Coin Collecting News
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) will sponsor a wide range of impressive exhibits and informative presentations at the American Numismatic Association’s Chicago World’s Fair of Money, August 16-20, 2011. The eagerly anticipated exhibit will be in Hall F of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd. in Rosemont, IL, site of the [...]
Highlights of what is now the all-time finest U.S. type set ever assembled of coins dated 1792-1964 will be publicly displayed for the first time at the Chicago ANA World’s Fair of Money. The multi-million dollar complete set known as the High Desert Collection includes 137 coins, and 30 of them will be exhibited at [...]
PCGS Currency has announced the winners of the 2011 PCGS Currency Set Registry Awards, and announced the first entry into the PCGS Currency Hall of Fame. The award-winning collections were honored at the annual PCGS Currency Set Registry awards dinner at the International Paper Money Show in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 9, 2011. “The interest [...]
“How a Sales Tax Exemption Helped the Michigan Treasury, Businesses, and Public” will be one of the subjects covered during Liberty Coin Service owner Patrick A. Heller’s interview this week at the Mackinac Policy Conference 2011. The live interview will be conducted Thursday morning, June 2, by Tony Conley, the host of The Tony Conley [...]
In a transaction valued at $4 million, Legend Numismatics (www.LegendCoin.com) of Lincroft, New Jersey has purchased the complete set of Liberty Head Gold Eagles assembled by David Hall, the founder of Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com). Legend was representing collector Bob R. Simpson of Fort Worth, Texas. Hall’s set is listed on the PCGS Set [...]
As an additional step to provide meaningful access to US Federal Reserve Notes, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has announced the development of a free downloadable application (app) to assist the blind and visually impaired in denominating US currency. The app, called EyeNote™, is a mobile device app designed for Apple iPhone (3G, [...]
A 1776 Continental Currency Dollar struck in pewter and a 1792 Half Disme will be featured exhibits at the Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, held April 15 – 17, 2011 at the Santa Clara, California Convention Center. These two early American coins have a combined value of $750,000 and are displayed courtesy of [...]
The first-ever complete set of certified proof U.S. $3 gold coins will be publicly displayed during the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show in Sacramento, California, March 17 – 19, 2011. The set will be at the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) booth #1101. “This unprecedented 36-coin set was assembled over the past six years [...]
During the first two days of the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo on February 3 and 4, 2011, Stacks-Bowers Numismatics will display the finest known 1792 half disme, graded NGC MS-68. The classic early American rarity was acquired in 2007 by the Cardinal Collection Education Foundation of Sunnyvale, California for $1.5 million. “This [...]
A 100-ounce gold nugget recently discovered in Northern California will be on public display at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, held from February 3-5, 2011. The display is courtesy of Fred Holabird and Don Kagin of Holabird-Kagin Americana of Reno, Nevada. They estimate the collector value of the gold nugget to be [...]
