I don't know if you keep up with the latest geek trends, but news has come to light recently of a project that some University scientists in Spain have been working on whereby a standard computer m

One of the most intriguing books on numismatics I've read in recent years was "Numismatic Forgery", by Charles Larson.

OK, what follows is not necessarily a numismatic horror movie, but it's one that I think anyone that trades in coins or notes will have an interest in seeing - it's

The glossy Australian Financial Review Magazine last week included an in-depth article on a key figure in Australia's art industry, and was preceded by several smaller articles where calls for regu

Just when I thought I'd seen it all, along comes this website: coincollectingboards.com.

News this week in the world of rare coins & notes is the relocation of the ANA (American Numismatic Association) from one part of

Every now and then, something happens in the daily life of this coin dealer that really makes me stop.

Way back a few months ago when the APEC summit was being held in Sydney (described by one well-respected geopolitical analyst as being "a fairly irrelevant pause at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Australia"), the Chaser team wasn't the only group to lampoon the activities of Howard, Bush et al.

With a script like something out of a Hollywood movie, one of
America's rarest coins (with a pricetag of US$3 million) was recently
re-discovered after having been believed missing for several decades.
The mainstream media loves to beat up stories about little old ladies
discovering rarities in their closets or some such, but this story really has to be seen to be believed.

There are numerous news articles today about the Clayton's introduction of a $1,000 note to the Zimbabwe economy.
There are currency changes around the world all the time - why is this
one interesting to the general public? Rampant inflation has been an
unfortunate feature of the Zimbabwean economy for some years now (it's
currently running at no less than 1,594% per annum at present), trouble