Hobbyists interested in attending the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) 49th annual Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colo. can now register for the event online. The two one-week sessions will be held June 17-29. ANA members who register by March 31 will save $50 per session on the cost of tuition; life members who register will save an additional $25 […]
D. Brent Pogue Collection sale, part 5, to offer famous Dexter 1804 silver dollar
On March 31, 2017, Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sothebby’s will be presenting part 5 of their auction program of the D. Brent Pogue Collection of early U.S. coinage. The auction will take place beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Carriage House of the Evergreen Museum and Library in Baltimore. The sale features the Dexter 1804 […]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries to offer finest certified 1913 Lincoln cent at auction
When the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo takes place at the end of March, it will, as always, feature an estimable array of collectible coins and paper money. Stack’s Bowers Galleries will hold a series of auctions, and its “Rarities Night” will, as usual, offer up a host of beautiful coins. Among those that […]
ANA Money Museum: Last chance to see Olympic coins and memorabilia; World War I exhibit opening soon
Don’t miss a final opportunity to experience “Olympic Games—History and Numismatics” before its run closes at the American Numismatic Association’s Money Museum mid-April. This exhibit showcases the wide range of Olympic numismatic objects and memorabilia and explores the Games from their ancient beginnings to the modern revival. Notable artifacts on display include rare Syracusan dekadrachms (Greek coins; […]
NYINC Stack’s Bowers Auction Preview
The new auction year gets in full swing with several auctions scheduled during the first few weeks of 2017. Last week, we previewed Heritage Auctions’ “Platinum Night” offerings at this year’s FUN Convention, held in Fort Lauderdale January 5 through January 8. This week, we’ll look at highlights from Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ auction sessions […]
“Trump Effect” Lifts 2016 U.S. Rare-Coin Market, Reports Professional Numismatists Guild
(Temecula, California)—The optimism that disposable income may increase with the election of Donald Trump lifted the U.S. rare-coin market in the last two months of 2016, according to the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org). The PNG, a nonprofit organization composed of many of the country’s top rare-coin and paper-money experts, conducts an annual compilation of results […]
Affordable Barber Dimes
The Barber-dime series, produced from 1892 to 1916, is a relatively easy collection to complete in circulated grades. There is only one key date, the 1895-O (we’re excluding the extremely rare 1894-S), and even for that coin a collector could certainly hope to acquire an example in collectable condition for less than $1,000. For many […]
Affordable Large Cents
Struck every year from 1793 to 1857 (with the exception of 1815), the large cent was one of America’s most commonly used denominations of the first half of the 19th century. The cent, or penny as it is often called, might now be a mostly obsolete and rarely used denomination, but at one time it […]
McKinley Commemorative Gold Dollars
The 1916 and 1917 McKinley Memorial gold dollars are two of 13 classic gold commemoratives that the U.S. Mint struck between 1903 and 1926. Struck to fund a memorial to President William McKinley in Niles, Ohio, the birthplace of the 25th president of the United States, the issue was less than a success, and a relatively small […]
Louisiana Purchase Commemorative Gold Dollars
Thirteen gold commemorative coins were released by the United States Mint between 1903 and 1926, ranging in denominations from one dollar to fifty dollars. These were sometimes released in conjunction with a commemorative silver dollar, but occasionally featured another subject altogether, as was the case with the first two gold commemorative issues, the 1903 Louisiana […]
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