The Greensboro Collection leads strong currency event; Part of $72+ million numismatic auction week including World Coins in New York and U.S. Coins at FUN
DALLAS – A Fr. 185l $500 1880 Legal Tender PMG Choice Very Fine 35 realized $441,250... read more »
February 10, 2013 9:24 AM / no comments
By William Shamhart – Numismatic Americana …….
I am an optimist. I really am. But at the same time I am a realist. The annual FUN show, usually held in the first week or two of the New Year in the resort town of Orlando, is a bell-weather... read more »
February 4, 2013 7:03 AM / no comments
Oded Paz, Current American Numismatic Association National Coordinator
Interviewer: David Lisot
Longtime American Numismatic Association member and club representative Oded Paz explains why he wants to join the Board of Governors of the world’s... read more »
January 29, 2013 9:21 AM / 2 comments
David Close, Ph.D., Numismatic author and researcher.
A new book featuring 30 of the most significant Peace dollar varieties has been written. See examples of each of these new findings and what diagnostics to look for in this specialized area... read more »
January 26, 2013 2:47 PM / no comments
Tony Swicer, FUN President
The 58th annual Florida United Numismatists Coin Convention opened in Orlando, Florida to a record number of dealer booths.
FUN President Tony Swicer greets the crowd of coin collectors and tells them what to expect... read more »
January 11, 2013 5:57 AM / no comments
The Walton 1913 Liberty Head nickel, a fabled, century-old coin recovered from a fatal car crash and then unsuspectingly kept in a Virginia closet for 41 years because it was mistakenly declared to be a fake, is being publicly displayed by Heritage... read more »
January 9, 2013 4:15 PM / no comments
This “mule” error, which combines a Sacagawea dollar’s planchet and eagle “tails” design with a “heads” side that shows George Washington and the legends from the Statehood quarter design from 1999 on.... read more »
January 8, 2013 10:29 AM / 2 comments
More than 130 superb-quality U.S. large cents from the High Desert Collection will be publicly exhibited for the first time anywhere by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) during the 58th Annual FUN convention, January 10 –... read more »
November 27, 2012 3:09 PM / no comments
Dear Rare Coin Enthusiast, In this month’s Road Warrior I am going to discuss the latest coin show news from the Summer FUN Show, the PCGS ‘Members Only’ Invitational Show, and the Missouri Numismatic Society Show in St. Charles. I also... read more »
August 3, 2012 9:54 AM / 1 comment
Ed Abbott, FUN Board of Directors
Interviewer: David Lisot
Ed is one of those people who works hard for a cause and does not expect to be rewarded. He does so because it is the right thing to do.
Numismatics is fortunate that he is a collector... read more »
July 16, 2012 11:01 AM / no comments
Cindy Wibker, Convention Coordinator, Florida United Numismatists
Interviewer: CoinWeek’s David Lisot
Cindy talks about this summer’s coin convention in Orlando, Florida and the volunteers that help to make it possible.
She shares... read more »
July 13, 2012 7:51 AM / no comments
An outstanding selection of collector coins highlights our offerings in the upcoming 2012 July 12-15 US Coin Summer FUN Signature Auction, to take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando in conjunction with Florida United Numismatists’... read more »
June 25, 2012 9:01 AM / no comments
An outstanding selection of collector coins highlights our offerings in the upcoming 2012 July 12-15 US Coin Summer FUN Signature Auction, to take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando in conjunction with Florida United Numismatists’... read more »
June 19, 2012 6:08 PM / no comments
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #95
Contrary to popular belief, not all U.S. five cent coins are nickels. Actually, nickels are traditionally... read more »
February 15, 2012 12:44 PM / no comments
News and Analysis on scarce coins, markets, and the collecting community #93
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
It has been a while since I have written about Liberty Seated Half Dollars. Indeed, I have not done so since August 2011,... read more »
February 1, 2012 8:35 AM / 1 comment