People and markets

How do you organise an exhibition?

As part of their degree course, students from the Institute of Numismatics and Monetary History in Vienna organised an exhibition for the Mödling Museum Association. Andrea Pancheri explains.
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Coin of the Year 2026

As in 2025, the Austrian Mint won three awards, as did the Monnaie de Paris, whilst Ukraine once again dominated the ‘Most Inspirational’ category. The best coin came from China.
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How do you organise an exhibition?

As part of their degree course, students from the Institute of Numismatics and Monetary History in Vienna organised an exhibition for the Mödling Museum Association. Andrea Pancheri explains.
read more at our partner SIXBID

Coin of the Year 2026

As in 2025, the Austrian Mint won three awards, as did the Monnaie de Paris, whilst Ukraine once again dominated the ‘Most Inspirational’ category. The best coin came from China.
read more at our partner SIXBID


33138Christian IV
Gold 10 Dukaten (Portugalöser)
1623
AU53 NGC
Schätzpreis: 100.000 $

33146Frederik III
gold 10 Ducats (Portugaloser)
ND (1668-1669)
MS63S NGC
Estimate: 100.000 $

33138Christian IV
gold 10 Ducat (Portugaloser)
1623
AU53 NGC
Estimate: 100.000 $

33294Frederik III
gold 10 Ducats (Portugaløser)
ND (1661)
AU Details NGC
Estimate: 100.000 $

33044Gaius (Caligula)
(AD 37-41).
AV aureus.
NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 2/5.
Estimate: 75.000 $

33085Magnentius (AD 350-353).
AV medallion of 3-solidi.
NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5,
Fine Style.
Estimate: 75.000 $

33120Charles III
8 Reales 1760/59
NR-JV AU58 PCGS
Estimate: 50.000 $

33215George II
gold Proof 5 Guineas 1729
PR63 NGC
Estimate: 50.000 $

33249Transylvania.
Georg Rakoczi
gold Restrike 20 Ducat 1631-Dated
MS63 NGC
Estimate: 50.000 $

33317Nicholas II
gold Proof 25 Roubles (2-1/2 Imperials)
1896
PR61 NGC
Estimate: 50.000 $

33012MACEDONIAN KINGDOM.
Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC).
AV distater.
NGC Choice AUS 5/5 - 5/5,
Fine Style.
Estimate: 30.000 $

Come to think of it

Contemporary coins: a reflection of our times

To what extent do contemporary coins reflect our times and our sensibilities? Ursula Kampmann illustrates this using CIT’s ‘Scottish Highlands’ coin.
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What Is the Value of a Coin?

Ursula Kampmann presents a few extreme examples—all of which were auctioned in June 2026—and analyzes the values.
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Contemporary coins: a reflection of our times

To what extent do contemporary coins reflect our times and our sensibilities? Ursula Kampmann illustrates this using CIT’s ‘Scottish Highlands’ coin.
read more at our partner SIXBID

What Is the Value of a Coin?

Ursula Kampmann presents a few extreme examples—all of which were auctioned in June 2026—and analyzes the values.
read more at our partner SIXBID

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Coins, Medals and more

The Carl Ludwig House on the Raxalpe and tourism in Austria

On 22 September 2026, Künker will auction a ‘Raxalpentaler’ from the Wenzel collection. Only 100 specimens of this coin are said to have been minted, making this piece one of the rarest Austrian commemorative coins. But is it actually a commemorative coin?
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The finest specimen of the rarest gold coin from the German Empire

On 23 September 2026, Künker auctions Ernst II’s 20-mark coin from a physicist’s collection—the German Empire’s rarest gold coin, limited to 1,000 pieces. NGC knows no finer specimen.
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Archive

Unity Coin Sows Discord: More Than Just a Matter of Taste?

The fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification are considered, despite occasional tensions between East and West, as a defining moment in German history, a cause for celebration for many Germans – but not, it seems, within certain corners of the German coin collecting community.

The Roman Civil War of 68/9: The Prelude to the Year of the Four Emperors

Heidelberger Münzhandlung will offer a series of coins of impeccable quality struck during the Roman Civil War at its auction on 12 and 13 November 2024. We take advantage of this opportunity to examine the historical background of these issues, going back to a time when counter-emperors did not (yet) dare to put their portrait on coins.

Horace Vernet, Barrikadenkampf in der Rue Soufflot, Paris, 25. Juni 1848 (Juniaufstand).

French History in Coins – Part 2: From the Second Republic to the Second Empire

In the 19th century, people in France suffered from hunger and poverty. There were uprisings and a revolution. But the first president of the new republic was a nephew of Napoleon and completely took after the old emperor.

Joachimsthal and the Reformation

On 29 January 2025, Künker will auction a series of valuable Renaissance medals. They feature biblical topics and were minted in the region of Joachimsthal to spread the teachings of the Reformation. Johannes Mathesius, the author of Luther’s Table Talk, may have been at the origin of some of the motifs.

On the road

Boston Is Getting a Museum of American Finance

Boston is opening a new Museum of American Finance: Discover rare banknotes, U.S. financial history, and interactive exhibits exploring the world of money.
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Japan Mint: Hiroshima Branch

The Japan Mint doesn’t just produce beautiful circulation coins. It also manages the entire production process in-house, from the blank to the finished coin. This makes Japan one of the few countries that are completely self-sufficient when it comes to its circulation coins. We visited the branch of the Japan Mint in Hiroshima.
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Boston Is Getting a Museum of American Finance

Boston is opening a new Museum of American Finance: Discover rare banknotes, U.S. financial history, and interactive exhibits exploring the world of money.
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Good to know

How do commemorative coins differ from collector coins?

For a long time, I thought the term ‘collector coin’ was a made-up term coined by uninformed mints. A collector coin is, in fact, by no means a commemorative coin.
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What is a Kontorniat?

The word ‘Kontorniat’ comes from Italian and is derived from the Italian ‘contorno’ (= edge). You can find out here what cultural and historical phenomenon lies behind these numismatic objects.
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Boston Is Getting a Museum of American Finance

Boston is opening a new Museum of American Finance: Discover rare banknotes, U.S. financial history, and interactive exhibits exploring the world of money.
read more at our partner SIXBID