Heritage Auctions has announced that it will offer the Donald G. Partrick Collection of Extraordinary United States Colonials, beginning with Part I this coming January’s Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Convention auction, Jan. 7-10, 2015, in Orlando, FL. Other sales are planned in conjunction with the 2015 and 2016 ANA conventions and the 2016 FUN convention. … Read more
Famous rarities were the name of the game in Heritage’s US Coins Signature® Auction, Oct. 8-13, held in New York in conjunction with the PNG New York Invitational. The auction raced to a more than $11.1 million total.The auction featured six coins selling for more than $100,000, led by an 1870-CC double eagle, graded VF30 … Read more
Sign-ups will begin for the annual club Christmas / Holiday party at the October 18 meeting. The party will be held at 5 p.m., Marlow’s Tavern (1317 Dunwoody Village Parkway, Suite 102, Dunwoody), Sunday, December 14. This is the same restaurant the party was at as last year. Like last year, you can order anything off the menu, … Read more
Whitman Publishing announces the release of an expanded, updated second edition of the award-winning Guide Book of Civil War Tokens, by Q. David Bowers. The 512-page book will debut in December 2014, and will be available online (including at Whitman.com) and from bookstores and hobby shops nationwide. Its retail price is $39.95. It can also … Read more
Whitman Publishing has released the sixth edition of its expanded version of the best-selling Guide Book of United States Coins (known within the hobby as the “Red Book”). The 384-page volume, called the Professional Edition, is intended for intermediate and advanced collectors and investors, professional coin dealers, auctioneers, and numismatic researchers. It is available online … Read more
This time I will start with a couple of interesting items. First, researchers have developed a device that smells out money, preventing billions of dollars in cash from leaving our country across the border. It mimics a dog’s ability to sniff out the odor of money. The second item is from Japan. There is a bus stop … Read more