Spring Sberatel Fair 2024

The spring edition of the Sberatel collector fair will take place on March 22 and 23 – the perfect opportunity to combine your hobby with a trip to beautiful Prague!

Lot 1399: Clement X. Medal for the Holy Year of 1675 by Giovanni Martino Hamerani. Background: Edyttka1388 via Pixabay.

Coins and Medals of the Popes: Representatives of the Catholic Church

Since the 16th century, people throughout Europe have collected coins and medals of the popes. Papal issues were often intended to be collectibles rather than a means of payment. Künker presents a little introduction to this fascinating subject.

Künker

Künker ⸱ Auction 403-406 ⸱ 18-22 March 2024 ⸱ Osnabrück

Once again, Künker presents numerous special collections at their Spring Auction Sales. You can look forward to papal coins and medals, issues of the Mainz mint, Regensburg as well as Löwenstein-Wertheim. Moreover, a plethora of world coins and medals is on offer with a focal point on German issues.

The NumisPlace

The NumisPlace ⸱ Spring 2024 Special Release ⸱ 14 March 2024 ⸱ Online

The NumisPlace presents its Spring 24 Special Release with a selection of high quality coins & medals from various dealers, including ancient coins as well as world coins.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries

Stack’s Bowers Galleries ⸱ Spring 2024 Auction ⸱ 25-28 March 2024 ⸱ Costa Mesa

The Slovick Family Collection of Indian Peace Medals stands as one of the most important ever assembled on this topic. It will be one of the highlights of the Stack’s Spring Auction at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo in Baltimore.

Noonans Mayfair

Noonans Mayfair ⸱ The Braintree Hoard Auction ⸱ 21 February 2024 ⸱ London

In 2019, two metal detectorists found an important hoard of 122 Anglo-Saxon pennies that was buried in 1066 near Braintree in Essex. It was now sold at Noonans Mayfair. Find out more about the find, its historical background and the auction here.

Full house: before the fair started, the MOC foyer was almost completely full. Photo: Wieschowski.

NUMISMATA’s Key to Success: Keep It Simple!

On the first weekend of spring, the NUMISMATA coin show was held in Munich. The fair attracted thousands of passionate coin collectors who crowded the aisles of the exhibition centre.

Tatort 1 und 2: Das Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Köln und das Römer- und Pelizaeus- Museum in Hildesheim: Fotos: Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 und Longbow4u / CC0, via WikiCommons.

German Museums Continue to be Hit by Wave of Burglaries

With no end in sight, German museums are still regularly targeted by burglars. Often, the general public is unaware of the break-ins as the cases only make headlines in local newspapers. What can museums do to deal with these crimes? We present two cases from autumn 2023.

The last time the coins were catalogued in a paper format in 1905. Image: University of Glasgow.

Collection of British Celtic Coins Accessible Online

A collection of Celtic British coins in the possession of The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow is now digitally catalogued and accessible worldwide, thanks to student volunteers from the University of Glasgow.

Only one year after winning the Saltus Award, Hanna Jelonek is honored with the 2023 Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award.

The Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award 2023

At FIDEM Florence 2023, the winner of the Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award has been announced. The award is given for medals with Judaic, Biblical or Holy Land themes.