Articles – Cosmos Of Collectibles

Numismatic Issues Concerning Health, Medicine and Women in Times of Covid, Part 3: Personifications of Health and Medicine

Over the course of the Covid pandemic, health care professionals have attracted increased media attention. Gabriele Sturm examined the question of how women in health care pro-fessions were depicted on coins in the past, and how they are represented today. The last part of this series deals with personifications of health care and medicine. Continue reading →

The US System of Coin Grading: Sheldon Scale, Grading Companies and Holders

The traditional European system of coin grades is hardy used anymore in the USA. Since the 1970s, new developments have established themselves there, which had a major impact on the international coin trade. We explain what these developments are about and why they are so successful. Continue reading →

What Are Coin Grades?

Are you interested in coins and new to the world of collecting? We’ll be happy to help you with the basics. Today, we talk about the important topic of coin grading. You will see: newcomers have a lot to keep in mind. We answer frequently asked questions about the subject. Continue reading →

What Is the Difference Between a Coin, a Commemorative Coin and a Medal?

Structuring the world of modern coins isn’t that easy. Just some of the items laymen classify as coins are actually coins. In addition, there are special and hybrid forms and all kinds of unclear terms such as commemorative coin, collector coin, NCLT, bullion coin etc. Which types of coins exist? We present an overview. Continue reading →

Numismatic Issues Concerning Health, Medicine and Women in Times of Covid, Part 2: Famous Female Doctors

Over the course of the Covid pandemic, health care professionals have attracted increased media attention. Gabriele Sturm examined the question of how women in health care pro-fessions were depicted on coins in the past, and how they are represented today. Continue reading →

Back to the Middle Ages – With the Cent Coins of the Principality of Monaco

For the participating states, Euro coins are a great way of transporting their self-image to the outside world – to their citizens, handling small change on a daily basis, and to their visitors, taking the change back home after a holiday. Today we’re looking at Monaco and how it presents itself on its coins. Continue reading →

What to Keep in Mind When Buying Coins Online

Is there something better than browsing the internet for great bargains that you can add to your collection? After all, Covid-19 still makes us spend most of our weekends at home. And hoarding money in a bank account hasn’t made profits for quite some time now. So why don’t you combine the pleasant with the useful and invest in your own coin collection? We explain what to keep in mind when buying coins online. Continue reading →

Numismatic Issues Concerning Health, Medicine and Women in Times of Covid, Part 1: Nursing and Medical Assistance

Over the course of the pandemic, health care professionals have attracted increased media attention. Gabriele Sturm examined the question of how women in health care professions were depicted on coins in the past, and how they are represented today. Continue reading →

What It Takes to Create the Perfect Gold Blank

Very few people who buy a Vienna Philharmonic as an investment think about how much know-how goes into creating the perfect gold blank. They blindly trust that weight and fineness of their bullion coin are exactly as specified. And they can perfectly do so. The Austrian Mint has decades of experience in producing gold blanks – which is one of the reasons why commemorative and bullion coins of about 60 nations are made with gold blanks from the Austrian Mint. Continue reading →

A Matter of Perspective: Latent Images on Coins

There is hardly another modern minting technique that spread as quicky as latent images. There is a good reason for it. We explain what a latent image is, how it works and how it found its way onto coins. Continue reading →