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WEBBy Numismatic News Staff Aug 28, 2024. World Coin Auctions. Upcoming Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction Features 4500 Lots of Ancient and World Coins. The first two days will be in-person bidding as well as on the Internet, while the third and fourth days will be Internet-only sessions. By World Coin News Staff Sep 10, 2024.
New Standard Catalog of World Paper Money available
WEBMay 4, 2015 · The 21st edition of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money includes: • Valuable data added by 80 international paper money collectors and dealers; • Hundreds of new world issues; • Hundreds of new and improved images for easy identification; and. • In-depth descriptions for accurate identification. Retail price for the volume is $75.
Collectors Find Duplicated Federal Reserve Note Serial Numbers
WEBJan 12, 2021 · This was about the $1 Series of 2013 FRNs where the Bureau of Engraving and Printing accidentally duplicated 6,650,000 serials in the B* block between the Washington and Fort Worth plants. That article profiled a team of collectors led by Ed Zegers in Maryland and Karol Winograd in Florida who organized to attempt to find a matched pair from ...
Rare 1982-D Small Date Copper Found - Numismatic News
WEBKen Potter. Dec 23, 2016. After 34 years, a 1982-D Small Date cent struck on a 95-percent copper-alloy planchet has finally been found and confirmed by me. A Minnesota collector who wishes to remain anonymous discovered it while sorting through 1982 cents by weight to save the copper-alloy pieces for their melt value.
Lincoln Cent Errors Discovered in Virginia - Numismatic News
WEBJan 14, 2022. 2021 Lincoln cent Rim-To-Rim Die Crack, Stage 1 (left) and Stage 2. (Images courtesy Robert Risi.) G.J. Lawson of Hampton, Va., didn’t have to go far to end 2021 by hitting the jackpot. He pulled a small quantity of pretty major Rim-To-Rim Die Break errors out of a local store from mid- to late November.
US Coins - Numismatic News
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Demand For Numismatic Trophies Continues at Heritage’s $60 Million FUN Auctions. After a record $1.76 billion in 2023, Heritage tallies over $100 million in the first two weeks of 2024. By Numismatic News Staff Jan 16, 2024. US Coin New Issues.
Edges tell the story for authenticating - Numismatic News
WEBDec 30, 2008 · Counterfeit “numismatic” coins often do not circulate so their edge remains “mint sharp.”. Another characteristic we look for when evaluating an edge is uniformity. Counterfeit edges tend to be highly uniform while the edges of genuine coins vary. Take a look at the reeded edge of an Indian $2.50 or $1 gold coin when you get the chance.
The History of the Mercury Dime - Numismatic News
WEBR.W. Julian. May 18, 2021. A pattern dime of 1916 which was accidentally circulated. (Images courtesy of Stack's/Bowers) The Mercury dime is what started this writer collecting coins. In the fall of 1950 I lived in Longmont, Colo. and a local grocery store advertised that it would sell a pound of margarine for a dime if that coin was dated 1940.
Major Error Discovered on Kanaka‘ole Quarter - Numismatic News
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The extreme strength of the clashing of “EDETH” is due to Kanaka‘ole’s name being raised on the die and incuse on the coin. This is just the opposite of most coin designs where the elements are incuse in the die. This is the same reason the clashed “E” on the 1888-O VAM 1A dollar is so strong having been created from the incuse word ...
No longer unique: Second Close AM 1992 cent found
WEBSep 18, 2009. A second known specimen of the elusive 1992 Philadelphia minted Lincoln cent struck with a “Close AM” (of AMERICA) design style reverse has been reported. Kie Brown of Gales Ferry, Conn., found it while searching circulated rolls of Lincoln cents on July 24. The variety, which has become almost mythological due to its rarity ...