Tourism Australia offers grant to participants of the Mint Directors Conference
In September 2010 the Royal Australian Mint will host the International Mint Directors Conference (MDC 2010) in Canberra. A $30,000 grant from Tourism Australia will facilitate the participation of delegates from regional countries...
The Standard Catalogue of The Provincial Banknotes of England and Wales
New standard catalogue on provincial banknotes of England and Wales written by Roger Outing has been published...
52,000 coins found in Somerset in England
British detectorist found and reported one the biggest hoards found in Britain ever. Buried in a big jug approximately 30 cm underground were 52,000 antoniniani from the 3rd century A. D. ...
Alpha Bank provides coins for an exhibition on Alexander the Great
The Archaeological Museum of Ioannina hosts at present an exhibition on Alexander the Great. Approximately 250 coins from the Alpha Bank collection are presented there...
Spink sold first gold coin struck in the name of an English king for 30.000 Pounds to a collector...
On June 24th, 2010 Spink sold an Anglo-Saxon gold Shilling of King Eadbald of Kent dating from c.620-635. A private collector bought this rare and important piece of English history found near Deal Kent in 2010. He paid 30.000 Pounds (then more than 36.000 Euro)...
Australia remembers Fred Hollows on new $1 coin
The life and work of the late Professor Fred Hollows is being celebrated on a new $1 collector coin. It was released by the Royal Australian Mint on July 7, 2010 at the opening of a Fred Hollows photographic exhibition at Parliament House...
«…a lack of appeal…» – Gustav Klimt and the Central Bank
The Austrian National Bank will stage an exhibition between June 15, 2010 and January 28, 2011 featuring an art historical sensation: Gustav Klimt and Franz Matsch had been entrusted with creating the designs of bank notes. These will be shown to the public for the very first time.
Austria presents its new 5 Euro Commemorative Coin
On June 16, 2010 the Austrian Mint issued a new 5 Euro Coin on the occasion of 75 years High Alpine Road over the Grossglockner mountain pass.
Swissmint Awarded Otto Paul Wenger Prize
The prestigious Otto Paul Wenger Prize was awarded to “swissmint” by the Association of Swiss Professional Numismatists.
I.A.P.N. 59th Annual Congress
The 59th annual congress of the International Association of Professional Numismatist (I.A.P.N.) took place in Reykjavik, Iceland in May of 2010.