The latest Whitman Publishing book by Q. David Bowers will debut in March 2022. The 448-page Guide Book of Quarter Eagle Gold Coins will be available from bookstores and hobby shops and online (including at Whitman.com), and in the meantime is available for preorder. Here, Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker describes how the book came to … Read more
One of two known examples in private hands is among top draws at FUN Currency Auction One of just four examples of a rare 1882 Gold Certificate, only two of which are available to the public, could bring $500,000 or more when it crosses the block in Heritage Auctions’ FUN Currency Signature® Auction – Orlando … Read more
This historic 54-pound Gold Rush ingot was famously swallowed by the sea in 1857 and recovered 131 years later The immense gold brick is too heavy to lift easily or gracefully – something about molecular density making it much heavier than its 54 pounds, but also, perhaps, something to do with the history it carries. … Read more
Iconic Saint-Gaudens issue is considered one of the most desirable and valuable coins in numismatics One of America’s greatest coins, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens Ultra High Relief, has changed hands for a record $4.75 million in a private transaction between GreatCollections Coin Auctions of Irvine, Calif., and Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas. The 1907 Saint-Gaudens Ultra … Read more
Barbara J. Gregory, the former Editor of The Numismatist, the monthly magazine of the American Numismatic Association (www.money.org), has been named Editor of The Centinel, the quarterly journal of the Central States Numismatic Society (www.CentralStatesNumismaticSociety.org). She will succeed Gerald Tebben who is retiring this coming summer after 12 years as Editor of the award-winning CSNS … Read more
Those of you who are “old-timers” will remember club member Bill Fivaz’s famous mystery box auction lot that he puts in a club auction every two to three years. Well, Fivaz announced at the November 20, 2021, club meeting that another one of his popular mystery boxes will be in the club’s December 4, 2021, … Read more