NUMISMATIC AND COIN COLLECTING NEWS

U.S. Coins

Morgan dollars continue to heat up U.S. coin market

by Steve Roach Sotheby’s May New York auction features the Stone Collection's nearly all brilliant, lustrous silver dollars that have been off the market for decades, in their PCGS and NGC holders.

U.S. Coins

The Story of the American Gold Eagle Coin

by govmint.com As collectors know, coins are not only coveted for their intrinsic value and rarity, but because they are works of art as well. One of the most beautiful coins still being minted today is the American Gold Eagle.

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U.S. Coins

Plain edge pattern Abraham Lincoln 5-cent coin is...

by Steve Roach Consigned by Michigan collector Bill Rau, the handsome pattern from the first year of the denomination brought $16,800.

Paper Money

Stack’s Bowers’ world note auction in Hong Kong...

by Arthur L. Friedberg The results from Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ biannual Hong Kong auction, conducted April 2 to 5, reinforced the popularity of Asian paper money with a series of standard-setting prices.

Paper Money

Smartphone app educates about security elements...

by Arthur L. Friedberg Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH of Munich has introduced a currency app for central banks that allows an interactive experience with notes' security features.

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Paper Money

Sole remaining survivor of WWII’s Operation...

by Arthur L. Friedberg Hans Walter, the sole remaining survivor of Operation Bernhard, the Nazi counterfeiting operation at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, died April 20 in Mansfield, Ohio. He was 96.

U.S. Coins

Monday Morning Brief for May 21, 2018: Another...

by William T. Gibbs The saga of the 1933 gold double eagle continues, with more chapters to be written in the years to come.

U.S. Coins

PCGS issues warning for 1792 Washington ‘cent’:...

by Colin Sallee 1792 Washington copper used to be holed, but now it isn’t. Also this week, the Uncirculated 2018-W American Eagle silver dollar coin has a release date.