little bit boring. We need new conceptions to mesmerize traditional and new visitors. The renovated Ashmolean shows how to do it...
The Freedom to strike Gold
A U.S. court sentenced Bernard von NotHaus, private producer of the Liberty Dollar, to 15 years in prison and a fine of 250.000 $. Furthermore the company’s stock of gold valued at 7 million $ was confiscated...
The Language of Money
The Museum for Communication in Nuremberg presents a new exhibition on the "Language of Money“...
The golden horse has yet to bolt
With the gold price again testing all-time highs, forecasters and observers are – again – speculating on whether this is as high as it will go, or whether bullion is preparing itself for another strong bull run. Alan Demby, executive chairman of the South African Gold Coin Exchange gives us his point of view...
List of items stolen from the Egyptian Museum / Cairo
The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities has published a list of stolen items in the Internet...