Ferdinand Anton Nicolaus Teutenberg ( 1840–1933 ) was a German-born engraver, jeweler, and medallist who became one of New Zealand’s most accomplished colonial artisans.    Trained by his father, an engraver to the King of Prussia, he arrived in Auckland in 1866 and soon gained prominence with his first major...

A die used in striking New Zealand's 1964 Penny — the second to last year of pre-decimal copper coinage — has resurfaced following its successful acquisition by Aventine from the estate of one of Australia’s most prominent collectors.   This tool would have been used to strike the reverse design...

A gold coin dismissed by others as a likely replica and sold at public auction for just above $200 NZD of its supposed scrap metal value has now been confirmed to be a genuine Ancient Roman artifact issued during the reign of Tiberius Caesar nearly two millennia ago.    ...