Archive: People and Markets
The Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award 2023
At FIDEM Florence 2023, the winner of the Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award has been announced. The award is given for medals with Judaic, Biblical or Holy Land themes.
After 100 Years: The Bruun Collection Comes Under the Hammer
The Bruun Collection has been held by Denmark’s National Museum in Copenhagen for 100 years. Now Stack’s Bowers Galleries has been commissioned with the sale of the collection, which Stacks refers to as “the most valuable collection of World Coins to ever come to market”.
Archive: Coins, Medals and more

Berlin and South Africa – A Time-Honoured Connection
Did you know that the first coins of the Boer Republic came from Berlin? It was quite a challenge to create the dies because the Berlin engraver Otto Schulz had no idea of Boer identity, which is why things almost went wrong…

State-of-the-Art Minting Technology
Colours, special shapes, inlays, micro inscriptions, latent images and holograms – many technologies are used on commemorative coins today. In this article, we give you a little overview of the different technologies that are currently applied in the coin producing industry.
Successful December 2023 HKINF
The organizers of the 11th Hong Kong International Numismatic Fair (HKINF) are grateful for the positive feedback they received for the event. The date of the next HKINF has now been announced. Tables are still available.
CDN Publishing Acquires Whitman Publishing
CDN Publishing, the numismatic data and pricing specialist and well-known publisher of the Monthly Greysheet, has acquired Whitman Publishing, the major US numismatic publisher.