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 … Read more
The United States Mint (Mint) will open sales for the 2018 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set™– Cumberland Island National Seashore (product code 18AG) on September 13 at noon Eastern Time (ET). This set is priced at $9.95 and includes one uncirculated quarter from the Philadelphia Mint, one uncirculated quarter from the Denver Mint, and … Read more
The finest graded group of Australian currency notes ever brought to auction will be offered in Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Expo World Currency Auction Sept. 6-10 in Long Beach, California. The 158 notes come from the collection of Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer, who have written two books, including Australian History 1901 to 2001 As … Read more
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the United States Mint (Mint) have formed a strategic alliance to sell BEP numismatic products through the Mint’s e-commerce system beginning this fall. This collaboration will offer collectors, gift-givers, and other customers a better experience and greater variety of numismatic coin and currency products. Effective Monday, October … Read more
The updated and revised third edition of the Guide Book of Civil War Tokens will debut in October 2018. In the early 1940s, young George J. Fuld was first bitten by the coin-collecting bug (as were many other Americans, during a boom in hobby interest that started in the Great Depression). His conversations with two … Read more
The Numismatic Crime Information Center reported that the following theft occurred at the metro Atlanta coin shop Mr. Coin. The victim describes the incident: Two hispanic males arrived at the shopseeking fifteen gold coins for big celebration tomorrow. Will be used to make coin vest (showed pictures of their cultural practice). Price no concern (especially … Read more