Auction features $10,000 Green Seal Binion Note

A single choice uncirculated $10,000 1934 Green Seal note, PMG 64, that once greeted gamblers in the entryway to Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas is expected to sell for over 12 times its face value in Heritage Auctions’ Florida United Numismatists Currency Signature Auction’s Platinum Night Jan. 6-12 in Tampa, Florida. The note (est. … Read more

PCGS to display historic sample slabs at FUN

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Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) will launch a year-long 30th anniversary celebration at the upcoming 2016 Florida United Numismatists convention by turning back the clock to display an assortment of more than 120 different, promotional sample “slabs” issued by the company since its founding in 1986. While supplies last, PCGS will also be giving away … Read more

Did you know #7

…that there are three New Orleans Mint Marked Morgan Dollars that were widely collected, now considered to be counterfeit, and more valuable now than they were then? In 2005 PCGS grading service determined that the 1896, 1900 and 1902 “Micro O’s” were not New Orleans Mint products. They believe they were made in the early … Read more

127 Years and Over 110K Pages of Numismatic History

The American Numismatic Association is excited to announce its digital archives of all 127 volumes of its flagship publication, The Numismatist. Beginning December 1, ANA members can access every issue of the magazine, from 1888 to the present. No matter if you are a coin collector studying a recent purchase, a numismatic auction house researching … Read more

New Book on Modern Gold and Silver Coins and Medals

Whitman Publishing announces the upcoming release of American Gold and Silver: U.S. Mint Collector and Investor Coins and Medals, Bicentennial to Date, by Dennis Tucker. The 384-page hardcover book will be available December 15, 2015, from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide, and online, for $29.95. It can also be borrowed for free as a benefit … Read more

Lincoln autographed manuscript brings $2,213,000 at auction

An astounding Abraham autographed manuscript, signed in March 1865, in which America’s most beloved President not only signs his name boldly and clearly, but also writes out the famed final passage of his second inaugural address, brought $2,213,000 at auction on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in New York. It sold for more than double its pre-auction … Read more