Collection of the House of Welf remains in Hanover
After lengthy disputes it is finally decided. The Collection of the House of Welf remains in Hanover. The state of Lower Saxony purchases the unique cabinet for ...
40 Years of NUMISMATA Munich (1970-2010)
From a Bavarian regional coin day to the European coin fair with international flair...
New Catalogue on Rumanian Essays
The two authors present a bilingual catalogue containing 460 pages with 196 numbers including patterns and actual coinage of Romania. Each object is ...
Finally a good joke!
Coins from the time when the Israelites moved to Egypt found in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo?
The online edition of the Mideast Jerusalem Post from September 25th, 2009, reported that in the archives of the Egyptian Museum, among a multitude of unsorted artifacts, coins were ...
VAT-free Gold Coins
The European Union publishes the list of gold coins, which are tax-exempted in 2010 ...
Guide book to Celtic Numismatics in Switzerland
The most recent special edition of the journal Helvetia Archaeologica provides a popular overview of the Celtic coins in Switzerland. All aspects of Celtic numismatics are ...
Not that one-sided
Is there a mood swing regarding the Protection of Cultural Property?
An article in the New York Times from November 16th, 2009, raises some questions
Dr Zahi Hawass as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities seems to be feared by archaeologists – at least this is indicated by John Tierney in his article “A Case in Antiquities for Finders Keepers” published in ...
John Spring’s fabulous book on the history of the coin trade
John Spring presents a book every serious coin collector should have in his library. It is a catalogue of all ...
Catalogue of the Coins of Augustus – As book or in the Internet
In 2009 the Museum August Kestner presented an exhibit on the coins of Augustus. Responsible for this presentation was...
200.000 Swiss Francs for the “family rouble”, this is a worthy price for the testimony of the happy marriage...
Russian coins are highly popular. The global economy crisis seems to have had no impact on them at all. Therefore...