Leu Numismatik ⸱ Web Auction 30 ⸱ 13-16 July 2024 ⸱ Online
In Web Auction 30, Leu is offering 4,825 lots from the ancient, medieval and modern world. Among them are various interesting collections, such as the Rev. Dr. Stephen Knapp Collection focusing on Roman empresses.
Heritage Auctions ⸱ Long Beach Expo Auction ⸱ 13-16 June 2024 ⸱ Dallas
Heritage’s June Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction resulted in a total premium of almost $10.9 Million. The top result was achieved by a 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle from the San Francisco mint that sold for $336,000.
Stacks will sell the about 20.000 coins of the Bruun Collection in various auctions. The first sale features 300 Scandinavian rarities with an estimated value of 10 million US dollars. Learn more about two of the highlights: a Danish gold noble and a Norwegian Speciedaler dated to 1661 depicting the fortress of Akershus.
It is said to be one of the most important Czech coin hoards of the last 10 years: more than 2,000 coins from the period around 1100 have been discovered near Kutná Hora. The find dates from a time of conflict between members of the Přemyslid dynasty for control of the Prague princely throne.
Ever since the Swedish “Economy Museum – Royal Coin Cabinet” moved to a new location in 2019, there have only been special exhibitions on display. Now, the two permanent exhibitions on the topics of money and the economy were finally opened.
All good things must come to an end, even the longest-running medal series in the United States: Mel Wacks, Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, has announced that the series about important Jewish Americans will not be continued.
The Trustees of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) have named Dr. Ruth Pliego as the recipient of the 2023 Archer M. Huntington Medal Award for Excellence in Numismatic Scholarship. If you are interested in Visigothic coins, be sure to watch the lecture the honoree gave on this occasion.
Today the online lecture series NUMISMA starts into the second half of the year. Students, researchers and collectors who are interested in ancient coins are very welcome! Find the upcoming lectures here.
