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

ACEF Warns Feds About Online “Coin” Seller

Fake 1915 $5 gold coin obverse.

Promptly acting on a tip from a concerned collector, the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation’s Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (ACTF) has notified law enforcement agencies and online shopping platform Amazon.com about a seller who is in apparent violation of federal laws involving reproductions of rare coins. The seller using the name SeTing offered nine reproductions of coins and … 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

2020 PCGS Set Registry Awards

PCGS Set Registry Awards illustration

Professional Coin Grading Service recently has announced the winners of the 2020 PCGS Set Registry Awards and new inductees to the PCGS Set Registry Hall of Fame. For nearly two decades, PCGS has recognized top collectors and their collections with awards and other special honors. When the PCGS Set Registry Awards launched in 2002, just … Read more