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If you are regularly handling ’Vreneli’ gold coins, you will every now and then come across some that display strip-like color alterations across the entire coin. Why is this? (In German only)

The essay confirms the attribution of a medieval Louis II of Vaud Double Tournois to the Nyon mint. A drawing and a photograph provide conclusive evidence (in German only).

This article highlights some pictorial details of an extremely rare gold medal of 10 ducats from the second half of the 16th century (Kremnica mint). Christof Füessli, a gifted engraver, staged the story of Jonah and the whale in a well-established typological tradition (in German only).

Mr. Kunzmann's article deals with hidden political messages on so-called puppet banknotes from the Central Reserve Bank of China as well as on issues of the Federal Reserve Bank of China during the Japanese-Chinese War of 1937–1945 (in German only).

Normally, citizens paid their taxes with coins, occasionally with goods. In Nuremberg, however, the system was far more complex. Here, all citizens had to pay the Bürgergroschen, or “Losung", regardless of whether they were wealthy or poor (in German only).

Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I (1848–1916) held countless titles, including that of King of Jerusalem. However, he had never visited this kingdom. That was to change during the celebrations marking the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 (in German only).