Ancient Coins
From the Herb Hicks Files: The Illegal Ban on Gold Certificates
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ………. In 1963, Coin World columnist and former ANA librarian Ted Hammer wrote about a coin dealer in Texas arrested for trying to sell a gold certificate. The dealer had run afoul of federal... read more »
Something for Everyone at Lyn Knight CPMX Auction
A $10 1882 Value Back from the First National Bank of Smithton, Pa., charter E5311, Fr. 577, sporting an inverted $20 back is one of the prized highlights of Lyn Knight Currency Auctions‘ 2013 CPMX Auction, March 7-9, at the Crowne Plaza... read more »
Centenary Sale of Unique Set of Australia’s First Banknotes Expected to Realise Approximately $5.5 Million
A century after the issue of the Commonwealth of Australia’s first banknotes, history will be made when the only privately owned complete set of Collins/Allen Cancelled Specimen banknotes from the original series is presented for sale for... read more »
1880 $500 brings $441,250 to top Heritage Auctions’ $13.4+ million FUN Currency Auction
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 »
Dallas Auctions Top $28 Million
Heritage’s official auctions of the October 2012 National Money ShowSM in Dallas are complete, with overall prices realized exceeding $28.5 million. The US Coin Signature Auction on October 18-21 featured numerous outstanding rarities... read more »
Delcampe Offers New Bank Trading Platform. VIDEO: 4:21.
Dimitri Aerts, Dutch Manager, Belgium Interviewer: David Lisot The Belgian internet company Delcampe has a website that specializes in the sale and auction of paper money. Notes are listed with descriptions and images of each item. This was... read more »
Cool Currency! Maastricht 2012
Dimitri Aerts, Belgium, Corne Akkermans, Netherlands, Belgium 50 Franc 1893, John Eccles, New Zealand, New Zealand 50£, Jos Eijsermans, Netherlands, Chinese Ming note, Pieter Liem, Indonesia Occupation Notes, Richard Lobel, Great Britain,... read more »
1902 Alaskan $5 could bring $200,000+ in Heritage Auctions’ ANA Currency event
Rare note, one of two known, descended in the family of Teddy Roosevelt’s VP, Charles Fairbanks, for who the city of Fairbanks, AK is named; Fr. 2221-K $5000 1934 Federal Reserve Note, PCGS Very Choice New 64PPQ from The John Henderson Collection,... read more »
Exclusively English – Largest Collection of Provincial Banknotes to Come on to the Market
Spink, the world’s premier auction house for collectables is to offer the most extensive collection of Provincial banknotes to have ever come on to the market. This fabulous collection was amassed by one private collector, David Kirch and... read more »
$2 Canadian Bank Note Valued at $15,000+
Eleven years after the Bank of Canada discontinued the two dollar bill with the Royal Canadian Mint’s Toonie, some of the older notes can be worth a huge premium over face value. The unique feature of this note comes down to the signature... read more »
The Civil War and the National Banking System – The Birth of National Bank Notes
by Kevin Foley for CoinWeek ……. On the eve of the Civil War in 1861, the financial and banking system in the United States bore little resemblance to current institutions and practices. There was no central bank. The Federal Reserve... read more »
World Paper Money takes center stage in Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Currency event
More than 1,600 lots featured in Sept. 6-7 auction at the Long Beach Convention Center; wide array of currency from all corners of the world at a variety of price points More than 1,600 lots of graphically stunning and significant currency,... read more »
World Paper Money Takes Center Stage In Long Beach
More than 1,600 lots of graphically stunning and significant currency, from every country in the world, will take center stage at the Long Beach Convention Center, Sept. 6-7, as Heritage Auctions presents its first World Paper Money Signature... read more »
Video: Dr. Greg Pineda and the Sale of His Philippine Collection
Greg Pineda, M.D. Interviewer: David Lisot The Philippine Coin and Currency Collection of Dr. Greg Pineda was sold by Lyn Knight Auctions at the Memphis Paper Show. Dr. Pineda talks about what it was like to put together such a historic collection... read more »
Video Interview: Bank Note Collectors and the IBNS
Stefano Poddi, Numismatist and Italian Currency Expert Stefano talks about the international group of collectors that form the International Bank Note Society (IBNS). This society has membership all over the globe and is a major source for research... read more »
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