Foreign Coin Production Ends at the Royal Mint – The End of an Era or Another Step Closer to a Cashless Economy?

The Royal Mint has announced that it will no longer produce coins for other countries, ending a business model that it has operated for 700 years. Michael Alexander puts this development into perspective.

Archaeological State Collection Munich: The room “Stories”. Credit: Daniel Stauch.

Archaeological State Collection in Munich Reopened

After eight years of renovation, the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection shines in new splendor. Since April 17, 2024, the doors are once again open to visitors from all over the world. The new exhibition rooms were planned and designed by Atelier Brückner.

Railway to the gate of Auschwitz.

New Coin From Slovakia: 80th Anniversary of the Vrba-Wetzler Report

In the summer of 1944, the world became aware of the Holocaust thanks to two young Slovaks: Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler. The National Bank of Slovakia honors them with €10 collector coin, produced by the Kremnica Mint. The coin represents many things – bravery, moral courage, responsibility and the power of public opinion.

Hintergrund: Softcodex via Pixarbay, Helvetia: CoinInvest GmbH via Wikicommons – CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gold Coins With Altered Years: Also a Known Problem in Switzerland

In one of our last issues, we published an article by NGC about a Prussian gold coin with an altered year. Switzerland is also very familiar with such forgeries, as Patrick Huber tells us.

Delighted congress participants. Photo: Johannes Nollé.

A Numismatic Congress That Will Be Remembered

The 3rd International Congress on the History of Money and Numismatics of the Research Center for Mediterranean Cultures (AKMED) took place in Antalya at the beginning of April. Prof. Johannes Nollé reports on why he believes this congress will remain unforgettable for all participants.

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Emporium Hamburg ⸱ Auction 106 ⸱ May 13-16, 2024 ⸱ Online

Following Emporium’s Auction 105 “Banknotes & Emergency Money”, coins and medals will once again take center stage in May: as usual, the catalog of the spring auction 106 includes a broad selection from antiquity to foreign countries to the German lands.