Netherlands: New 2023 mint sets include special strike medal marking king’s 10th anniversary of accession

The Royal Dutch Mint has released its 2023-dated annual mint set, which for this year celebrates the 10th anniversary of the accession of HM King Willem Alexander as its theme. Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand was born on the 27th April 1967 and is the first child of HRH Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince […]

First International Coin Designer Training program held in Shanghai

By Louis Golino In early December the Chinese Mint held the first International Coin Designer Training program at its Shanghai branch mint, which brought together several prominent coin designers from Europe, the U.S., and China. These experienced coin designers and medallic artists shared their wealth of experience with artists and designers from China during several […]

Rarities in fabulous grades at Grün part 2: World coins and medals

In the last post, we covered selected ancient coins from Auction 73 of the Heidelberger Münzhandlung, taking place November 14 and 15, 2017. Today we move on to selected coins from foreign countries. This part of the auction offers many interesting specimens, among these a small series of English, French, and Flemish gold coins dating from the […]

Rarities in fabulous grades at Grün part 1: Ancient coins

From November 14 to 15, 2017, Auction 73 of the Heidelberger Münzhandlung will take place. Herbert Grün has again assembled a catalog that contains rarities in the best grades imaginable — ranging from ancient times to the Federal Republic of Germany. A large series consisting of more than 700 lots of ancient coins is followed […]