Archive: People and Markets

Ein Teil des Goldschatzes von Manching. Unten im Bild der sogenannte Goldgusskuchen im Gewicht von 217 Gramm. Foto: UK.

Celtic Coin Hoard Melted Down into Lumps

Six months ago, a Celtic gold treasure was stolen in a burglary at the kelten römer museum Manching, Germany. Now the police have announced success in apprehending four suspected criminals.

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Dr Frédérique Duyrat will be leaving her current position in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and move to the Heberden Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Frédérique Duyrat Joins Ashmolean Museum

Frédérique Duyrat will be the new Director of Collections and Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room in Oxford. Duyrat is currently Director of the Department of Coins, Medals and Antiques at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

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George Frederick Kolbe.

George Kolbe Retires from Bookselling

After over 55 years in the numismatic bookseller business, George Kolbe decided to retire from the partnership of Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers.

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Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan and Dr. Gilles Bransbourg. Photo: ANS.

Change Of Leadership at the American Numismatic Society

Gilles Bransbourg will be stepping down from his position as ANS Executive Director in September 2024. Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan, currently President of the ANS, will return to this position, which she previously held from 1999 through 2019.

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Archive: Coins, Medals and more

What People Used to Pay With in South Africa

Coins are only the most recent of the many means of payment used in South Africa. And yet, there is much to be told about the country’s numismatic past. We tell the story of South African means of payment from glass beads to the rand.
A map of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg by Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1645 and the reverse of the newly discovered denomination of a 6 Albus light of 1640.

A Discovery From Jülich-Berg

New coin varieties are not so uncommon, but a new denomination really is. Joachim Stollhoff has found a 6 Albus light of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg minted in 1640. The coin will be offered in the forthcoming auction of Münzen & Medaillen GmbH.
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