Conference on Ancient Coin Legends in Munich 2025
The conference “Ancient coin legends: composition, design, lexicography, and framing potential” will take place from 26 to 28 June 2025 in Munich, Residenz (Bavarian Academy of Science).
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Stack’s Bowers Galleries ⸱ February 2025 Showcase Auction ⸱ 4 February 2025 ⸱ Costa Mesa
Stack’s held its first US-Showcase Auction of 2025, featuring a small, but powerful selection of rarities. One highlight was the finest known 1849 Pacific Company $5 gold piece, which sold for $1,260,000 – nearly $500,000 above its previous record.
Stephen Album Rare Coins
Stephen Album Rare Coins ⸱ Accumulations & Collections Auction 1 ⸱ 24 February 2025 ⸱ Santa Rosa
Stephen Album Rare Coins will be holding their inaugural “Accumulations & Collections Auction 1” on February 24, 2025 at their offices in Santa Rosa, California. This is a new approach to large lots for the auction house. This first auction contains exactly 750 multiple lots from all time periods and categories.
Künker
Künker ⸱ eLive Auction 86 ⸱ 3-7 March 2025 ⸱ Online
Künker’s eLive Auction 86 presents over 3,800 lots with coins from the Ancient World as well as Coins and Medals from Europe and Overseas. This includes interesting special collections of coins from Byzantium, Hesse and Oldenburg as well as a collection of Bavarian history talers.
Künker
Künker ⸱ Auctions 420-422 ⸱ 18-20 March 2025 ⸱ Osnabrück
Four days of the Künker auction week are dedicated to medieval and modern issues. The sale features part 3 of the Beuth Collection with Dutch coins, part 2 of the collection on Württemberg’s minted history, and an extensive collection with issues from Anhalt. A spectacular selection of world coins and medals with a focus on Germany will also be on offer.
L. E. Bruun: A Collector in His Time
On the occasion of the upcoming auction of the second part of the Bruun Collection, Ursula Kampmann set out again to explore the story of the person behind this collection on behalf of Stack’s. This time, she took a close look at Bruun’s career as a collector. Read on to learn about the coin trade and the world of collecting before the Second World War.
From a Collector’s Market to an Investor’s Market: Reasons, Consequences, Opportunities, Part 1
Complaining is of no use: change is coming, or may already be here. The question is how to deal with it. In order to develop smart strategies, one must be aware of what is actually happening and why. Ursula Kampmann summarizes the most important changes in the coin world in a loose series. Today: the shift from a collector to an investor market.
Eisleben, Germany: Church Treasure Recovered After Almost 400 Years
What a find: last year, a hoard of 864 coins was discovered in a sandstone figure in a church in Eisleben, Germany. The coins were hidden there during the Thirty Years’ War and provide a rare insight into the currency in circulation at that time. A coin expert from the region tells us more about it.
A Force of Nature Embodied in a Coin: CIT’s Lost City – Pompeii
CIT has captured the dramatic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 with a three-dimensional representation. True to scale, and thanks to smartminting® in every detail, we see erupting Vesuvius, pouring its lava over the buildings of the city of Pompeii.
Introducing Nanoshine: CIT’s Butterfly
CIT’s Butterfly seems delicate, fragile and beautiful, just like its real-life model. The technical marvel behind it only becomes apparent at second glance. Nanoshine is a completely new technology with the potential to transform the aesthetics of coin design.
