Museum-quality small size presentation set highlights currency auction

An extraordinary Complete Denomination Presentation Set of 11 Small Size Currency – consigned by the family of Henry Herrick Bond, who served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and led the changeover from large size to small size American currency – is expected to sell for $500,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night Currency Auction … Read more

Unique Georgia Lazy Deuce

The only known example of an “Original Series” Georgia $2 Lazy Two or Lazy Deuce National Bank note realized a price of $58,500 on July 11, 2015. The First National Bank of Newnan, Georgia, Charter #1861 note was Lot 279 in the Manifest Auctions summer sale. To learn more about this exciting discovery note, read Numismatic … Read more

New Bowers book on Half Cents and Large Cents

Whitman Publishing announces the release of A Guide Book of Half Cents and Large Cents, by Q. David Bowers. The 576-page book (number 19 in the popular Bowers Series) can be ordered from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide, and online (including atwww.Whitman.com), for $39.95. It can also be borrowed for free as a benefit of … Read more

“The Value of Money” exhibition to showcase numismatic rarities

A vault door will mark the entrance to the National Museum of American History’s new Gallery of Numismatics and its inaugural exhibition, “The Value of Money.” Opening July 1, the gallery will delve into the National Numismatic Collection (NNC)—one of the Smithsonian’s oldest and most treasured collections—to uncover stories related to the origins, innovations, messages, … Read more

Heritage Auctions announces Hong Kong expansion

Heritage Auctions has announced that it will officially open in Hong Kong in late 2015, and that it has hired Kenneth Yung as its Director of Asian Operations. The company is currently finalizing its plans to acquire space in the city and will hold its first official auction in December. “Heritage already has many clients … Read more

New Book Showcases the 100 Greatest Women on Coins

With the U.S. Treasury getting ready to feature a woman on the new $10 bill, the subject of women on money is more relevant today than ever before. To celebrate this, Whitman Publishing announces the release of a beautifully illustrated new coffee-table book, 100 Greatest Women on Coins. Ron Guth, one of America’s most popular … Read more