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The Royal Mint Sets New Record With Sale of Britain’s First £1 Million Coin 23. January 2020
The Royal Mint has set a new record for British coinage after sourcing and selling a rare Edward VIII Sovereign to a private collector for £1 million. It is the first time in history that a British coin has attained …
Roman Gold Jewels With Postumus Coins Missing From France’s National Library 23. January 2020
The Bibliothèque Nationale de France has reported missing three objects. They are known as aurei of Postumus (260-269) set in openwork frames and possibly belonging to the same necklace. In 1774, they were found together with a fourth specimen as …
What Should Be Discussed at the International Numismatic Congress? 23. January 2020
The International Numismatic Congress takes place every six years. It is a very important event in the world of numismatics, as it provides the perfect – and incidentally, the only – opportunity for numismatists from all kinds of disciplines, countries, …
The Celtic Coins of Riegel am Kaiserstuhl 23. January 2020
For thousands of years, the Rhine was more of a road than a border. No wonder that during the late La Tène period, and thus between about 150 and 15 BC, a dense network of economically closely connected settlements evolved …
Application For MDC Awards Open 23. January 2020
The Mint Directors Conference (MDC) is host to two prestigious sets of industry awards – the Coin Awards, which recognise the best coins worldwide, and the Packaging Awards, which recognise achievements in the creativity, production and presentation of coin packaging.…
Frank Klingemann New Managing Director at Schuler 23. January 2020
On January 1, 2020, Frank Klingemann took over the management of the Industry division at Schuler. He is now responsible, among other things, for fully automated mechanical ProgDie and transfer presses, which are mainly used in the automotive and supplier …
50 Years of Australia’s Indian Pacific Train 23. January 2020
The Royal Australian Mint is celebrating 50 years of Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions’ revered Indian Pacific, with a new coloured 50 cent coin depicting the iconic Australian train and the announcement of a competition to win a trip for two …
Franz Füeg (1921-2019) 16. January 2020
On 24 November 2019, Franz Füeg died. He is probably known to anyone interested in Byzantine numismatics as the publisher of two die corpora for the periods 713–976 and 976–1067. However, only a few coin collectors are aware that – …
The End of an Era: Kurt Wyprächtiger Steps Down 16. January 2020
40 years ago, a student of prehistory from Schaffhausen came to the Zurich laboratory for underwater archaeology and dendrochronology in order to complete an internship. Dendrochronologist Kurt Wyprächtiger taught Marcus Höhneisen about the condition a piece of wood had to …
The New RIC 16. January 2020
Why am I writing this review? You will have to purchase the new RIC anyway because this catalogue is a standard reference work for any coin dealer and any serious collector when it comes to identifying coins. Therefore, the task …