Heritage Auctions ⸱ HKINF Auction 2023 ⸱ 9-11 December 2023 ⸱ Hong Kong
Heritage’s HKINF World Coins Platinum Session and Signature Auction takes place December 9-11. For that event, Heritage promises “one of the strongest and most comprehensive selections of Asian and related numismatics ever assembled.”
Astarte SA ⸱ Web Auction 2 ⸱ 9 December 2023 ⸱ Online
Astarte SA from Lugano present their Web Auction 2, featuring 482 lots. Among the highlights are lead tesserae minted at Antinoë and coins and medals from Mantua from the Staffieri Collection.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries ⸱ NYINC Sale 2024⸱ January 2024 ⸱ New York
Stack’s Bowers presents the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection that will be auctioned in the January NYINC Sale. The collection – built nearly a century ago – includes some extremely rare and important Russian coins.
In the US, four men are standing trial as they allegedly stole coins worth 234,500 dollars from a truck. That was a ton of work. since their loot consisted of more than 2 million dimes, which were difficult to transport and even harder to spend…
On the Norwegian island of Rennesøy, a metal detectorist recently made an extraordinary gold find that was buried long before the Viking Age. The nine coin-like gold pendants engraved with rare horse symbols discovered along with ten gold beads and three gold rings are the first find of this kind in Norway since the 19th century.
The Royal Canadian Mint have unveiled the new effigy which will be seen on Canadian circulation, collector and bullion coinage. The new likeness was revealed on the 75th birthday of His Majesty. Michael Alexander takes a closer look.
In 2024, CIT releases the third issue of its Legends series. Following Terracotta Warriors and Legacy of the Pharaohs, the Liechtenstein innovators now showcase one of our favorite legends: the Wild West. The issue incorporates countless details that are reminiscent of classic Hollywood western movies.
Just in time for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, CIT presents an artistic monument in the form of a coin dedicated to the city’s iconic landmark. Eiffel Tower is a numismatic miniature sculpture.
The 7th International Numismatic Conference of the Coin Cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium takes place on 5 October 2024 and will focus on survival ratios of ancient coinages. Proposals for submissions are expected by 1 December 2023.
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!
