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The Antiquanova Mint Launches More Than 10 New Replicas of Rare Ancient and Medieval Coins
Brno, Czech Republic (PRWEB) April 11, 2005
The privately-owned Antiquanova mint and medal makerÂ?s (www.antiquanova.com), specialising in coining replicas of unusual historic coins and generating custom-created coinages in historical types, launches 12 new sorts of coins, which includes a silver replica of one particular of the most lovely coins of all time Â? the Syracusan Dekadrachm. The new comprises of replicas of historic Greek, Roman, Celtic, and mediaeval coins as nicely as those stamped after 1500 Advert.
Â?On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of starting up the on-line sale of the products of our medal- creating workshop we have determined to present to the public the fruit of our perform around the last 6 monthsÂ?, says Pavel Neumann, co-proprietor of the Antiquanova medal makerÂ?s. We have compiled and are now introducing to the industry a set of 12 new coinages, primarily replicas of ancient and mediaeval coins. The most exciting of these is a replica of the historic Greek Dekadrachm of the metropolis of Syracuse from the turn of the 5th and 4th century BC, or a replica of the ½ Joachimsthaler of 1520 Â? the extremely coin from which the English phrase dollar is derived.”
All coins from the new sequence (the coining dies and the coining process) are the work of the other co-owner of the medal creating enterprise Â? the designer Petr SouÂ?ek who hand engraved or stamped the image immediately into the metal dies. Every single of the coins built in silver or gold is minted using the genuine technique of coinage by hand. Following the prosperous introduction of the sale of lower-priced tin variants of the coins previous year, Antiquanova intends to proceed this line this year as properly. The customer can select in between gold, silver and tin variants of coins, or brass and aluminium replicas of mediaeval coins. Petr SousekÂ?s opinion is that: Â?While the coins in precious steel will be sought following primarily by collectors, the newly stamped coins of prevalent metals, offered their favourable price tag (from US$ .75), will be of interest as Â?propsÂ? of numerous antiquity enactment groups, RPG players and the like.Â?
An overview of the new coinages marketed in April 2005:
Historical Greece
-Stater Istros (silver and tin)
-Dekadrachm Syracuse (silver and tin)
-Obol Naxos (silver)
-Tetradrachm Amphipolis (silver and tin)
Historic Rome
-Aureus, Faustina jr. (gold) Â? resumed coinage
Celts
-Stater of the Boii tribe (silver and tin) Â? 2nd Boii coin of the Â?BIATECÂ? type
Middle Ages
-Bohemia, Denarius of Boleslav I (silver and aluminium) Â? one of the earliest Czech coins
-Moravia, Denarius of B?etislav (silver and aluminium)
-Bohemia, Bracteate of Otakar II (silver and aluminium) Â? 1st coin to show the image of the Bohemian lion with two tails
-Bohemia, gold Ducat of Charles IV (gold and brass) Â? on the anniversary of his becoming crowned the Roman Emperor in 1355
Coins Soon after 1500
-Bohemia, ½ Joachimsthaler (silver and aluminium) � �the forerunner of the dollar�
Designer’s Coins
-Medal of the Templar order on the 700th anniversary of the castle of Templstein (silver) Â? resumed coinage
Reduced Rates
-Large gold coins at decreased costs regardless of the growing gold value.
More Updates
-Some of the early coinages of mediaeval coin replicas of valuable metals are now available in widespread metals (brass, aluminium).
-A renewed supply of sets of coins at diminished prices Â? beginning with the Â?Syracuse silver setÂ? consisting of three replicas of Syracuse coins.
-The pages describing the particular person products (coins) have been up to date with added exciting info, mainly drawn from WIKIPEDIA.
-Credit score card purchasing created even less difficult Â? each and every merchandise can be extra to the procuring basket right from its personal page.
-Recently additional sections: FAQs and PR (NewsRoom)
The privately-owned mint and medal makers Antiquanova of Petr Sousek and Pavel Neumann from Brno (Czech Republic) specializes in the creating of large-top quality artwork coins and medals in historical or pseudo-historical type. It is one of the couple of mints in the planet which applies the original historical minting procedures: making use of hand-engraved metal, iron or bronze dies, the dies are stamped manually or on a screw minting press. The material of the coins by Antiquanova is made up of a array of metals from gold to aluminium. The mint creates mainly replicas of historical and historical coins, tokens, medallions, and coins created to its very own or buyer designs, as nicely as pseudo-historical or coin-derived jewellery. Since 2000, Antiquanova has been supplying its goods to museums, numismatists, collectors and background enthusiasts from all around the planet.
Make contact with:
Pavel Neumann
Antiquanova
http://www.antiquanova.com
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