Stack’s Bowers Galleries is busy preparing for its Part VI and Part VII offerings of the D. Brent Pogue Collection at its March 18 to 20 auctions held during the Whitman Baltimore Expo.

A 70.8-pound Yap stone is the largest of six offered at Kagin’s auction of the Kenneth L. Hallenbeck’s collection of “Odd and Curious” money to be conducted at the February ANA National Money Show in Atlanta.

The U.S. Mint is awaiting the signature of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on a resolution from the state legislature seeking 5 million 2020 Native American dollars for circulation in the state.

Learn more about 10 “rare” U.S. coins that cost less than $500 each and the most common of the Seated Liberty 20-cent coins in articles found only in the March 2020 monthly issue of “Coin World.”

A genuine 1776 Continental dollar struck in pewter, now cerified PCGS MS-62 by grading experts at the Paris office and valued at nearly $100,000, was purchased unidentified for 50 cents euro (56 cents U.S.) from a flea-market dealer’s junk box in Europe.

The most-read articles of the past week included those about the Proof 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coin, a fast sellout of a coin offered by the Swissmint, and a celebration at the old Carson City Mint.

Jeff, recently returned from Germany where he was attending the World Money Fair, presents an interview with Coin World contributor Sebastian Wieschowski.

It may be 2020, but the United States Mint still has one 2019 coin to offer for the first time — the Reverse Proof 2019-S American Innovation dollar for Georgia.

At $32,400, an unlisted triple-signature Bahamas $50 note from 1965 more than doubled its $15,000 high estimate at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries world currency auction on Jan. 18.

Collectors who appreciate rarity and beauty might be drawn to the featured 1817 crown issued for George III depicting William Wyon’s beautiful Three Graces reverse.