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Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez on Collecting, Investing, and Writing About American Silver Eagles

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A Guide Book of American Silver Eagles, volume 27 in Whitman Publishing’s best-selling “Bowers Series” of numismatic references, debuts in December 2022, available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide. Here, author Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez discusses his own introduction to American Silver Eagles, why the coins are so popular, and writing his newest book. MY FIRST AMERICAN … Read more

Book Explores Confederate Treasury Notes’ Signers

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The Confederate Treasury made a consequential decision upon its inception: to have the Register and Treasurer hand-sign each and every printed Treasury note. With the idea that this would deter counterfeiting and that the war would be short, this decision seemed reasonable. The first series of Treasury notes numbered a few thousand, all of large … Read more

Summer Seminar Scholarships Available for 2023 Annual Event

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The American Numismatic Association (ANA) is accepting scholarship applications for its 2023 Summer Seminar, the hobby’s premier educational event. Recipients will have the opportunity to attend one of two weeklong sessions, to be held June 17-22 and June 24-29 on the Colorado College campus adjacent to ANA headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. All members – … Read more

1788 New Jersey Copper Leads Mike Coltrane Collection Above $2.4 Million

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An enormous result for 86-lot event rich with 18th– and 19th-century offerings A 1788 New Jersey Copper, MS63 Brown sold for $192,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Estate of Mike Coltrane Collection of U.S. Coins Signature® Auction to $2,445,498 Nov. 2. The event’s top lot is the finest known Maris 50-f and the only Mint State Head Left … Read more

Unique New Jersey $3 Banknote Surfaces From Fabled S.S. Central America Sunken Treasure

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Banknotes found in Purser’s safe and recovered treasure shipment boxes will be offered for the first time in December 3, 2022 auction A unique $3 denomination note issued by a New Jersey bank is among a small number of banknotes that survived the 1857 sinking of the fabled “Ship of Gold,” the S.S. Central America, … Read more

Jeff Garrett: The Newest Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars is Essential Reading

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The seventh edition of Whitman Publishing’s best-selling Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars, by Q. David Bowers, will debut this December, available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide. Here, Jeff Garrett, the Senior Editor of the Red Book, reviews the new volume and shares some thoughts on these popular coins. American numismatics closely relates to … Read more