Archive: People and Markets

CIT’s Daydreamer – Adventure

CIT’s “Daydreamer” coins pull aside the curtain between worlds. In 2022, a man looked to the future, in the second issue a little boy looks to the past. The love of escaping the world in a daydream with state-of-the-art smartminting® technology.

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Representatives will be accepting NGC and PMG submissions at the Evento Numismático Internacional Madrid 2024.

NGC and PMG at the New Numismatic Event in Madrid

Representatives of NGC and PMG will accept submissions, answer questions and provide information about the companies’ services at the new Evento Numismático Internacional Madrid.

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New CIT Issue: The Great Wall of China

No structure in China fires our imagination more than the 21,196-kilometer-long Great Wall of China. Using state-of-the-art minting technology, CIT has created a highly detailed tribute to the Wall with an ultra-high relief.

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Investigators found 18 gold lumps in the possession of one suspect. The composition of the metal indicates that the lumps were created by melting down the Celtic hoard. Photo: Bavarian Criminal Investigation Department.

Further Investigations into the Stolen Celtic Coin Hoard

Following police success in the case of the stolen Celtic gold hoard, the authorities have made additional details public. It appears that the perpetrators were professionals, but their professionalism was their undoing.

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Archive: Coins, Medals and more

Silver for Württemberg

In the early modern period, much of the Black Forest, an idyllic mountain range in southwestern Germany, was a booming industrial center. A major part of the silver used to mint Württemberg coins came from this region. The Heinz-Falk Gaiser Collection, on offer at Künker on 23 September 2024, includes many coins made from Black Forest silver.
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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