Künker

Künker ⸱ Auction 410-414 ⸱ 23-28 September 2024 ⸱ Osnabrück

Künker’s Fall Auction Sales will feature several world-class special collections. The topics include the Thirty Years’ War, lösers, Württemberg, the German Empire, the Netherlands, Russia, the U.S. and precious individual pieces from the German states and all over the world.

Paul-Francis Jacquier

Paul-Francis Jacquier⸱ Auction 53⸱ 13. September 2024⸱ Online

The first purchases for the R.L. Collection date back well beyond the beginning of the First World War. Three generations built up this ensemble. Paul-Francis Jacquier is now offering the second part of this magnificent collection for sale: gold coins of the Roman emperors.

Vor den Toren der US-Metropole Chicago fand vom 6. bis 10. August die diesjährige ANA World's Fair of Money statt. Foto: ANA / „Chicago Skyline“ von mwalker973 von Getty Images Pro via Canva.

ANA World’s Fair of Money 2024: Waiting for the Election

The world’s largest coin show once again attracted collectors and dealers from around the globe. But for US numismatists, the show certainly was not business as usual – the eyes of the industry are on Washington.

Friedrich Popken (*16 February 1940 in Hameln, †27 July 2024 in Rastede) was awardee of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit.

Friedrich Popken (1940-2024)

On 27 July 2024, Friedrich Popken passed away at the age of 84. As well as being a well-known entrepreneur, he was also a highly esteemed coin collector who supported and promoted many numismatic projects. An obituary by Fritz Rudolf Künker.

Coin of the Year is an internationally conducted competition to recognize and encourage outstanding coin design and innovation worldwide. The 2024 competition marks 41 years.

The Winners of the COTY Award 2024

At the World’s Fair of Money, the winners of the prestigious Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards were honored. Find out here which coins won the category awards and which country took home the award for Coin of the Year.

The representative of Guinness World Records hands over the certificate for the world’s smallest coin to Robert Blaic, CEO of the Croatian Mint. Photo: Croatian Mint.

The World’s Smallest Coin

Now it is official: Croatia’s 1-kuna coin dedicated to the town of Hum holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s smallest coin!