Archive: People and Markets

In Love With Japan

This year, Andrea Pancheri attended the Tokyo International Coin Convention for the first time on our behalf – and was absolutely thrilled by both the country and the event! Find out why here.

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Perpetrators on Trial: An Update on the Manching Case

The news of the destruction of the Celtic coin hoard from Manching shook the numismatic world. The alleged perpetrators are now on trial. What is the current situation and is there still hope of recovering some of the coins intact?

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The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR). Image: EmDee via Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Putting Survival Ratios of Ancient Coinages Into Perspective – Call for Papers

The 7th International Numismatic Conference of the Coin Cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium takes place on 5 October 2024 and will focus on survival ratios of ancient coinages. Proposals for submissions are expected by 1 December 2023.

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What Makes the TICC in Tokyo Different From Other Coin Shows

The TICC is the most important coin show held in Japan – a MUST for Japanese collectors. Those who travel there will find an active, young market. And much of what we are used to in Europe does not apply there.

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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.
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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