Schätzpreis: 19.900 EUR

Abtei Hersfeld,
1/2 Reichstaler 1621,
unter Wilhelm V. von Hessen-Kassel
als Administrator.
Erhaltung: vz+

3018-589

Schätzpreis: 9.890 EUR

Frankreich,
Stadt Besancon,
3 Pistolen 1666 mit Titel Karl V.
Erhaltung: f.st

3019-931

Schätzpreis: 5.800 EUR

Heiliges Römisches Reich, Bayern,
Chaise d'or (Kaiserschild) 1328-1347
unter Kaiser Ludwig IV.
Erhaltung: vz

3020-009

Schätzpreis: 3.680 EUR

Griechenland,
Ostkelten,
Tetradrachme (3-2 Jhd. v. Chr.).
Erhaltung: vz

3020-877

Schätzpreis: 485 EUR

Erzbistum Salzburg,
Reichstaler 1654-1668
unter Graf Guidobald von Thun.
Erhaltung: ss-vz

3019-824

Schätzpreis: 350 EUR

Großbritannien,
Halfpenny-Token 1794,
Kent-Dover.
Erhaltung: MS65 BN

3020-591

Schätzpreis: 485 EUR

Sachsen,
Siegestaler 1871 unter Johann.
Erhaltung: ss-vz

3003-367

Schätzpreis: 1.180 EUR

Byzanz,
Solidus (491-518) unter
Anastasius der Gerechte.
Erhaltung: ss-vz

3005-316

Schätzpreis: 2.650 EUR

Römisches Reich,
Sesterz (225-227),
Orbiana, Gemahlin des Severus Alexander.
Erhaltung: vz

3020-873

Schätzpreis: 1.950 EUR

Königreich Böhmen,
Dukat 1676 unter Leopold I.
Erhaltung: ss

3021-518

Münzen, Medaillen und mehr

2. October 2025

The First World War, Australia and its kookaburra penny

During the Battle of Gallipoli, 8,709 Australians were killed and 17,924 were wounded. This was an enormous loss of life – at least in relative terms! Around one in every 50 Australians of military age was affected. After the war, Australia therefore demanded a new role in the Commonwealth. A coin that will be auctioned at Künker on 8 October 2025 commemorates this event.
read more at our partner SIXBID

17. September 2025

A double Louis d'or from 1640/1

In 1640, a new coin minting technique became popular in France. Jean Varin introduced the balancier. However, the coin smiths at the old Paris mint resisted this change, as this coin shows.
read more at our partner SIXBID

Menschen und Märkte

Jere L. Bacharach (1938-2023)

27. April 2023

Jere L. Bacharach, expert on Islamic numismatics, died in April 2023. The ANS remembers its long-time member of the Board of Trustees, and an invaluable scholar of the numismatic community and Middle Eastern studies.

Highly Rare in Circulation: 2-Euro Commemorative Coins from San Marino

2. February 2023

San Marino’s circulation coins are rare – even in the small Republic itself. And San Marino also issued just a few 2-euro commemorative coins. A real challenge for collectors. Fortunately, numiscontrol has some tips.

Further Thefts at Royal Coin Cabinet Brought to Trial

20. December 2018

The systematic thefts at the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm were not committed by one single person. Another employee helped himself to some objects. At present, prosecutors are trying to prove the man stole coins worth more than 3.8 million Swedish kronor, including a Russian family ruble which sold for 510,000 SEK in 2009.

Stockholm: Lawsuit against Royal Coin Cabinet thief

23. November 2017

In April we had to report that at least 1,200 objects worth the equivalent of 2.6 million euros had disappeared from the Stockholm Royal Coin Cabinet. A perpetrator is now standing trial. A second one is the subject of ongoing investigations.

The Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm is going to be closed and stripped down

12. January 2017

The Swedish national museum of economy is going to be closed down. This entails the relocation of the Royal Coin Cabinet and its notable library. At this point, no one knows where, when or how the coins and books will be available again. Harald Nilsson reports.