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2025 ANS Gala to Honor the New York International Numismatic Convention

The Board of Trustees of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce the 2025 Trustees’ Award to the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC), to be presented at the ANS Annual Gala on January 16, 2025, at the Century Association. This award honors the organizers of NYINC, as the convention is one of the most significant events in the United States for the numismatic community, bringing together collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts of world and ancient coins, including many supporters of the ANS. The first NYINC was held in December 1971, and in the decades since has become the most prominent convention in the United States for dealers and auction houses for world and ancient coins. Today, in addition to the bourse and auction sessions, the convention hosts club…

Celebrate American Innovation

America is home to some of the greatest innovators in history. The lightbulb, airplane and telephone are just a few to name. Some inventions we use every day, and others not so much, but are still great and have impacted not only our great country but people across the world. This is just part of what makes the U.S. Mint’s innovation dollars so interesting. The reverse proof set includes the Illinois, Alabama, Maine and Missouri innovation coin. The Illinois coin recognizes the steel plow invented by John Lane. Alabama’s coin celebrates the Saturn V rocket that successfully launched the Apollo 11 Mission. Maine’s $1 innovation coin honors Dr. Bernard Lown, who invented the direct current defibrillator, which revolutionized cardiac care. Last but not least, Missouri honors George Washington Carver, who…

Celebrate American Innovation

Here are some answers sent from our e-newsletter readers. Read more responses at www.numismaticnews.com. What is the best coin collecting advice you’ve ever recieved? Learn to grade! The corollary to that is to learn the characteristics of a series or design, such as which Buffalo nickels tend to be struck with worn dies, that Mercury dimes can have full split bands, Standing quarters can have fully defined heads and Walking halves can have full hand detail, even on S-mints. A knowledgeable, selective buyer will be well rewarded. Gary Burhop Memphis, Tenn. Never clean a coin. Rob Nebraska The best advice that I ever got was to keep all of your coins in albums and coin tubes. With the albums, you can see many of your coins at one quick glance.…

Coin Roll Hunting in Original Coin Rolls

■ I’ve seen 1837 dimes identified as being Large Date or Small Date, or as Flat Top or Curly Top. Which descriptions are the same? The 1837 Large Date Capped Bust dime has a peaked 1, while the date curves, following the contour of the rim. The Small Date variety has a flat top 1, with the date arranged in a straight line. Thus, the Large Date and the Curly Top are the same, as are the Flat Top and Small Date. ■ I’m considering collecting original coin rolls. Can you give me some guidance on what I should consider collecting? The choice is always up to the taste of the collector. There is significant interest in pre-1964 Uncirculated rolls of silver dimes, quarters, and half dollar rolls. There are…

Coin Roll Hunting in Original Coin Rolls

Replica Fractional Gold Coins

I call the fractional “coin” illustrated here a replica of a replica. Period authentic California Fractional gold pieces did not have bears in their design (Fig.1). Fractional gold pieces were made after the Gold Rush Era to help alleviate the shortage of money. Later, in the early part of the Twentieth Century, imitations made of gold were reproduced as souvenir charms. Later still, a series of these pieces were produced in a set called “Coins of the Golden West.” The authentic pieces, charms, and souvenir pieces made of gold are popular and have become expensive over the decades. That has caused the market to be flooded by virtually worthless gold-colored reproductions. Note the copper color showing through the gilt surface as the piece became worn; I’m preparing a future column…

Replica Fractional Gold Coins

Not Just Two-Cent Pieces, Proof Two-Cent Pieces

Our nation’s experiment with two-cent pieces over one hundred and fifty years ago produced a series of copper coins that have been forgotten by virtually everyone, with the exception of collectors and a select group of historians. There are probably a bunch of reasons for this. Maybe it’s that the entire series ran from only 1864 to 1872, with an additional proof-only issue in 1873. Maybe it’s that the design work of Mr. James Longacre doesn’t stand out when we compare it to other classic designs of the nineteenth century. Perhaps it’s simply that these are copper pieces, and despite being classic United States coins, they contain no precious metal. Whether it is one of these reasons or a combination of them all, two-cent pieces always tend to be beyond…

Not Just Two-Cent Pieces, Proof Two-Cent Pieces

1975 No S Proof Dime Realizes $506,250 at GreatCollections

Over 200 bids were received for the most famous modern U.S. coin rarity at GreatCollections. The Proof 1975 Roosevelt Dime, released in error without the “S” mint-mark, realized $506,250, setting a new all-time auction record, and almost 30 times what the consignor’s family paid for the coin 46 years ago. The rarity was authenticated by PCGS and graded PCGS PR67. The 1975 No S Proof Dime is routinely ranked by numismatic professionals and collectors as the #1 modern issue of the United States, including the 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins book by Scott Schechter and Jeff Garrett. In 1978, an Ohio collector and his mother purchased the coin from well-known Chicago dealer F.J. Vollmer & Co, Inc. for $18,200 and held it for almost 50 years before consigning it to…

1975 No S Proof Dime Realizes $506,250 at GreatCollections

PCGS Grades Extremely Rare 100-Pack of Series 1928A $50 Federal Reserve Notes

Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) recently graded an extraordinarily rare 100 pack of Series 1928A $50 Federal Reserve Notes. This full pack, rare in its intact form to begin with, is made further unusual because it contains 11 Star Notes bearing a design that had been officially discontinued. “The incredible 100-pack of 1928A $50s exemplifies why our pack grading service has proven so popular with collectors and dealers alike,” PCGS President Stephanie Sabin remarks. “While these notes are individually scarce and valuable, there is a major novelty factor behind grading these pieces as a 100-pack lot as was originally discovered that would be forever lost if each note was graded and encapsulated individually.” These Series 1928A Federal Reserve Notes were printed in 1931 in Washington, D.C., before being issued by…

PCGS Grades Extremely Rare 100-Pack of Series 1928A $50 Federal Reserve Notes

Saint-Gaudens vs. Barber: Dueling Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medals

Two medals were created to honor Theodore Roosevelt’s second term as President of the United States (1905-1909). But why on earth were two medals needed? Well, there would have been no need for the second if Roosevelt had been happy with the first. But he wasn’t. He absolutely hated it. It was going to carry virtually the same design as the one created by the U.S. Mint for his inaugural medal of 1901. The obverse of the official inaugural medal was designed by Charles E. Barber and displays Roosevelt facing left. The reverse, created by George T. Morgan, reads, INAUGURATED/PRESIDENT/OF THE/UNITED STATES/MARCH 4/1905. Branches of oak leaves with acorns tied together with a ribbon also adorn it. In small letters, at about 7 to 8 o’clock, is JOS. K. DAVISON’S…

Saint-Gaudens vs. Barber: Dueling Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medals

Hosting Shows and Electing Presidents

Here are the latest assorted gleanings from around our community that caught my attention as I riffled through the newsletter offerings that found their way into my hands over the past several months. CALIFORNIA: The May 2024 issue of the SVCC Newsletter, published monthly by the Sacramento Valley Coin Club, highlights “A New Club Initiative” aimed at improving youth involvement in the club. It is initiating a “Young Numismatist Dollars” program, enabling youth members and visiting youth to earn dollars that can be spent to buy coins out of meeting auctions or from participating dealers at the club’s shows. YN club members are awarded in $10 increments, non-members in $5 increments. Participating show dealers will be fully reimbursed for the value of the notes they accept from the YNs. The…

Bill Threatened Coin Collecting

It was called ominously enough: “The Bill to Kill Coin Collecting.” And it was a well-deserved title. Known, in shorthand, as the “Bible bill,” S. 2012 (introduced in the Senate on May 21, 1965, by Sen. Alan Bible, D-Nev.) threatened the very soul of the hobby. It was something Chester L. Krause, founder of Krause Publications and publisher of Numismatic News and Coins magazine, fought vigorously against, helping to form the United Coin Collectors Alliance and making the first of several trips to Washington, D.C., in defense of collectors. In his “Memo: from the publisher,” in the August 1965 issue of Coins, Krause explained the need to stand up against the Bible bill: “You couldn’t say the numismatic and coin collecting hobby is well organized,” Krause wrote. “Its very nature…

Bill Threatened Coin Collecting

At Coin Shows—Hold Treasures In Your Hands

The community of numismatists includes a wide variety of collectors and dealers who will freely share their knowledge and experience in the hobby. Often, you can also have opportunities to hold, in your own hands, great numismatic treasures that you might never have the finances to own. My own experience for the easiest way to be able to hold such rarities in your own hand is to do so at coin shows, especially those that include lot viewing by major auction companies. It helped me to have pre-existing relationships with representatives of the companies that owned such pieces, but it is not necessarily required. Even if you have no intention of bidding on lots coming up for sale in an auction, at a show you can always register as a…

At Coin Shows—Hold Treasures In Your Hands

Silver Proofs Spike, Quality is the Watchword

It doesn’t look like there is any ceiling price for gold. However, it appears there may be a ceiling price for gold coins. Several dealers with whom I’ve spoken are now buying more gold in coin, bullion, and jewelry form than they are selling. Costco “slabbed” gold ingots are among their buys. Some are discounting what they will pay if the gold was purchased in ingot format from Costco. The dramatic increase in the spot price of the yellow metal can be attributed to the weakness of the U.S. dollar on world currency markets coupled with a noticeable increase in purchases being made by several central banks. The price of silver still has a long way to go to set a new record, but the positive spot price of this…

Silver Proofs Spike, Quality is the Watchword

The Half Cents of 1799-1802

In the mid-19th century, many collectors searched in vain for an 1815 copper cent. True enough, the mint report for that year stated that none were struck, but this did not stop determined people from searching for the unobtainable. In some cases, however, the demand was met, but only with altered date coins, which started out life as an 1813 coin, for example. Although a lesser effort, collectors also looked for a 1799 half cent because the mint report said that just over 12,000 had been made, and no one, or virtually no one at any rate, believed that all of them could have completely vanished. In due course, however, it was realized that the half cents struck in 1799 must have carried another date, almost certainly 1797. There had…

The Half Cents of 1799-1802

The Ugly Head Coin

When I was just a young lad, I was taught, as the saying goes, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Which is something I have always tried to live by and still practice today. Being an artist, photographer and long-time numismatist, I love creating new images, as well as looking at all forms of art, including many old and new coin designs. Specifically, I have reviewed artwork done on many different coins and critiqued them for their excellence as well as their inferiority. So how can I describe what is called “The Ugly Head Coin” and still be nice about it? Well, what I can do, rather than “not saying anything at all,” is to describe what it is and reveal what is known about…

The Ugly Head Coin

Miami Marlins Principal Owner Bruce Sherman’s Elite Collection Heads to January FUN Auction

Bruce Sherman is one of the most successful money managers in the country. A generous philanthropist. Chairman and principal owner of the Miami Marlins. “His hard work earned him immense success,” Horatio Alger Association Executive Director Terrence J. Giroux said earlier this year when Sherman was selected for membership in the prestigious organization. Indeed, Sherman’s professional accomplishments are well-documented. But behind the scenes, he is a passionate historian with a keen interest in numismatics, and the same drive that earned him success in the financial world has now turned a simple hobby of collecting coins into a prominent place in the annals of numismatic history. Heritage Auctions is proud to announce that selections from his extraordinary assemblage will reach new collectors beginning early next year during the Jan. 15-19 FUN…

Miami Marlins Principal Owner Bruce Sherman’s Elite Collection Heads to January FUN Auction

U.S. Mint Prepares for Semiquincentennial Coinage

On Oct. 15 and 16, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee held two meetings to discuss the 2026 coinage in honor of the United States’s semiquincentennial. The redesign process for the 2026 coins started long before this past October meeting. In November 2023, the U.S. Mint sent a survey asking participants to rank historic coins from the earliest Mint releases to 2017. The goal was to figure out what the Best of the Mint is. According to the Mint website, “To celebrate this significant milestone (Semiquincentennial), the U.S. Mint will be redesigning select circulating coin designs for 2026 and release a ‘Best of the Mint’ coin collection that reflects the rich numismatic history of the United States.” On Oct. 15, the CCAC held a public meeting where five new quarters were…

U.S. Mint Prepares for Semiquincentennial Coinage

PNG Receives Major Donation From A-Mark, JM Bullion, and Stack’s Bowers

On behalf of three of the numismatic companies he oversees, long-time hobby business executive Greg Roberts has announced what is described as a combined “six-figure commitment” donation by the firms to the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org). Roberts is the Chief Executive Officer of the three well-known companies making the donation: A-Mark Precious Metals (www.amark.com), JM Bullion (www.JMbullion.com), and Stack’s Bowers Galleries (www.StacksBowers.com). “Greg and the companies have agreed to become Official Sponsors of the PNG for at least the next two years. The PNG welcomes this major donation from these respected businesses to help provide funding for educational seminars, networking events, the annual PNG Day in conjunction with the Central States Numismatic Society convention (www.CSNS.org), and other PNG important programs and activities to benefit the hobby, collectors, and professional numismatists,”…

PNG Receives Major Donation From A-Mark, JM Bullion, and Stack’s Bowers

FOR COMPLETE SHOW LISTINGS VISIT numismasticnews.net The weekly Show Directory lists all coin and paper money events scheduled within one month of the issue cover date. Show dates and times sometimes change at the last minute. Please contact the show promoter BEFORE traveling long distances. SHOW PROMOTERS: Run your show announcement FREE! Just email the information indicated in the form below to numismatics@aimmedia.com. All timely listings are also included in both Bank Note Reporter and World Coin News at NO CHARGE. *Dependent upon date of submission relevant to deadline and space availability. Want to make your show really STAND OUT? Whether you need dealers on the floor or collectors at the gate, Numismatic News offers the best, most qualified coin and paper money collector and dealer audience around – AND…

Mintage, Market Affects 1901-S Barber dime

The 1901-S Barber dime deserves a second look. The Barber dime series ended production in 1916, the year it was replaced by the Mercury design. Being replaced by a new design is one point in the life cycle, but actually disappearing from circulation is another. By the late 1950s, Barber dimes, as well as Barber quarters and half dollars, had basically vanished from circulation. As we see with 50-state quarters, new designs create collector interest both in the new designs and in the design which appears to be vanishing from circulation. That is important, as the last time such interest was created in the Barber dime was over 85 years ago. Since that time, it has been basically out of sight and out of mind for many collectors. Another factor…

Mintage, Market Affects 1901-S Barber dime

Welcome to the 2025 Coin Show & Auction Guide. This special supplement to Numismatic News, World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter features the hobby’s most complete listing of coin shows and auction firms. The guide is divided into three separate sections. First, the Auction Guide pages provide an alphabetical listing of auction firms. Next, the Show Guide section provides geographical details about numismatic shows scheduled for the year. Finally, for a chronological listing of coin shows, turn to the Showdex section.…

The Auction Guide section provides an alphabetical listing of auction firms. AAA Historical Americana - World Exonumia, P.O. Box 4143, Rockford, IL 61110; (815) 226-0771; fax (815) 301-9696; email hartzog@exonumia.com; website www.exonumia.com. Stephen P. Alpert’s Exonumia, P.O. Box 335441,North Las Vegas, NV 89033-5441; (702) 473-9071; email quadra1@cox.net. Archives International LLC, 1580 Lemoine Ave., Suite 7, Fort Lee, NJ 07024; (201) 944-4800. Arneson Auction Service, 6902 Icon Ave., Sparta, WI 54656; (608) 797-5086. Astarte S.A., Via Cantonale, 1/A, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland.; 0041 (0)91 923 3640; fax 0041 (0) 91 922 55 74; email info@astartesa.com. Auctions Unlimited, P.O. Box 5595, Phoenix, AZ 85010; (480) 998-4001. Baldwin’s Auctions Ltd., 399 Strand, London WC2R 0LX, United Kingdom; (44) (0) 208-092-5856 or auctions@sgbaldwins.com. Harlan J. Berk Ltd., 31 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60602; (312)…

The Show Guide section provides geographic information about numismatic shows scheduled for 2025. To look up a show quickly by date alone, or if you first need to find out where a particular show will be held, use the Showdex section beginning on Page A17. Show dates and locations are sometimes changed at the last minute, so it’s best to call the promoter or show site before traveling a long distance. Except as otherwise indicated by the name of a sponsoring organization, shows listed are commercially sponsored events. If no listing appears for a state, there are no shows in that state during the covered period. Abbreviations used: A – admission charge; T – number of tables; ( ) – number of primarily numismatic tables at a multi-hobby shows; F…

The Showdex section lists numismatic shows for 2025 in chronological order. For more information about a show listed in the Showdex section, note the state or country in which the show is held and find the appropriate listing in the Show Guide section beginning on Page A6. December Dec 1 FL, Maitland. Central Florida Coin & Money Show. Dec 1 IA, Riverside. Iowa City Old Capitol Coin Club’s Coin Show. Dec 1 MA, Dedham. First Sunday Stamp and Coin Show. Dec 1 MO, Independence. ARC Coin Show. Dec 1 NJ, Lindenwold. South Jersey Coin & Collectibles Show. Dec 1 NY, Albany. CDCDA Coin & Hobby Show. Dec 1 WV, Bridgeport. Stonewall Jackson Coin Show. Dec 7 CA, San Francisco. SF International Numismatic Bourse. Dec 7 FL, Hudson. The Pasco Coin…

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