Strong 2020 Rare Coin and Banknote Market Despite Pandemic

1863 $100 banknote

Over $419 million of historic U.S. rare coins and paper money sold at major public auctions in 2020 It was the year of pandemic-related cancelled coin shows, but 2020 still resulted in one of the strongest U.S. rare coin and paper money markets in recent years, according to a year-end survey of major auction houses … Read more

Finest Brasher Doubloon, 1804 Plain 4 Eagle Poised to Make History at Heritage Auctions

1787 DBLN New York-Style Brasher Doubloon, EB on Wing

FUN U.S. Coins Auction features remainder of Donald G. Partrick Collection and Bob R. Simpson Collection Part III Jan. 20-24 “The World’s Most Famous Coin” and a selection of seven-figure rarities could make numismatic history in Heritage Auctions’ Jan. 20-24 U.S. Coins Auctions held in Dallas and on HA.com. “We expect nothing short of a … Read more

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