Famous 1804 dollar was once owned by Garrett Family and Johns Hopkins University Santa Ana, CA (February 25, 2020) — A rare 1804 silver dollar, the most famous prize in coin collecting, will be sold in Baltimore on March 20, at an auction conducted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries of Santa Ana, California. One of just […]
Bowers on collecting: Collecting Liberty Seated quarters
Collecting United States coins by mintmark varieties did not become popular until the publication in 1893 of Augustus G. Heaton’s Treatise on Mint Marks. This monograph listed various “causes of attractiveness” of mintmarks and spurred interest in them. As unusual as it may seem today, prior to 1893, few people cared whether a coin bore […]
Bowers on collecting: Suddenly it is 1861!
Here are some historical notes from this year, including some of numismatic relevance: Following South Carolina’s lead, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Carolina seceded from the Union. Delegates from six of these states met in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 4 to form the government of the Confederate States of […]
Q&A: What is a 1942/41 dime?
The following Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers: Q: Can you explain what is meant by a 1942/41 dime? Is it a dime struck with a dual date? A: Two major “overdate” Mint errors exist for 1942, one from the Philadelphia Mint and one from the Denver Mint. Both were produced when […]
Legendary 1884 and 1885 Trade dollars from the E. Horatio Morgan Collection to be featured in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries March 2020 Baltimore Auction
To be on display at the 2020 FUN Convention in Orlando, Florida Santa Ana, CA (January 10, 2020) — Stack’s Bowers Galleries is proud to continue its tradition of presenting world-class rarities at auction by featuring 1884 and 1885 Proof Trade dollars in their March 18-20, 2020 Baltimore Auction. The 1884 and 1885 Trade dollars […]
Bowers on collecting: Retrospective this week
For this week’s blog I reprint information from a circular issued in 1885 by the Pacific Bank of San Francisco giving the status of money in the state at the time and paying respect to the double eagle, in particular (excerpts): On the Handling of Coin by California Banks Gold. The double eagle, the almost […]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries to display the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation tribute to Benjamin Franklin’s Libertas Americana medal
Santa Ana, CA (December 19, 2020) — Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce that it will display an incredible tribute to the Libertas Americana medal, assembled by the Cardinal Collection Education Foundation, at the upcoming Florida United Numismatists Convention in Orlando, January 9-11, 2020. The display, centered around one of the most beautiful and […]
Dennis Tucker to present silver and gold medals at the February 2020 ANA Show
(Atlanta, Georgia) — Dennis Tucker, author of American Gold and Silver: U.S. Mint Collector and Investor Coins and Medals, Bicentennial to Date, will give a program on “Collecting Modern U.S. Mint Silver and Gold Medals for Fun and Profit” at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show on February 27, 2020, in Atlanta. The United […]
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 […]
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 […]
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