The club’s scholarship auction was very successful. The auction raises money to fund the club’s American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar Scholarship. The auction was called by professional auctioneer Lindsey Goff. He’s the owner of Silver Eagles Coins & Collectibles, Conyers, Georgia. Everyone enjoyed pizza, soft drinks, and desserts provided by the club. All 108 lots … Read more
Early American copper collectors are urged to consign to Heritage Auctions’ Sept. 6-11 Long Beach Expo Auction, which will feature an important, lifetime large cent collection offering one of the few, complete Sheldon-numbered variety sets ever formed. The Padula Family Foundation Collection offers a choice selection of early American large cents, including an extremely rare … Read more
The only known surviving intact experimental all-glass penny, manufactured in 1942 as a possible alternative to copper that was urgently needed during World War II, sold for $70,500 in a public auction conducted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and online by Dallas, Texas-based Heritage Auctions on Friday, January 6, 2017. A war between a phone bidder and a floor bidder pushed … Read more
A silver stater possibly spent by Olympic powerhouse wrestler Milo of Croton or mathematical genius Pythagoras or one of their respective followers, is featured in the January 8 – 9 NYINC World Coins Auction. The piece, which hails from Croton (contemporary Crotone, Italy), was struck in the same location and period as Pythagoras, the Greek … Read more
A trio of unique items that includes a fresh-to-market $5,000 Federal Reserve Note, a target of outlaw Jesse James and a historic collection of Confederate paper will highlight Heritage Auctions’ Florida United Numismatists Currency Signature Auction’s Platinum Night Jan. 4-10 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The notes represent just a small sample of items available from … Read more
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has announced that visitors to the FUN Show in January will have the opportunity to meet John M. Mercanti, the 12th US Mint Chief Engraver, and Edmund C. Moy, the 38th US Mint Director, at its booth during select times. Mercanti and Moy will also sign a limited number of portraits … Read more