(Temecula, California) March 11, 2019 — As part of the organization’s anti-counterfeiting efforts, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) has added additional conduct restrictions to its Code of Ethics regarding involvement with fakes. Four words, indicated here in italics, have been added and are now part of section seven of PNG’s bylaws: “To refrain from knowingly participating […]
First-day sales of 2019 American Legion coin products
Yesterday, the Mint released the 2019 American Legion 100th anniversary coin products, which include the following: A Proof $5 gold coin (19CJ), a Proof clad half dollar (19CN), a Proof silver dollar (19CL), a three-coin Proof set (19CR), an Uncirculated $5 gold coin (19CK), an Uncirculated clad half dollar (19CP), and an Uncirculated silver dollar […]
New appointee joins Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
Washington — The United States Mint today announced the appointment of Dr. Dean J. Kotlowski to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), as the member specially qualified by virtue of his education, training, or experience in American history. Dr. Kotlowski is a specialist in 20th-century U.S. political and policy history. He fills the vacancy created […]
King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands strikes new commemorative gold coin marking 100 years of Dutch aviation
Amsterdam, Netherlands — For the centenary celebrations of Dutch aviation, KLM (the national airline of the Netherlands), NLR (Dutch Aerospace Center), and GKN Fokker Technologies — the successors of the civil aviation manufacturers founded originally in 1919 — hosted an event on Thursday, 14th March to mark this important anniversary. The coin designs were approved as […]
Greece: New collector coin marks centenary anniversary of the Deposits and Loans Fund
The Bank of Greece will issue, on the 19th March, new collector coins which mark one of the country’s oldest entities in terms of banking and savings. Initially founded in 1839 as the Consignment Deposit Loan Fund, it was one of the first financial authorities established by law, eight years after attaining recognised independence from […]
Minnesota man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit coins, committing mail fraud
Barry Ron Skog, 68, of Burnsville, Minnesota, pleaded guilty on February 21 to one count of selling counterfeit coins and one count of mail fraud in the United States District Court of Minnesota in St. Paul. Skog faces a potential maximum sentence of 15 years imprisonment on the count of selling counterfeit coins and a […]
Treasure at the end of the rainbow: New Jersey’s Saint Patrick coppers
In preparation for the upcoming 73rd edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins, which is expected to draw increased attention to foreign coins that were used in Colonial America, I thumbed through the Colonial Issues section of the 4th edition of Mega Red and came across something both interesting and festive. If you […]
Bowers on collecting: Enjoying the Trip
I am continuing to go through old Coin World columns and other items in connection with writing my autobiography. I came across this, published nearly 20 years ago in Coin World in April 2001 (if you don’t subscribe to this newspaper you should; plus, you might enjoy my weekly “The Joy of Collecting” column, which […]
Over $10.3 million of U.S. coins sold in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Spring 2019 Baltimore Auction
Official Whitman Spring Expo Auction totals nearly $21 million Santa Ana, California — The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo gathered collectors from all over the country to Baltimore’s inner harbor for the first of three exciting expo auctions in 2019. This event met with resounding success, with […]
Niue and East India Company: Chinese “Dragon” trade coin recreated to salute the world’s historic Trade dollars
The treasury of the government of Niue, in partnership with the East India Company Bullion Ltd., has released the third coin design as part of their ongoing series entitled “The Trade Dollar Collection.” The series features five of the most popular and sought-after trade pieces issued during the mid-19th into the 20th centuries. The first […]
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