Official Statement of the „Verband Schweizerischer Berufsnumismatiker“ concerning the meeting with representativs of the Federal Department of Culture on...
A group of numismatists met with representatives of the Federal Department of Culture and members of the cantonal archaeology in order to analyse the position of the coin trade and coin collecting after 5 years of Cultural Goods Transfer Law.
Following points were discussed...
Celtic hammer-god found in Kent
Last year an exceedingly rare gold quarter stater, minted over 2,000 years ago in the Somme valley, northern France, was found near Ringwould, Kent, by a metal detectorist. Struck c.250-225 BC in the land of ...
Important Catalogue on the Coinage of the Achaian League
Steve M. Benner, Achaian League Coinage of the 3rd through 1st centuries B.C.E.
Anyone wanting to identify coins of the Achaian League had to spend a lot of money so far. The existing catalogues were ...
A new Catalogue of the British Museum related to the exhibition „Medals of Dishonour“
Philip Attwood and Felicity Powell, Medals of Dishonour.
He who thinks only of the objects his bank displays in a red jewellery box when the subject “modern medals” comes up tends to overlook the fact that the modern medal has become ...
Fundamental Publication on the English Numismatics of the High and Late Middle Ages
Ian Stewart, Lord Stewartby, English Coins 1180 – 1551
The new work of reference on English numismatics of the High and the Late Middle Ages was written by a renowned expert in the field who wrote ...
Unexpected insights into the background of the creation of some Renaissance Medals
Ulrich Pfisterer, Lysippus und seine Freunde. Liebesgaben und Gedächtnis im Rom der Renaissance oder: Das erste Jahrhundert der Medaille
The book “Lysippus und seine Freunde“ is essentially a catalogue of works of the die cutter Lysippus the Younger alias Hermes Flavius de’ Bonis who created numerous ...
Money is what counts
A special exhibit of the Staatliche Münzsammlung (National Coin Collection) Munich
from November 5th, 2009, to May 2nd, 2010
Money – that is not only coins and banknotes but also very different objects according to culture. The cowry as currency, for example, looks on a much longer ...
Premium prices for a Polish king at Gorny & Mosch
Eight lots related to the Polish king Stephen Báthory were offered in auction sale 183 of the company Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, with an estimate of 3.380 Euros. The end result added up to incredible 124,000 Euros*.
A Hat fit for a Prince
The Crown of an Austrian Archduke
The second 100 Euro coin in the gold series “Crowns of the House of Habsburg” will be released on Wednesday, 4th November. It is dedicated to the so-called “Archduke’s Hat”, a name derived from ...
Learning to identify counterfeit money the easy way
All too often counterfeit money remains unidentified because nobody expects to come across it in the daily routine. Those who use the phony Euro trainer know better what to watch out for – this game was developed by the German police...