The NumisPlace – A Marketplace for High-Quality Coins
At the new website www.thenumisplace.com, coin lovers find a marketplace for high-quality coins offered by numerous renowned dealers. For those who want to be the first to see all newly published offers, there is The NumisClub.
Hong Kong Coin Show Postponed
The 14-day quarantine of foreign tourists arriving in Hong Kong will remain in place until 18 September. Since this makes joining the HKCS extremely difficult for overseas exhibitors, the event was postponed to 2021.
CoCo: The Latest Newsletter with New Issues from All Around the Globe
On Tuesday, it was once again time for our Cosmos of Collectibles newsletter. This edition was again full to the brim with the new releases of last month and of the year so far from mints of the entire world. Here are some of the highlights.
2020 American Innovation™ $1 Coin Program Designs
The United States Mint announced the designs for the 2020 American Innovation™ $1 Coin Program. The new designs will appear on the reverses of $1 coins honoring innovations and/or innovators from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, and South Carolina.
Between Jurassic Park and a Nation’s Icon: Depicting Prehistoric Fauna on Coins
Quiz question for you: do you know which country was the first to feature dinosaurs on coins? Come with us on a journey through time and discover how the depiction of fossils changed over the years and what this tells us about the issuing countries – and ourselves.
Stolen Orders and Decorations from the Berlin Memorial Church Are Back
We report on burglaries far too often. And hardly ever do we get the chance to inform you that stolen goods were recovered. Today, though, we have good news: the police have found the loot from the burglary at the Berlin Memorial Church earlier this year.
Graz Pfennigs
114 years after Arnold Luschin von Ebengreuth’s revolutionary work on Styrian numismatics, Susanne Sauer published her reference work on Graz pfennigs. Ursula Kampmann took a look at it.
CSNS Convention Staff Changes
A change of direction for the Central States Numismatic Society: after serving for decades, Convention Chairman Kevin Foley’s contract was not renewed and paid staffers are to be replaced with volunteers due to a projected deficit in 2021.
The Fascination of Coins: Dealers’ Perspectives
The coin dealers Paul Withers, Frances Simmons and John Philpott will tell you about what got them hooked on the subject, and how this has developed over their career.
Coinex 2020 Cancelled
The Coinex 2020 scheduled for September has been cancelled as the organisers announced. But even before autumn 2021 there could be another Coinex event.