Last week, two museums in France were robbed. The museums were helpless in the face of the criminals’ ruthless brutality. Is it even possible to protect our cultural heritage in this day and age?
The Khalili Collection of Islamic Art is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, and its Islamic coinage is among the finest in private hands. A catalog featuring highlights from the early period of Islamic Coinage has now been published, including many rare and unpublished specimens.
Christmas spirit at the Swissmint: on 27 November 2024, the latest swiss silver coin, St. Nicholas, was issued in honor of the traditional St. Nicholas processions on 6 December.
No structure in China fires our imagination more than the 21,196-kilometer-long Great Wall of China. Using state-of-the-art minting technology, CIT has created a highly detailed tribute to the Wall with an ultra-high relief.
CIT’s Legends series is a feast for the eyes for all those who love to immerse themselves in a coin design. The fourth release of the series is dedicated to the Aztecs, the legendary people who offered blood sacrifices to assure the rising of the sun each day.
Emporium Hamburg ⸱ Auction 107-108 ⸱ 9-13 December 2024 ⸱ Online
In Auction 107, Emporium Hamburg is offering over 3,000 lots of coins and medals from antiquity to the present day, with a focus on German coinage. This will be followed by Auction 108 with banknotes and notgeld.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries ⸱ November 2024 Showcase Auction ⸱ 18 November 2024 ⸱ Costa Mesa
A tiny silver coin struck in Boston in 1652 set a world record in an auction conducted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries. Selling for $2,520,000 the piece surpassed the previous world record price for an American coin struck before the American Revolution by nearly $2 million.
Cayón Subastas ⸱ MicroSubasta ⸱ 25 November 2024 ⸱ Online
Cayón Subastas presents its first micro-auction. The sale features 19 lots, 15 of them are gold 8 escudos that were struck at the Santiago mint under King Fernando VI between 1750 and 1760.
Islamic glass weights are fascinating due to their resemblance to coins and their still disputed function. Numismatica Genevensis is able to offer an entire collection in museum quality in its upcoming Islamic auction.
Künker ⸱ Auction 417⸱ 31 October 2024 ⸱ Osnabrück
On 31 October 2024, Künker held its eLive Premium Auction 417 featuring part 9 of the Dr. W.R. Collection with coins from AD 69 to the end of the Severan dynasty. We present the most remarkable results.
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