Award places Heritage Auctions senior numismatist in elite company among top numismatists Dallas, Texas (March 16, 2020) — Heritage Auctions Senior Numismatist Mark Borckardt received one of the highest individual honors within the hobby when he was named 2020 Numismatist of the Year by the American Numismatic Association. “This honor is important to me,” Borckardt […]
Heritage Auctions awards $10,000 to Pennsylvania coin collector
Collecting interest was passed down from father, uncle Dallas, Texas (March 11, 2020) — Following a tradition that has grown for more than 20 years, Heritage Auctions has awarded a $10,000 auction credit to client Steven Wilson through a drawing among collectors who participated in the firm’s annual numismatic survey. The Pennsylvania resident’s interest in […]
Dean Schmidt receives service award for Kansas bill efforts
Industry Council for Tangible Assets dealer-member Dean Schmidt (Dean Schmidt Rare Coins, Atchison, Kansas) was honored during the ICTA dinner and update at Tony Roma’s in Orlando, Florida, on January 8 as the recipient of the 2019 Diane Piret Memorial Outstanding Service Award for his efforts to see Kansas House Bill 2140 passed. The bill […]
Greatly anticipated COTY Awards take place during 49th World Money Fair in Berlin
The 2020 Coin of the Year Awards, colloquially known as the COTYs, got off to a great start this year as various mints and other recipients gathered during the 49th World Money Fair. Held in Berlin’s purpose-built Estrel Convention Centre since 2006, the greatly anticipated awards, now in its 37th year, were presented for the […]
Van Alfen honored with ANA Burnett Anderson Memorial Award
Style and Substance Meet in Peter van Alfen’s Writings The Burnett Anderson Memorial Award for Excellence in Numismatic Writing is presented annually to a researcher, author, or journalist in recognition of his or her body of work and career contributions in numismatics. First conferred posthumously to its namesake in 1999, at the American Numismatic Association’s […]
World Money Fair shines in Berlin as Mint of Japan hosts international event
Those who make up the coin industry gathered once again to attend the World Money Fair (WMF). The international event, which is the largest gathering of its kind, was hosted at the Estrel Convention Centre located in the eclectic Berlin borough of Neukölln (the 49th WMF has been at the same location for the 15th […]
ANA and NGC to launch ANA Registry
Colorado Springs, Colorado (January 28, 2020) — The American Numismatic Association (ANA) and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) have partnered to launch the ANA Registry later this year. The ANA is the country’s largest nonprofit coin-collecting organization, as well as one of the oldest and most prestigious. Founded in 1891, the ANA has approximately 25,000 members […]
Austria: Famed Salzburg Festival features on new silver collector coin celebrating centenary anniversary
The Mint of Austria has released (22nd January) new collector coins in celebration of one of the country’s renowned cultural festivals. On the 22nd August 1920, the director Max Reinhardt staged Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s morality play Jedermann in Salzburg’s Domplatz for the first time, and, as a result, founded the Salzburg Festival. Since 1926, the play has been […]
ANA college scholarships available to young collectors
Applications for college scholarships provided by the American Numismatic Association (ANA) are being accepted through March 13. The scholarship fund was established in 2014 to provide a graduating high school senior who is also a member of the ANA with $1,000 to use at the university, community college, or trade school of the student’s choice. […]
ANA executive director to be recognized as Numismatic Ambassador
Kim Kiick will be Honored at FUN Convention in January During the Florida United Numismatists 65th annual convention, American Numismatic Association Executive Director Kim Kiick will be recognized as a Numismatic Ambassador. On Friday, January 10, Dave Harper, retired editor of Numismatic News, will present the award to Kiick during the Ambassador Award Breakfast. “The […]
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