Estimate: 150,00 EURFlorijn van 28 Stuiver.
Groningen en Ommelanden.
1681.
VF76
Estimate: 280,00 EURNederland.
Dordrecht. 1619.
Synode van Dordrecht, zonder hond.
VF / XF503
Estimate: 900,00 EURDubbele gouden dukaat.
Kampen. Ferdinand III. 1656.
AU details99
Estimate: 250,00 EURGerman states.
Saxony. Albertinian Line.
Christian II, Hans Georg I & August.
2 Thaler. PIEDFORT. 1602.
VF +754
Estimate: 1400,00 EURGerman states.
Bremen. 10 Mark.
1907 J. MS 67700
Estimate: 2800,00 EURNorway.
Christian V.
Speciedaler.
1672.
VF 30893
Estimate: 2800,00 EURGerman East Africa.
German colony.
Wilhelm II.
15 Rupees. 1916 T - Arabesque below
T. MS 63805
Estimate: 2000,00 EUR2½ Gulden.
Lodewijk Napoleon.
1808.
XF +244
Estimate: 4000,00 EURMuntmeesterpenning - Afslag in goud.
Holland. 1759.
MS 6195
Estimate: 250,00 EURZilveren dukaat.
Enkhuizen. 1676.
AU 5344

Archive: People and Markets

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.

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The numindex on 13 June 2023.

The Numismatic Index on 13 June 2023

The numismatic index numindex transparently shows how the prices of selected coins change over time. In the style of a stock index, it was designed for collectors who consider their collection an investment. Find out about the current state of the index.

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Image: Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies – ACANS via Facebook.

Numisma – The Zoom Seminar Series of the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies

Today the online lecture series NUMISMA starts into the second half of the year. Students, researchers and collectors who are interested in ancient coins are very welcome! Find the upcoming lectures here.

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This 5-pound gold bar recovered from the famous Atocha shipwreck sunk in 1622 is up for auction on May 7 in Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC’s Treasure Auction 35. Painting in the background: „Atocha Meets Her Fate,” by Ralph Curnow (2009), from: Sedwick Treasure Auction #6 (2009), lot 1969.

Gold Bar from Famous Shipwreck Comes Under the Hammer

In 1622, the Nuestra Señora de Atocha sank off the coast of Key West along with all the treasures on board. Sedwick is now auctioning off one of the largest gold bars ever recovered.

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Archive: Coins, Medals and more

Third time’s the charm? After 2015 and 2019, Germany is once again issuing a coin commemorating German Unity. Photos: Wieschowski / Background: frankpeters from Getty Images via Canva Pro

Unity Coin Sows Discord: More Than Just a Matter of Taste?

The fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification are considered, despite occasional tensions between East and West, as a defining moment in German history, a cause for celebration for many Germans – but not, it seems, within certain corners of the German coin collecting community.
Friedrich III. auf seinem weißen Hengst bei der Verteidigung Kopenhagens 1659. Gemalt von Frederik Christian Lund, 1887. Bilder: Hintergrund: Wikimedia Commons / CC0. Münze: Auktion SINCONA 94 (22.-23. Oktober 2024), Nr. 1616.

Frederick III of Denmark and Eben Ezer

SINCONA’s Auctions 92 to 95 will take place from 21 to 25 October 2024. This article introduces one of the many rarities up for sale: a so-called “Ebenezer” coin from Denmark. The 4-Ducat piece is extremely rare and of great historical interest.
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