Welcome to the first installment of our series, “Lunch with. . .,” where we interview some of the most prolific authors and other noteworthy hobbyists in the field of numismatics — and satiate your appetite along with your hunger for knowledge! “Lunch with. . .” dives into the coinage-related aspects of some of the hobby’s […]
Rare 1863 $1,000 bill from the Joel R. Anderson collection sells for $960,000 at Baltimore Expo
During the Stack’s Bowers auction of the Joel R. Anderson Collection, a rare 1863 $1,000 bill sold for $960,000, one of only two known to be owned privately. CBS Baltimore reports: …Only four bills in total of the 1862 and 1863-dated $1000 Legal Tender Notes are known to collectors. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, […]
Welcome to March Baltimore!
The following is an excerpt from an article at Stack’s Bowers Galleries by Peter Treglia, director of currency: Welcome friends to our Official Currency Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo. This marks our first live United States currency auction of 2018 and what a way to begin the year! As you almost certainly know already, […]
Ukraine introduces new coins to replace bank notes of the same denomination
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) have unveiled (14th March) the designs for their new coin denominations which are part of a programme to replace the lowest four bank note denominations of the same face value. The new coins will have face values of one, two, five, and 10-grivnia and will replace bank notes of […]
Thailand: Central Bank unveils new bank notes depicting King Rama X
The Bank of Thailand have unveiled (8th March) the new series of bank notes which will depict the country’s new King Rama X, who succeeded his father the late King Bhumibul Adulyadej (Rama IX), after a reign of 70 years — the longest reign within the Chakri dynasty and in Thai history. The new bank […]
Canada unveils new $10 Desmond bank note in celebration of International Women’s Day
The Bank of Canada unveiled (8th March) their latest bank note which will be the first Canadian bank note to include a portrait of a woman, aside from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The bank unveiled the design during a ceremony at the Halifax Public Library, which will be used on the $10 denomination and includes […]
Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio presents the April 2018 Hong Kong Paper Money Auction
Santa Ana, California — Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio is proud to announce their April 2018 Hong Kong Paper Money Auction. It presents a very diverse auction and the catalog contains pieces for every type of collector of Asian bank notes, from empire to commonwealth, and all the way down to fancy numbers and errors. Included among […]
Patterns and paper highlight Kagin’s Auction at the ANA National Money Show, March 8-9, 2018
“Once again our official ANA auction provides something for everyone who collects American numismatics,” declared Don Kagin, president of Kagin’s Auction. The auction is held in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show in Irving, Texas March 8-9, 2018. The sale commences with the Colonial series featuring a number of early issues from […]
Tunisia: Slain independence leader Farhat Hached depicted on new 20-dinar bank note
The Central Bank of Tunisia has placed into circulation (21st December 2017) a new 20-dinar bank note featuring a portrait of Farhat Hached (1914-1952), a Tunisian trade unionist who was also one of the leaders of the pro-independence Tunisian national movement, along with Habib Bourguiba (1903–2000), first president of Tunisia, and Salah ben Youssef (1907–1961), […]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Eldorado Collection of Colombian Paper Money exceeds one million dollars in prices realized
New York — The Stack’s Bowers Galleries January 11, 2018, sale of the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Paper Money commenced the firm’s five official NYINC auction sessions with intense bidding that lasted several hours and saw countless bank note rarities rocket to astounding levels — many at multiples of their pre-sale estimates. Those attending represented a […]
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