Archive: People and Markets

And the Champion of the 40th COTY Is…

At the ANA in Pittsburgh, an Austrian coin has earned top honors in the 40th Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. See all the winners here.

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić: The Woman Who Gave Croatia Its Fairy Tales

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić is one of the authors that every Croatian is familiar with because they grew up listening to her fairy tales. Now the Croatian National Bank is issuing two collector coins to commemorate the 150th birthday of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić.

Lars Emil Bruun (1852–1923): From the Local Inn to an International Enterprise

The auction of the exceptional Bruun collection, 100 years after the collector’s death, has attracted a great deal of attention. But who was Bruun as a person? What inspired him? On behalf of Stack’s, Ursula Kampmann went in search of Bruun’s personality and compiled a short biography.

Künker Auctions 100 Pieces from the Ronus Collection to Benefit the ANS

As part of Künkers eLive Auction 87, 100 pieces from the Robert Ronus Collection which were generously donated to the ANS will be auctioned off to benefit the Society. Robert Ronus is a passionate coin collector, dedicated numismatist and a long-time supporter of the ANS.

Archive: Coins, Medals and more

Euro coins from Croatia. Photo: Angela Graff

The First Error Coins from Croatia

Croatian euro coins are still quite new: the popular tourist destination introduced the currency as recently as in January 2023. By now, the first Croatian coins have long found their way into Central European wallets – and there are also some error coins among them!

The French Marianne I: Marianne as a Representative of the French People – Part 1

Marianne represents France as a female national allegory. Gabriele Sturm explores how she is depicted on French coins. Part 1 covers the time period until the end of the Third Republic.
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