The new CoinsWeekly: What you can expect

Finally, the new CoinsWeekly is here. We have gone back to basics and at the same time adapted to the demands of the new market. Cost pressures, competition from new AI search engines and the ever-increasing number of newsletters from auction houses, mints and service providers have all led me to fundamentally rethink the concept of an ‘online newspaper’. What is essential? What is nice to have? What is superfluous? It was a long process, but now I can present the new CoinsWeekly to you. This article provides a brief summary of what distinguishes the new CoinsWeekly from the old CoinsWeekly.

A newsletter every two weeks

Let’s start with the sad news: the large, long newsletters with their cheeky editorials, loved by so many people, will no longer exist in this form. The auction newsletter AuctionsWeekly will also be discontinued. It was no longer financially viable to edit and publish all the news from the international world of numismatics. Instead, we will now upload a new article to CoinsWeekly once to three times a week and inform you about the latest posts in a fortnightly newsletter.

High-quality content, written by human intelligence

We will also refrain from publishing press releases in future. Instead, we will offer what is known in technical jargon as ‘unique content’, i.e. articles that are only published by us and written by human intelligence. We want to present you with articles that are informative, well-researched, a little critical, a little funny, a little controversial and definitely not boring. But you’re used to that from me anyway. Because now I am the sole person behind CoinsWeekly.

New categories

To make it easier for you to find your way around, we have created new categories for the articles. Under People and Markets, you will find what we used to publish under News.

Those who loved my editorials should take note of the category What I still wanted to say, because this is where things will always be controversial and critical. In this category, I will present not only my opinion, but also my arguments. I would be delighted if you were to disagree with me loudly. I will be happy to publish your letter to the editor directly below my article if you wish, as long as you are prepared to stand by your opinion with your full name and your arguments remain factual.

The category Coins, Medals & More corresponds to the old Article of the Week. Here you will find regular numismatic news, although we have also revised the concept for this section. In future, we will refrain from lengthy effusions on a special topic (as exciting as they may have been). The needs of internet readers are different. They appreciate short, quick summaries with previously unknown content that entertain them for 2-3 minutes. And that is exactly what our new articles offer.

My favourite section is called On the Road. Here you will find everything I experience on my travels. I take you to coin fairs and museums; I write travel reports for you and summarise what I learn at conferences. Here you can find a numismatic city portrait as well as an interview or any other exciting topic I have come across in some corner of the world.

The last category, Good to Know, covers the basics – whether it’s explanations of terms, useful tips for collectors or an introduction to a particular area of collecting.

Of course, our archive is still available to you, as are our encyclopaedias and directory.

Sixbid will be our partner for the English and French language areas

So much for the content changes, now for the organisational ones. The german MünzenWoche will continue to be available online. We are looking for strong partners for other languages. I am delighted that we have found a global player for English and French whose corporate philosophy fits well with our own. Everything you read on the german MünzenWoche website can be found in English and French on the Sixbid website.

Probably no one is unfamiliar with the mother of all auction platforms. Our common goal is to introduce a broad community to the topic of coins and to prove that numismatics is exciting and has a promising future. I would like to thank Ulf Künker, Marc Culas and Stefan Kaufmann for their productive and trusting cooperation. I am certain that our strengths will complement each other perfectly.

So don’t be surprised if you are redirected to Sixbid when you click on our English page. We are currently working on bringing more partners on board, so that you will hopefully be able to read CoinsWeekly in Italian, Spanish, Polish, and perhaps even Arabic or Chinese in the near future.

Most importantly, we would not exist without our sponsors!

None of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors. It was an incredible feeling of joy when the first six gold sponsorships were already taken after just 14 days. I would like to thank – in alphabetical order – CIT Coin Invest, Emporium Hamburg, Heritage, Künker, SINCONA and Swissmint. The twelve silver sponsorships are also in high demand. Even before the relaunch, half of them have already been taken. We would like to thank – again in alphabetical order – CNG, Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Heidelberger Münzhandlung / Herbert Grün, Leipziger Münzhandlung & Auktion Höhn, Münzen Ritter and Numismatisches Antiquariat Lang. Six silver sponsorships are still waiting for a sponsor. If you are a coin dealer, I would be delighted if you would take one on. If you are a reader, please inform your trusted coin dealer of this opportunity.

CoinsWeekly remains free of charge for readers!

And best of all: thanks to our sponsors, CoinsWeekly remains free of charge for readers. This means you can continue to find reliable, carefully researched and entertaining articles on numismatics at no cost. We have made a conscious decision to make this information available to artificial intelligence systems. After all, the answers provided by these search engines can only be as reliable as the information on which they are based. CoinsWeekly sees itself as a provider of accurate information, thereby countering the flood of misinformation.

Without our former employees, we would not be where we are today

The bitter downside is the fact that my large team of employees will unfortunately no longer be supporting me. However, I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all. For all the years of loyal cooperation, but also for the fact that each and every one of them remained fully committed until the very last minute.

I would therefore like to thank our editor-in-chief Daniel Baumbach, his assistant Sven Martzinek, Johannes Stelzhammer, who was responsible for Cosmos of Collectibles, Aleksandar Brzic, who took over the research for the Numismatic Directory, Sebastian Wieschowski, who was behind our edition on contemporary numismatics, and, of course, the irreplaceable Maike Meßmann, who was much more than just our translator. I will also miss the fantastic technical team led by Bruno Capotorto. I wish them all the best of luck for the future.

And I wish the same for new CoinsWeekly.

May it continue to be an important voice in the field of numismatics and build bridges between trade, museums and science, between continents and nations!

Text and images: Ursula Kampmann