Collectors will have the opportunity in January to acquire the discovery example of one of the most important U.S. modern errors. Heritage Auctions will be offering the only confirmed 2014 $50 Gold Eagle incorrectly struck on a .9999 American Buffalo Planchet at the 2017 Florida United Numismatists Auction, January 4-9 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As … Read more
Whitman Publishing announces the release of A Guide Book of the United States Mint, by Q. David Bowers. The 448-page softcover book is available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide, and online (including at www.Whitman.com), for $24.95. The 23rd volume in the award-winning Bowers Series explores the heart of American coin collecting: the United States … Read more
Let’s take a time machine trip back in time to 1866. The bloody Civil War had just concluded, and money was in short supply. A five-cent purchase in 1866 was like a $20 purchase now. Here’s a fun exercise for you when you have a little time. In 1866 there were many different denominations still … Read more
The historic 1979 Nobel Prize gold medal for chemistry awarded to Professor Georg Wittig (1897—1987) of Germany will be offered by Heritage Auctions www.Ha.com on October 19, 2016 as part of Heritage’s two-day Historical Manuscripts Grand Format Auction. Four other gold medals awarded over the years to Prof. Wittig are also being offered together with … Read more
August 27, 2016 Thomas Gintz, owner of A&E Coin in Dover , Ohio had attended the Blue Ridge Numismatic Association coin show in Dalton, GA. After leaving the show he drove approximately 150 miles and stopped at a restaurant in Lenoir City, TN. Gintz was in the restaurant for approximately 20-30 minutes. Upon returning to … Read more
The concept of an American Numismatic Association was born in the state of Michigan. ANA founder George F. Heath, M.D., of Monroe, Michigan, was one of the first to suggest the establishment of a national association of coin collectors. Heath began publishing a monthly paper—The Numismatist—in 1888, which was devoted entirely to the numismatic hobby. … Read more