The International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) conducted its 73rd annual Congress in Madrid, Spain, from June 22-25, 2025. Forty-four member firms attended the event, held at the recently renovated Palace Hotel, a 1912 Art Nouveau masterpiece.
The Congress approved membership for six numismatic firms:
(1) Antium Aurum (Czech Republic)( https://www.antiumaurum.com/);
(2) Boardwalk Coins (USA)( https://boardwalknumismatics.com/);
(3) Capstone Acquisitions (USA) ( https://capstonecoins.com/);
(4) A. Karamitsos International Auctions (Greece) (karamitsos@karamitsos.com);
(5) Rio de la Plata (Argentina) (https://rpnumis.com/); and
(6) Wessex Coins (United Kingdom) (https://www.wessexcoins.co.uk/).
Additionally, the Congress also approved an associate membership for CDN Publishing LLC (https://www.greysheet.com/ ).
A moment of silence was also held for recently deceased IAPN members. These included Laszlo Nudelman, Gunnar Thesen, Eddy Absil, Druso Franceschi, and Claude Silberstein.
Congress delegates received briefings on regulatory challenges facing the industry as well as recent US tariffs.
The Congress voted to approve Rome as the location of its 74th Congress. That Congress will also mark IAPN’s 75th anniversary. The Congress then heard proposals to hold subsequent Congresses in Hong Kong, South Africa, Argentina, and Saint Martin in the Caribbean.
Since 1982, IAPN has annually conducted its book prize award honoring numismatic authors for what the organization considers “the best numismatic publication of the year”. This year, IAPN members reviewed 21 books on ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern coins as well as paper money published in 2024 before awarding top honors to Jean-Yves Kind for his 2 Volume set, Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises. 1: Monnaies d’or Louis IX à Louis XII; 2: Monnaies d’or François Ier à Louis XVI. Second place went to Lucia Carbone for her Local Coinages in a Roman World: Second Century BC First Century AD. Third place went to Hugo Vanhoudt and John Saunders for their Gold Coinage of the Low Countries. More here: https://iapn-coins.org/general-news/13516732.
Jesús Vico Numismatic Auctions organized both the Congress and activities that included a welcoming reception at the Real Madrid Football Stadium, a companion tour of the Prado and Retiro Park, an evening tour of Toledo, and a Gala dinner at the Casa America in the 1877 Linares Palace.
At the Gala dinner, the firm received a special award from IAPN’s president, Dan Sedwick, for its work in organizing the Congress, which had to be moved from its original location in Budapest, Hungary, due to the untimely death of its sponsor, Laszlo Nudelman. A total of 8465€ was also collected at the Gala for the Aladina Foundation, a charity to address the needs of children with cancer. More about the foundation can be found here: https://aladina.org/la-fundacion/.
For more information regarding the IAPN. please visit their website: https://www.iapn-coins.org/.
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