Historic Australian Banknote Collection Headed to Auction

The finest graded group of Australian currency notes ever brought to auction will be offered in Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Expo World Currency Auction Sept. 6-10 in Long Beach, California. The 158 notes come from the collection of Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer, who have written two books, including Australian History 1901 to 2001 As … Read more

Bureau of Engraving and Printing and United States Mint Merge Websites

United States Mint logo

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the United States Mint (Mint) have formed a strategic alliance to sell BEP numismatic products through the Mint’s e-commerce system beginning this fall. This collaboration will offer collectors, gift-givers, and other customers a better experience and greater variety of numismatic coin and currency products. Effective Monday, October … Read more

Once Obscure, American Civil War Tokens Now Take the Spotlight

George J. Fuld

The updated and revised third edition of the Guide Book of Civil War Tokens will debut in October 2018. In the early 1940s, young George J. Fuld was first bitten by the coin-collecting bug (as were many other Americans, during a boom in hobby interest that started in the Great Depression). His conversations with two … Read more

Mr. Coin Theft

The Numismatic Crime Information Center reported that the following theft occurred at the metro Atlanta coin shop Mr. Coin. The victim describes the incident: Two hispanic males arrived at the shopseeking fifteen gold coins for big celebration tomorrow. Will be used to make coin vest (showed pictures of their cultural practice). Price no concern (especially … Read more

Rare Standing Liberty Quarter Pattern

The extremely rare coin will be part of a Heritage Auctions sale in August. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has certified an extremely rare pattern 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter. Graded NGC PF 61, it is believed to be only the second example in existence. The coin was originally graded by another third-party grading service, which had … Read more

Heritage Adds Comprehensive Ancient Coins Data to HA.com

Comparable auction results and graded population guide for ancient coins marks another industry first for world’s leading numismatic auctioneer Collectors of ancient coins now have more information at their fingertips with Heritage Auctions’ new feature, which serves up comparable auction results and census statistics on coins auctioned through HA.com. The auctioneer’s World & Ancient Coins … Read more