By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ….. Part 1 | Part 2 * * * Readability “Readability” in the context of our discussion refers to the ability of people to (physically) read the words on a document. It is of little help in finding new information to have a nice digital image on your […]
The post Why Is Early Mint Information so Hard to Find? Part 2 appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) and the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents at Oxford University are pleased to announce the launch of Bactrian Indo-Greek Rulers (BIGR), a new online typology and research tool for ancient Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek coinage. BIGR is a component of Hellenistic Royal Coinages and has been funded by the […]
The post ANS Launches Bactrian Indo-Greek Rulers Online Coin Resource appeared first on CoinWeek.
Together with Sixbid, Ex-Numis, the expert in finding lost provenances of ancient coins, has developed a new feature that gives the bidder absolute security about where his coin stems from. Every provenance from the catalog that pre-dates the year 2000 can be linked directly with the relevant Ex-Numis database entry. Since 2016, Ex-Numis has offered […]
The post World Premiere: Active Ancient Coin Pedigree Links from Sixbid and Ex-Numis appeared first on CoinWeek.
Take a mountain of useful numismatic data with a grain of salt By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… Years ago, the known rarity of coins was a combination of guesswork and experience. Researchers had done much work on a few specialized series such as Half Cents, Large Cents and Capped Bust […]
The post Rare US Coins – A Closer Look at Certified Coin Population Reports appeared first on CoinWeek.
National Endowment for the Humanities Funds ANS Hellenistic Royal Coinages Project The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the American Numismatic Society (ANS) a substantial grant of $262,000 to fund the web-based Hellenistic Royal Coinages (HRC) project. Under the direction of Curator Dr. Peter van Alfen and Director of Data Science Ethan […]
The post ANS Receives NEH Grant, Announces Fowler Memorial Lecture Presenter appeared first on CoinWeek.
On Thursday, August 11, 2016, the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) held its annual Numismatic Literary Guild Awards, known as the “NLG Bash”, among the festivities of the ANA World’s Fair of Money. During this night, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) came away big, hauling three awards between PCGS President Don Willis and PCGS CoinFacts President […]
The post PCGS Receives 3 Awards at Annual NLG Bash appeared first on CoinWeek.
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is delighted to announce the debut of its new website, numismatics.org, which features improved navigation, search capability, and user interface to help numismatists explore, learn, shop, and conduct research with ease. The newly-launched website maintains the same domain name as the previous site, and allows for all the same information […]
The post American Numismatic Society Announces Launch of New Website appeared first on CoinWeek.