The University of Richmond Museums presents the online exhibition “A Pound of Whatever Silver He Pleases: History and Economy in the Late Medieval Eastern Mediterranean from the Lora Robins Gallery Coin Collection” through December 31, 2020. Coinage was, in the Middle Ages, more than just currency. It was also a source of profit and power. […]
Author Archive | David Crenshaw
Don’t Miss Inaugural Webinar Series!
Manila Mint (Old La Intendencia Building) Join host David Crenshaw and presenter John Phipps for the club’s inaugural educational webinar series. The webinars are in lieu of the club’s canceled meetings during these unprecedented times of the coronavirus pandemic and will be live the first and third Saturday each month at 7:00 p.m. ET if […]
Auction Benefits Club’s Scholarships
The Metropolitan Coin Club of Atlanta’s annual auction will be held during the club’s Saturday, November 2, 2019, meeting. This will also be the last meeting at the North DeKalb Cultural Arts Center. Future meetings will be held at the City of Dunwoody’s new North Shallowford Annex. (See MCCA is Moving!) The auction will benefit […]
MCCA is Moving!
The North Shallowford Annex is a new indoor facility for Dunwoody Parks & Recreation programs and Dunwoody Police Department training. The Metropolitan Coin Club of Atlanta is moving to the City of Dunwoody’s new North Shallowford Annex. The club’s first meeting at the Annex will be Saturday, November 16, 2019. The Annex is located at […]
F+W Media Files For Bankruptcy
Today we learned via Forbes that F+W Media, who publishes Numismatic News, files for bankruptcy protection. Forbes contributor, Tony Silber, reports: F+W Media, facing near-term liquidity issues with only about $2.5 million in cash available and $105.2 million in outstanding debt, yesterday filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, citing in […]
Prepping: Thinking Big About Handling Disruptions
This Saturday’s (December 15, 2018) program Larry Woods will debunk the biggest media lie about prepping, suggest uses for your coin acumen, and reveal the best “can’t loose investment.” Hint: It is coin related. Here are a couple of resources to get you started thinking: Plan Ahead for Disasters FEMA Emergency Kit Checklist Do not […]
New 2019 OFFICIAL BLUE BOOK
Expanded With Full-Color Sections The newest edition of the Handbook of United States Coins debuts in late May 2018. Known to collectors as the Blue Book, it is the best-selling annual guide to wholesale prices paid by U.S. coin dealers. The 304-page 76th edition, with a 2019 cover date, has been fully updated and expanded […]
Heritage Auctions Brokers Sale of 1787 Brasher Doubloon
Private transaction is most valuable single item sold in company history The first gold coin struck in the United States – the finest certified 1787 New York Brasher Doubloon – has been sold for more than $5 million in a private treaty transaction involving Heritage Auctions, Monaco Rare Coins and an anonymous West Coast collector. The […]
Newly Discovered Sacagawea Dollar / Washington Quarter Mule
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is delighted to offer the 17th known example of the famous (2000)-P Sacagawea dollar / Washington quarter mule in their Official Auction of the Whitman Coins & Collectibles Baltimore Expo this March. This blunder is among the greatest Mint errors of modern numismatics and has captured the imagination of collectors and roll […]
Heritage Auctions Awards $10,000 Auction Credit to Drawing Winner
Continuing a tradition that has spanned more than two decades, Heritage Auctions has awarded a $10,000 auction credit to client David Spivey through a drawing among those collectors who took part in the firm’s annual numismatic survey. The North Carolina resident’s interest in collecting started out the way it does for many, when childhood curiosity led to […]