Al was mentor to many young people in numismatics. Image provided by Stephen Album Rare Coins.

Dr. Albert J. Beck (1935-2024)

Dr. Albert (“Al”) J. Beck passed on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Our friends from Stephen Album Rare Coins shared this obituary for their colleague with us.

© Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung GmbH Auction 305, 2024, 103. (image: Michael Girschick, Starnberg).

Gorny & Mosch

Gorny & Mosch ⸱ Auction 305 ⸱ 16-17 Juli 2024 ⸱ Munich

Auction 305 by Gorny & Mosch focuses on ancient art. Highlight of the auction is a bronze Oceanus lamp from the the Shlomo Moussaeiff Collection. In addition, the important Dr K.-F. Schaedler Collection with African art will be on offer.

Leu Numismatik

Leu Numismatik ⸱ Web Auction 30 ⸱ 13-16 July 2024 ⸱ Online

In Web Auction 30, Leu is offering 4,825 lots from the ancient, medieval and modern world. Among them are various interesting collections, such as the Rev. Dr. Stephen Knapp Collection focusing on Roman empresses.

Heritage Auctions

Heritage Auctions ⸱ Long Beach Expo Auction ⸱ 13-16 June 2024 ⸱ Dallas

Heritage’s June Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction resulted in a total premium of almost $10.9 Million. The top result was achieved by a 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle from the San Francisco mint that sold for $336,000.

The impressive collection was untouched for over 100 years.

Highlights from the Bruun Collection

Stacks will sell the about 20.000 coins of the Bruun Collection in various auctions. The first sale features 300 Scandinavian rarities with an estimated value of 10 million US dollars. Learn more about two of the highlights: a Danish gold noble and a Norwegian Speciedaler dated to 1661 depicting the fortress of Akershus.

Freshly unearthed silver coins – denarii of the Bohemian princes from the turn of the 11th to the 12th century. Photo: Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.

More Than 2,000 Medieval Denarii Discovered in Czechia

It is said to be one of the most important Czech coin hoards of the last 10 years: more than 2,000 coins from the period around 1100 have been discovered near Kutná Hora. The find dates from a time of conflict between members of the Přemyslid dynasty for control of the Prague princely throne.