Official Auction of the 2019 Whitman Winter Expo brings a total of more than $19 million Santa Ana, CA (November 22, 2019) — The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo saw $1,510,700 in rare United States paper money trade hands between its Thursday, November 14 evening live session […]
Rare 1856-S/s quarters discovered in amazing S.S. Central America treasure
Nine elusive examples of the large mint mark over small mint mark variety now confirmed from treasure retrieved in 2014 (Brea, California) December 3, 2019 — The fabled S.S. Central America, the famous “Ship of Gold” that sank in 1857 carrying tons of California Gold Rush treasure, continues to surprise and delight the numismatic world. […]
Q&A: What is considered to be the most improbable example of a multiple major error coin?
The following Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers: Q: Can you tell me what is meant by a “Three-legged Buffalo?” A: This term is used to describe a major error occurring on certain 1937-D nickels wherein the midsection of the buffalo’s right foreleg is missing. It is believed that the error resulted […]
Key date coins, the 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof, and the future of American Silver Eagles: An interview with Eric Jordan
Eric Jordan, who has degrees in engineering and business, started as a collector of classic American issues like Prooflike Morgan dollars in the 1980s, but in the 1990s discovered he would not be able to complete that set and that indexed to inflation his collection had “leveled out or worse.” His attention then shifted to […]
Bill Fivaz will update the hobby on cherrypicking coin die varieties at the ANA National Money Show, February 27, 2020
(Pelham, Alabama) — Bill Fivaz, coauthor of the Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins, will give an overview of today’s hobby and the market at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show on February 27, 2020, in Atlanta. “Cherrypicking” is the act of examining coins that appear normal at first glance […]
Two NGC-certified double eagles soar at Stack’s Bowers Rarities Night
Together, the New Orleans Mint rarities realized more than $500,000. Vintage U.S. coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) did exceptionally well at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Baltimore Rarities Night. The top lots were two $20 coins from New Orleans: An 1856-O Liberty Head double eagle and an 1854-O Liberty Head double eagle, which together realized […]
Monaco: Gadoury Monte Carlo autumn auction realises spectacular results
Editions V Gadoury Auctions, with offices in Monte Carlo, held their two-day autumn auction on the 15th and 16th November. With increased numbers of those participating and bidding, the auction realised record bids and prices for choice items. Held in conjunction with the Grand Bourse XXVII Numismatique Expo on the 17th November, the three-day event […]
Pair of famous Lincoln cent mint errors brought together under one owner
The ultra-rare NGC-certified Lutes and Wing 1943 bronze cents each recently realized more than $200,000 and received wide media coverage. Two of the rarest and most famous U.S. coins have been brought together under a single owner. The 76-year-old coins look like regular Lincoln cents from the era — bronze with the 16th president on […]
John W. Adams Collection of Comitia Americana Medals makes history
The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Offering of 110 Historic American Medals Nets $1.7 Million Baltimore, MD — Numismatist John W. Adams is known worldwide as the foremost expert on the medals authorized by the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. His decades of collecting and research culminated in the most extraordinary cabinet of Comitia Americana medals […]
Collecting the Libertad coin series
Mexico — the world’s largest silver producer — operates the oldest mint in North America, the Casa de Moneda, founded in 1535. In the modern era, the mint introduced the world’s first major silver bullion coin, the Libertad (which means “liberty” or “freedom”), in 1982 — the year after it debuted a gold version. Though […]
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