The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official ANA Auction Realizes Over $41 Million Santa Ana, CA. — Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 14-16 Official Currency Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money was a great success, with many items exceeding estimate on their way to new homes. Two name collections, Part II of the Joel R. Anderson […]
United States Mint to launch quarter honoring Cumberland Island National Seashore on August 30
Join the United States Mint and the National Park Service for the official launch of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program coin honoring Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia on 10 a.m., Thursday, August 30, 2018. The ceremony will take place at the Camden County High School Auditorium in Kingsland. Event highlights include performances by […]
The Dentuck ANA blog: Thursday, August 16, 2018
In and Around the Bourse and the City of Philadelphia Thursday morning’s business meetings started early with authors, book dealers, and other publishers. I had an insightful conversation with officers of Tokyo’s Taisei Coins Corporation, a longtime partner with Whitman Publishing. In the 1970s legendary coin dealer Masamichi Oka, a brilliant marketer known as the […]
Numismatic Literary Guild 2018 award winners
The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, writers, bloggers, and content producers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals, and tokens as collectibles, presented its annual awards for 2018 on Thursday, August 16, in Philadelphia. This year marked NLG’s 50th anniversary. For information about the […]
Heritage Auctions 2018 World’s Fair of Money preview: U.S. coins
The ANA World’s Fair of Money is traditionally among the largest coin shows organized in the United States. This year, it is being held in Philadelphia, PA, from August 14 to 18. The same week sees a large number of coin auctions being held, offering a wide variety of numismatic items by various companies. We […]
The 1792 gold piece that might have once jingled in George Washington’s pocket sold for $1.74 million in Philadelphia
Offered in first public auction since 1890; all net proceeds donated to charity Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 16, 2018) — A one-of-a-kind 1792 gold coin believed by its previous owner to have once been a cherished memento of U.S. President George Washington sold for $1,740,000 Thursday, August 16, in Philadelphia by Heritage Auctions. This is the first time the […]
Unprecedented Tyrant Collection of historic Italian coins at Long Beach
(Long Beach, California) August 3, 2018 — Famous gold and silver coins of Italy from the acclaimed Tyrant Collection, ranging from Gelon, tyrant of the cities of Gela and Syracuse in 485 B.C., to King Victor Emmanuel III in 1933, will be publicly displayed together for the first time, September 6-8, 2018. The unprecedented exhibit, […]
The Dentuck ANA blog: Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Bowers, Burdette, Books, and Beards at America’s Biggest Coin Show There’s something magical about the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money. For most collectors and dealers, this is the biggest “coin show” of the year. I put coin show in quotes because it’s about so much more than just coins. Paper money, medals, tokens, […]
Historic 1794 dollar and Silvano DiGenova going “home” to Philadelphia For ANA show
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) August 8, 2018 — It will be a Philadelphia “homecoming” at the ANA 2018 World’s Fair of Money for one of the finest known surviving examples of a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar. It’s also the homecoming for the person exhibiting that historic coin, Silvano DiGenova, President of Tangible Investments, Inc. in Laguna […]
Stack’s Bowers 2018 World’s Fair of Money preview: Rarities Night
In this second preview article for the various auctions held during the World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia, PA, this month, we will take a look at some of the highlights of U.S. coinage offered by Stack’s Bowers. Spread out over various sessions, we have decided to limit our preview to the coins offered in […]
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