The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 23, June 5, 2005, Article 5

ANTIQUANOVA MINT: CZECH COIN REPROS

While web surfing I came across the site of a private
maker of coin reproductions based in the Czech Republic.
I hadn't heard of the company, but it has been operating for
five years and is probably well known in the ancient coin
collecting community. Can any of our readers fill us in?
Judging from the images on their web site, their replicas of
ancient and medieval coins appear to be high-quality. Are
they properly marked as replicas? If not, would they fool
anyone? The web site says they target North America and
the European Union. I know about the laws governing the
reproduction of U.S. coinage, but what are the laws
surrounding these types of reproductions?

 >From a press release: "The privately-owned Antiquanova
mint and medal maker‘s (www.antiquanova.com), specialising
in coining replicas of rare historic coins and making custom-made
coinages in historical styles, launches 12 new types of coins,
including a silver replica of one of the most beautiful coins of all
time – the Syracusan Dekadrachm. The new comprises of replicas
of ancient Greek, Roman, Celtic, and mediaeval coins as well as
those stamped after 1500 AD.

“On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of starting the on-line
sale of the products of our medal- making workshop we have
decided to present to the public the fruit of our work over the
last six months”, says Pavel Neumann, co-owner of the
Antiquanova medal maker#39;s. We have compiled and are now
introducing to the market a set of 12 new coinages, mainly
replicas of ancient and mediaeval coins. The most interesting
of these is a replica of the ancient Greek Dekadrachm of the
city of Syracuse from the turn of the 5th and 4th century BC,
or a replica of the ½ Joachimsthaler of 1520 – the very coin
from which the English word dollar is derived."

The company home page: antiquanova.com

This page has an interview with the engraver, Petr Sousek:
Petr Sousek

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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