Royal Canadian Mint Reports Profits and Performance for Q2 2020
The latest report of the Royal Canadian Mint documents the financial results for the second quarter of 2020 providing insight into the mint’s activities, the markets influencing the businesses and expectations for the next 12 months.
The 7 Summits – Carstensz Pyramid
The fifth issue of the CIT series “7 Summits” is dedicated to Carstensz Pyramid. The limited coin shows through their smartminting© technology an exact miniature version of the 4884 meters high mountain.
50 Years Later. The Moon Landing As a Numismatic Event
On 21 July 1969, men landed on the Moon for the first time. And 50 years later, this event just had to be celebrated in coinage around the world – from America to Europe, from Australia to the tropics. A new collecting field emerged.
International Council of Museums Faces Severe Crisis
What is a museum? That’s what the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is debating so fiercely that some of their leaders have resigned. Do museums have a political mission? ICOM’s existence might depend on the answer to this very question.
Art Dealer Helps Restituting Ancient Cyprus Vase
A dealer in ancient art helped to restitute an ancient Cypriot vase to Cyprus. The object was looted and illegally exported and now came up on the London market. It will be repatriated to Cyprus.
100 Greatest Modern World Coins
Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker offer in their new book “100 Greatest Modern World Coins” a guided tour of coins that have influenced the world and captured the imaginations of collectors since the early 1900s. Dennis Tucker presents two examples.
Two Grand US Collections to Come to the Market
Two extremely significant collections of US coins will be coming to the market step-by-step starting September. Heritage Auctions is to offer the collections of Bob R. Simpson and James Dines, both full of top-rated pieces and expected to set record prices.
Online Symposium of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles
This year the traditional Symposium of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles will be held as an online event. On 11 September experts discuss the topic “Small is Beautiful: Coins in their Contexts in Ireland, Britain and Europe”. The event is free, registration is compulsory.
Royal Australian Mint CEO MacDiarmid Steps Down
Ross MacDiarmid, CEO of the Royal Australian Mint will be leaving the mint on 4 December 2020. As the first CEO of the mint with a private sector background he has transformed the institution into a high performing business.
Australia Introduces the World’s First Donation Coin
Having faced a bushfire crisis, an ongoing global pandemic and an economic recession, many Australians are in need of a helping hand. In this context, the Royal Australian Mint is releasing the world’s first Donation Dollar, a one dollar coin designed to be donated.