Auction Benefits Club’s Scholarships

Auction Gavel

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 … Read more

MCCA is Moving!

North Shallowford Annex

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 4470 North Shallowford Road at the intersection of Peachford Road. The two-story Annex will provide indoor classroom space for Dunwoody … Read more

F+W Media Files For Bankruptcy

Numismatic News Cover

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 … Read more

Prepping: Thinking Big About Handling Disruptions

Are You Prepared?

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 … Read more

New 2019 OFFICIAL BLUE BOOK

2019 Blue Book Cover

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 … Read more

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 … Read more