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Global Power Portugal Part 11: Conimbriga and Aveiro 6. April 2020
Talking about the last vacation is usually a pretty good way of gauging what kind of person you have in front of you. There is a great variety of types. And normally you can tell which type you are dealing …
Global Power Portugal Part 10: From the Cistercians to Salazar 3. April 2020
Portugal is more than the Algarve and vino verde. Portugal is a country with an extremely complex history. Part of this history is a brutal dictatorship which only came to an end in 1968. The Swiss novel “Night train to …
How the Internet Can Get Coin Trade Through the Crisis 2. April 2020
In times of store closures and lockdown, the internet is more important than ever as a marketplace for the local coin trade. Therefore, the Leitsinn advertising agency has launched an offensive enabling coin dealers to upgrade to an attractive website …
Record Level of Treasure Finds in the UK 2. April 2020
The British Museum revealed that the number of Treasure finds made by members of the public has once again hit a record level. Treasure – generally defined as gold and silver objects that are over 300 years old, or groups …
Hellenistic Portraits 2. April 2020
What could be nicer than leafing through a magnificent picture book ? Andreas Pangerl, who may already be known to many readers for his photographic Portrait Gallery of Roman Emperors, has set out to put his Roman emperors to one …
The ANS Launches Online Fundraising Campaign for OCRE 2. April 2020
The American Numismatic Society aims to incorporate major new research on Roman Imperial Coinage into its hugely popular digital resource Online Coins of the Roman Empire. This is a laborious process that entails updating or amending thousands of entries, …
Coin Care in Simple Terms. Part 3: Special Cases Precious Metals and Slabs 2. April 2020
Silver and gold are among those precious metals that have been popular in coinage for centuries, not least because they are highly resistant to corrosion. Both metals also have the quality of being easily malleable and are therefore very suitable …
Public Vote on Latvia’s Coin of the Year 2019 2. April 2020
From 23 March to 4 April 2020, Latvijas Banka, in cooperation with the news portal Delfi, organizes a public vote for Latvia’s Coin of the Year 2019, and everyone is invited to express their opinion as to which of the …
Still Trapped 2. April 2020
In 2019, CIT Coin Invest released its issue “Trapped”. It showed a face depicted behind a membrane recalling Munch’s “The Scream”. This was an extremely innovative collector’s coin from the artistic point of view. It was more than a mere …
Global Power Portugal Part 9: Batalha, Tomar and Fatima 2. April 2020
Batalha means battle. The word’s meaning instantly shows in its English translation. A town does not just get a name like that for being the scene of “a” battle, only for being the scene of “the” battle in Portuguese history. …