Archive: People and Markets

CoinsWeekly Special Issue for the TICC Tokyo 2024

After overwhelming interest last year, we have once again published a printed CoinsWeekly Special Issue for TICC 2024, which takes place in Tokyo from April 26 to 28. If you can’t make it to Tokyo, you can download the PDF here.

End of “Cash Only”? Germany Plans Right to Digital Payment

Cash will remain important in Germany – but digital payment options are set to become mandatory. Germany’s federal government is working on new regulations. Are they truly intended to offer consumers more convenience – or are they also about gaining more control over payment flows?

From left to right: Raul Lopez Zafra (Ibercon), Rafael Sánchez (Nummus Secretary), Dr. Ursula Kampmann (CoinsWeekly), Dr. Ana Serrano (Nummus President), Juan Barez (Nummus Vice-President) and Ignacio Miño (Nummus Treasurer). Photo: MM.

NUMMUS – Spain’s New Numismatic Society

In March 2024, a new numismatic association was created in Spain with a strong commitment to private collectors as agents of cultural generation and heritage conservation. Find out more about the aims of NUMMUS here.

The Sofia Numismatic School is the perfect opportunity to study, collaborate, meet and exchange experiences with young researchers and leading international lecturers. Image: L. Grozdanova.

Sofia Numismatic School 2023

The Sofia Numismatic School 2023 discusses ancient numismatics. A focus will be on the implementation of innovative digital methodology and the concept of Digital Numismatics. Graduate and postgraduate students can still apply!

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.
Mit dieser Münze stimmt etwas nicht! Bild: NGC. Gemälde im Hintergrund: Eduard Gaertner, Unter den Linden, 1852

Counterfeit Detection: Altered Prussia 20 Mark

An NGC expert gives us insight into his everyday life. He shows how the year on a coin from the German Empire was altered by a coin doctor.
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