Archive: People and Markets

Tübingen is the center for Islamic numismatics in Germany - and a wonderful city to enjoy the first weekend in May! Photo: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meeting of the Oriental Numismatic Society 2024 in Tübingen

The annual international conference on Islamic numismatics will take place in Tübingen from May 4 to 5, 2024. The program tempts you to spend the first weekend in May in beautiful Tübingen!

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Dr. Ruth Pliego. Photo: ANS

Ruth Pliego Receives the 2023 Huntington Award

The Trustees of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) have named Dr. Ruth Pliego as the recipient of the 2023 Archer M. Huntington Medal Award for Excellence in Numismatic Scholarship. If you are interested in Visigothic coins, be sure to watch the lecture the honoree gave on this occasion.

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Das Objekt der Begierde: Die 2-Euro-Gedenkmünze zum 500. Jahrestag des Vertrages von Burgos. Foto: Musee des Timbres et des Monnaies.

A Coveted 2-Euro Coin: Monaco Introduces Penalty Fee for Multiple Orders

The Principality’s commemorative coins are among the most expensive and sought-after collectibles in the eurozone – but they have also attracted speculators for years. The sales office is now taking drastic measures.

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CoinsWeekly’s Numismatic Directory

CoinsWeekly is launching a new feature: CoinsWeekly’s Numismatic Directory presents all the places in the world that are of interest to coin enthusiasts. Use our Numismatic Directory and help us to turn it into a digital atlas of our numismatic world!

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Archive: Coins, Medals and more

Contemporary allegory on the Great Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg.

The Great Elector, Taxes and the Rise of Prussia

On 1 February 2024, the Künker auction house will hold its 400th auction sale. Among the 770 lots are very rare issues from the reign of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia. They bear witness to the achievements of the Great Elector, who brought prosperity to a realm devastated by the Thirty Years’ War.

The Bending Willow Tree

On 29 January 2025, Künker is going to auction off a unique willow tree coin. The reverse of the 10-ducat piece depicts a willow tree in a storm. But what is the message that William V, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel on whose behalf the coin was created, wanted to convey with this issue?
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