Buyer of Ultra-Rare 1894-S Barber Dime Crosses it to PCGS

1894-S Dime Proof obverse

The 1894-S Dime Recently Sold for $1,440,000, is Now In a Professional Coin Grading Service Holder, Graded PCGS PR65+ The anonymous winning bidder for one of the most famous United States coins, the ultra-rare 1894-S Barber Dime that recently sold at auction for $1,440,000, has submitted the coin to Professional Coin Grading Service for Crossover … Read more

Collectors Going Bananas For Del Monte-Stickered $20 Bill

Del Monte-Stickered $20 Bill obverse

Famed ‘Del Monte Note’ offered at auction Jan. 22 by Heritage Auctions When is a banana sticker worth $25,000? When it’s stuck to the front of a $20 bill. Heritage Auctions will offer the famed “Del Monte Note” – what is considered perhaps the most famous of all U.S. obstructed error banknotes – at auction … Read more

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Opens New Company Headquarters in Southern California

Stack's Bowers Galleries logo

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is happy to announce the opening of their new headquarters in beautiful Orange County, California. Located at 1550 Scenic Avenue, Suite 150 in the city of Costa Mesa, the new Stack’s Bowers Galleries facility will serve as the production hub for their global numismatic operations, coordinating their network of offices throughout the … Read more

$14.5 Million U.S. Coins Auction at Heritage

Quarter obverse

Appearing at auction for only the second time in 113 years, a coveted 1807 Draped Bust quarter, the finest-known example of the type, Ex: Stickney-Clapp-Eliasberg, brought a record-breaking $630,000 from the Bob R. Simpson Collection at Heritage Auctions’ U.S. Coins Auction Nov. 19-22 in Dallas, Texas. The highly anticipated sale brought a cumulative $14,513,117, with … Read more

1969-S Penny Sold to Honest Coin Dealer for 5 Cents to Realize over $40,000 at Auction

1969-S cent double die obverse

Over the past 50 years, an individual from San Francisco accumulated thousands of Lincoln Cents from change, friends and by searching rolls. He never found anything of note, and finally the day came to sell the collection. He obtained several quotes from local coin shops, and ended up selling the whole collection for a few … Read more

Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo Will Reconvene in March 2021

Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auction Will Still Be Held in November 2020 The Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo was prohibited from being held November 12–14, 2020, due to Maryland’s ongoing mitigation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The full Expo, one of the largest numismatic events of the year, will next be held at the Baltimore Convention … Read more