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

The obverse of the “Most excellent work” in ICDC 2022: “Good morning, Ukraine” by Nataliia Fandikova (Ukraine).

These Are The Winners of the International Coin Design Competition 2022

Japan Mint annually awards the best works received for the International Coin Design Competition. This year the war against Ukraine is topic of the most excellent work.

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Hintergrund: Softcodex via Pixarbay, Helvetia: CoinInvest GmbH via Wikicommons – CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gold Coins With Altered Years: Also a Known Problem in Switzerland

In one of our last issues, we published an article by NGC about a Prussian gold coin with an altered year. Switzerland is also very familiar with such forgeries, as Patrick Huber tells us.

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A reconstruction of what the gold necklace probably looked like. Illustration made by archaeologist Thea Eli Gil Bell. © Theo Eli Gil Bell, The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger.

Baldrs Horse: Detectorist Makes “Find of the Century” in Norway

On the Norwegian island of Rennesøy, a metal detectorist recently made an extraordinary gold find that was buried long before the Viking Age. The nine coin-like gold pendants engraved with rare horse symbols discovered along with ten gold beads and three gold rings are the first find of this kind in Norway since the 19th century.

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In 2023, Pobjoy Mint has started a six-coin series dedicated to the Antarctic glaciers. The fourth issue features the Saturn Glacier.

Pobjoy’s Glacier Series: Saturn

In 2023, Pobjoy Mint has started a six-coin series dedicated to the Antarctic glaciers. The fourth issue features the Saturn Glacier.

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Archive: Coins, Medals and more

Sotheby’s, The One (2nd February 2024), lot 8: The 2nd May 1840 Penny Black Cover. Estimate: $1,500,000 – $2,500,000.

The First Piece of Mail Sent Using a Stamp to Be Offered at Sotheby’s

A Penny Black affixed to a Mulready envelope is among the most valuable items in Philately ever offered at auction. The earliest posted envelope using a prepaid stamp, dating to 1840, will be sold at Sotheby’s with an estimate of $1.5–2.5 million.
The wedding of Archduke Charles and Zita in 1911. On the left the wedding couple, on the right, 81-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph, whom Charles will succeed as emperor in 1916.

Charles I of Austria-Hungary: A Hapless Emperor Who Was Beatified

In the context of its Summer Auction Sales, Künker will offer the only gold coin of the last Austro-Hungarian Emperor that is available on the market. Johannes Nollé tells the story of this coin and its commissioner, who died in Madeira aged only 35.
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