Münzen, Medaillen und mehr

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?read more at our partner SIXBID

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.read more at our partner SIXBID

























Successful arrest at the CSNS Coin Exchange.
Sometimes life is more dramatic than any crime novel: During a coin show, observant dealers managed to identify a stolen coin worth more than $40,000 and have its sellers arrested.
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The female coin designers at Swissmint
A once male-dominated field is becoming more diverse, with more coin designs now created by women. Fabia Lyrenmann and Anouk Röthlisberger have been designing coins for Swissmint since 2024 and 2025
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News from the Vienna Numismatic Summer School
The Vienna Institute for Numismatics and Monetary History will host its 13th summer school from September 3–11, 2026, for the first time in English due to a more international student body.
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Between Geopolitics and Digital Twins: A Look Back at the Precious Metals FutureForum 2026
Frankfurt as a hub for tangible assets: over 300 experts met at the second ZukunftsForum bullion to address geopolitics, inflation, and market volatility. Report by Sebastian Wieschowski.
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John Richard Melville-Jones (1933-2026)
John Richard Melville-Jones lived in Perth, Australia. Despite this, only few historians and numismatists were better connected than he was. He passed away earlier this year at the age of 92.
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INC Frankfurt 2027: Call for Sessions
The 18th International Numismatic Convention (Frankfurt, September 12–17, 2027) invites proposals for sessions, roundtables, or workshops on the theme “Transformations and Transitions.”
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