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In April London hosted an event focusing on digital money and electronic payments. Tomorrow’s Transactions is organised by Consult Hyperion, a London based IT consultancy specialising in secure electronic transactions and this year was the 16th event.

In 2011 Bernard von NotHaus was convicted on counterfeiting after having issued the Liberty Dollar, a private currency apparently similar to the official US currency. Now a collector wants to issue a New Liberty Dollar as private medal with no intention of provoking authorities.

There are still paradises left on this earth – and the small port of Assos in Troas is one of them. Join us on our excursions through Troas, as we explore Troy, but first, as we marvel at the extremely finely preserved Assos.

Giesecke & Devrient is to provide a mobile payment solution that allows their customers with prepaid accounts to top up their credit directly on their cellphone using PayPal. O2 customers in Germany are now able to use their NFC-enabled smartphones to make contactless payments in all participating shops around the world.

Bitcoin is a decentralised virtual currency that can be applied to instant internet payments like for example PayPal. Now it has been approved as a registered payment service provider (PSP) under European Law.

After superstorm Sandy in the USA cash could not be obtained from banks, electronic payment and transfer systems including debit and credit cards could not function. Thus, are coins and bank notes really becoming obsolete?

Richard Giedroyc takes up the cudgels for a new mint policy on precious gold objects. Why should a mint leave the market for precious gold jewelry and watches to private companies? Couldn’t this be a new market segment for well known mints being famous for their solidity?

Quite rightly, China prides itself of its long history, impressively evidenced by the Chinese monetary tradition that took a different route than our western one. The third episode is about the invention of the paper money and the introduction of a coinage following the western model.

Quite rightly, China prides itself of its long history, impressively evidenced by the Chinese monetary tradition that took a different route than our western one. Learn more about the cash.

On June 15, 2012 the Hungarian Mint issued a gold collector coin that reproduces in its centre a historic gold florin of King Charles I (1301-1342). This is the first coin in the series “Gold Florins of Medieval Hungary”.