| Due to the rapidly escalating health concerns relating to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the meetings and programs at the Dunwoody North Shallowford Annex are suspended until further notice since this building serves as the City of Dunwoody's backup operational facility. Therefore, MCCA meetings are canceled for the foreseeable future. For more information on COVID-19, visit the Center for Disease Control and World Health Organization websites. |
34th and 39th Director of the United States Mint The United States Mint (Mint) will be at booth #729 at the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) National Money Show on February 27, 2020, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA. Mint Director David J. Ryder will participate in the official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, February […]
The American Numismatic Association brings its National Money Show to Atlanta, February 27–29, 2020, at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The great state of Georgia is no stranger to organized numismatics. You might remember a few years ago when the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo—usually hosted in Baltimore three times a year—was held in Atlanta. The […]
Take the worry out of your numismatic purchases by becoming knowledgeable about how U.S. coins should be graded. Using the latest American Numismatic Association and market standards, instructors Kenneth Bressett, editor emeritus of A Guide Book of United States Coins, Bill Fivaz, co-author of The Cherrypicker’s Guide to Rare Coin Varieties, and Rod Gillis, ANA […]
The public can see more than $100 million of historic rare coins and colorful currency, including a $1 million Lincoln cent, a $3 million nickel, historic Georgia gold coins and currency, and misprinted “funny money,” at the National Money Show in the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, February 27-29, 2020. Plus, all visitors can find […]
In November 2019 Whitman Publishing will release William Bierly’s In God We Trust: The American Civil War, Money, Banking, and Religion. The 352-page hardcover volume will be available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide, and online (including at www.Whitman.com). Here, numismatic historian Q. David Bowers shares his thoughts on the book. “In God We Trust” […]
In celebration of the U.S. Mint release of the 2019-W quarters into circulation, PCGS is offering a series of rewards and limited pedigrees to the first people to submit 2019-W quarters to PCGS for grading and encapsulation. The first qualifying 2019-W quarters of each release certified by PCGS will be attributed with a unique pedigree […]
Do you see something strange in your change? For National Coin Week, the U.S. Mint is mixing things up and launching a limited amount of America the Beautiful quarters with the “W” mint mark into circulation – a first for the U.S. Mint in 227 years of minting coins. While West Point has produced quarters in the past, […]
The John T. Williams’ Historic Currency Lecture is part of the Atlanta Preservation Center’s Phoenix Files event, March 2-24, 2019. John T. Williams spent several years studying the history of money in America. His collection has grown into one of the largest and most important and comprehensive collections in the state. Join Williams as he […]
The Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo will feature two groundbreaking new exhibits and lectures on personal artifacts from the family of U.S. Mint chief engravers William Barber and Charles E. Barber. The Expo is open to the public and runs from Thursday to Sunday, October 25-28, 2018, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The exhibits […]
What comes to mind when you think of the American Legion? My thoughts go to my family and World War II. Many of my uncles served in the Army and Navy during the war, in places far distant from their homes in central New York. While they were in Europe and on the high seas, […]