Why Are We Collecting? Poll Results on Collecting Motives
On the occasion of his blog’s 10th anniversary, Franky Leuuwerck from Franky's Scripophily BlogSpot launched an online poll about the motives collectors of coins, banknotes, stamps and shares have. Here are the results.
Maldives Local Coins
The latest volume of the Bremer Numismatische Gesellschaft presents a monograph on Maldives local coins. In the work, the collector Peter Budgen summarised the knowledge he acquired over decades. Ursula Kampmann took a look at it.
Burnett Anderson Memorial Award and Booster Awards Presented Online
The American Numismatic Association presented the Burnett Anderson Memorial Award and Booster Awards during a virtual event. Here you can learn more about this year’s recipients.
New Director for the Swiss National Museum
Historian Denise Tonella will succeed Andreas Spillmann in the spring of 2021 as the new Director of the Swiss National Museum.
Royal Canadian Mint Donates $400,000 to Breakfast Club of Canada
The Royal Canadian Mint announced that its special Recognition Medal program to date has raised a total of $400,000 for the Breakfast Club of Canada COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
Switzerland’s Commemorative Coin Programme 2021
Switzerland released its commemorative coin programme for 2021. Among other things, Swissmint will honour the dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt and start a new series titled “Energy of the Future”. Here you can find a complete overview.
Polish 0-Euro Banknote Dedicated to Pope John Paul II
The fifth Polish 0 Euro banknote is dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Pope John Paul II and features Karol Wojtyła as a young man. To mark the 5 years anniversary of the 0-Euro project, a special anniversary issue will be printed.
What the Thefts of Berlin and Dresden Mean for Museums and Private Collectors
Since the raid on 16 December 2020, we know for sure that the Big Maple Leaf was melted down. What does that mean for museums, coin dealers and collectors? Have our early warning systems that are meant to recover stolen coins become outdated?
Record Prices for US Coins and Banknotes in 2020
In 2020 Stack’s Bowers Galleries realized eight of the top ten highest auction prices realized for US coins in 2020 and nine of the top ten US banknotes. The company presents these coins.
Online Exhibition on English Civil Wars
The ANA’s Money Museum presents an online exhibition “Coins, Crown & Conflict: An Exploration of Cromwell’s England” dedicated to the history of the English Civil Wars featuring great rarities of English coins, as well as a number of early American coins.