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The Technical Forum normally takes place during the World Money Fair in Berlin and is the leading conference for modern minting technology. This year the Technical Forum will happen online. Read here more about the topics of the second session and how to participate.

The Perth Mint dedicates its first issue of the James Bond Legacy Series to Sean Connery as 007. The coloured silver coin celebrates the first actor to impersonate the fictitious MI6 agent – for many aficionados still the quintessential Bond.

The numismatic trade in the style of Hanseatic merchants, that’s what Emporium Hamburg is all about. The Stoertebeker House is home to all forms of coin trade that one can imagine. Ursula Kampmann had the opportunity to visit the premises.

At the Munich Coin Cabinet, an era came to an end on 28 January 2021: Dietrich O. A. Klose retired. Ursula Kampmann pays tribute to an extremely versatile numismatist and esteemed colleague.

2020 was the year of the pandemic, but has boosted online sales. Heritage Auctions reports a growth of the company, total sales of $873,117,274 with $278.9 million by the numismatic market alone and internet bidding at a record height.

Leu Numismatik acquired the Dr. E. M. Pegan library. He used to be a well-known antiquarian for numismatic books in Munich and has built up his library over the last eight decades (sic!).

Stack’s Bowers Galleries plans to open a new rare coin gallery in historic Philadelphia. This location in the heart of the city will offer the firm’s entire range of numismatic services and will open the doors in late summer 2021. Experienced numismatists wanted!

The US coin “50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing” is the winner of the Coin of the Year Award 2021. The concave-convex commemorative coin placed first in two categories.

Pobjoy Mint has dedicated a new 12-sided £1 coin to the climate change. The coin is issued on behalf of the British Overseas Territory and includes all the security features of the new UK £1 coin.

Paul Rabin was one of those persons you saw at many coin fairs – whether in the United States, Switzerland or Germany. The amiable coin dealer died in February 2021. Ursula Kampmann commemorates him.