The Hong Kong Submission Center of Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGSAsia.com) has certified a unique Chinese coin, the only known Kirin Province 1910 Hsusen Tung branch mint silver 1.44 Mace (1 Mace, 44 Candareens) with an incuse... read more »
May 20, 2013 4:14 PM / no comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek ………
As regular readers of this column probably know, I believe one of the best ways to acquire gold and silver is to buy coins that are semi-numismatic. In my view, semi-numismatic precious metal coins... read more »
April 29, 2013 7:06 AM / 5 comments
STACK’S BOWERS AND PONTERIO SELLS MILLIONS IN HONG KONG
Irvine, Calif. – Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio conducted their bi-annual Hong Kong sale from April 1-3 at the Sheraton Hotel in Kowloon. The sale featured more than 2,500 lots of Chinese... read more »
April 21, 2013 10:21 AM / no comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek ………
With all the excitement surrounding the U.S. Mint recently, some modern coin enthusiasts may not be aware of important new developments in the world bullion coin field.
Canada: On the heels of the U.S.... read more »
January 28, 2013 8:13 AM / 8 comments
Representatives of the Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGSAsia.com) attended the Korea Money Fair for the first time and heard compliments and congratulations from Asian collectors and dealers.
The three-day show in Seoul, October 26... read more »
October 31, 2012 7:03 AM / no comments
[Sarasota, Florida] – Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has released an online price guide of Chinese Panda coins 1974 to date.
The NGC Chinese Modern Coin Price Guide, accessible on NGC’s website, is a comprehensive free resource... read more »
May 1, 2012 1:59 PM / no comments
The unique 1903 Fengtien Province Tael, one of the most important silver coins in Chinese numismatic history, was certified by Professional Coin Grading Service during the recent April 2012 Hong Kong International Coin Convention & Antique... read more »
April 19, 2012 3:23 PM / 6 comments
IRVINE, Calif. – Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio conducted its April 2012 Hong Kong sale last week at the Mira Hotel in Kowloon. Drawing huge crowds of bidders, the four day auction event realized an impressive total of $10,546,612. In three... read more »
April 16, 2012 9:20 AM / no comments
IRVINE, Calif. – Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio will present an exceptional selection of more than 3,100 lots of Chinese and East Asian coins and banknotes at The Mira Hong Kong, April 1-4, 2012, HKT. The four-day auction event is estimated... read more »
March 28, 2012 2:36 PM / no comments
Only a single coin sits at the top of the NGC population report for Chinese silver dollars struck before 1949. That coin, a superlative MS68 1914 Yuan Shih-Kai silver dollar (Y-322), will be offered by Mavin International in its Auction #30... read more »
March 21, 2012 1:13 PM / no comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
Each year modern world coin collectors eagerly await the release of the latest Panda coins from China, which are made in silver and gold.
Even more than is the case with other world releases, one ounce silver Pandas... read more »
March 20, 2012 5:14 PM / 9 comments
by Ronald J. Gillio
Special Submission to CoinWeek
After years of research, and convincing evidence in the form of receipts for purchases, I believe that the famous 1916 Yan-Shih-kai Dragon gold dollars were struck in the United States in 1921... read more »
March 19, 2012 2:24 PM / 1 comment
by Kent Ponterio, Senior Numismatist and Consignment Director Stack’s Bowers / Ponterio
Among the many highlights to be offered at auction in Stack’s Bowers Ponterio April 1-4 Hong Kong auction is an extremely rare Soviet Government of... read more »
February 23, 2012 11:53 AM / no comments
The recent announcement that Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has established a Hong Kong-based authentication and grading service, Collectors Universe (Hong Kong) Ltd., has received enthusiastic response from some of Asia’s... read more »
January 31, 2012 12:17 PM / no comments
Paul Fraser Collectibles
Lost for three quarters of a century, John Snell’s Chinese coin collection is has now re-surfaced
John Abner Snell was born in Knife Falls, Minnesota on October 28, 1880, the fifth of eight children. When he was... read more »
November 15, 2011 10:40 AM / no comments