Archive: People and Markets

200 Years of the Bohemian Savings Bank: A Piece of Monetary History in Coin Form

In 2025, the Czech National Bank will issue a silver commemorative coin with a nominal value of 200 koruna. The coin marks the founding of the Bohemian Savings Bank.

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Beautiful Stockholm. Image: Brorsson – CC BY-SA 3.0.

Register Now for the 30th Annual ICOMON Conference

The Economy Museum in Stockholm will host this year’s conference of the International Committee for Money and Banking Museums (ICOMON) on 25-28 September 2024. The registration is now open and the preliminary program is available online.

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Switzerland is “Guest of Honor” at the World Money Fair 2025

Next year, Switzerland will be the guest country at the World Money Fair. The Federal Mint Swissmint has a very special highlight in store for the fair: it will be presenting the 100-franc Gold Vreneli anniversary coin to the world for the first time.

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Emsiges Treiben auf der Münzenmesse in Zürich. Auch hier bemerkten Sammler und Händler den Momentanen Trend. Foto: Michael M. Zagorowski.

Numindex Update: Prices for Mid-Grade Coins Are on the Rise

Even the Prices for mid-grade coins are on the rise at the moment. That is confirmed by the coin price index numindex. Michael Zagorowski tells us about the causes and recent observations in the trade and at coin shows.

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Archive: Coins, Medals and more

The seals were primarily created by casting copper and consist of open form and closed form geometric and human/animal designs.

The St. Croix Collection of Baktrian Seals

Beginning with Electronic Auction 555, Classical Numismatic Group will be offering a highly important collection of Baktrian seals from the St. Croix Collection. Learn more about these fascinating objects from the Middle Bronze Age here.

The Turks, the Bohemian Estates and Two Gnadenpfennigs by Ferdinand I

SINCONA’s spring auction will be held from 13 to 15 May 2024. Among other highlights, two extremely rare gold gnadenpfennigs by Ferdinand I are on offer. The multiple coins with a weight of 10 and 15 gold gulden are among the great treasures of Habsburg numismatics. We share their story.
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