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After 13 separate sessions comprising world and ancient coins along with world paper money, the Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio September Hong Kong Auction

Russia North Caucasus note as lot 30438, a PMG. Text on front “ОБЩЕГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО”. Block A.23. Blue Russian “ОБРАЗЕЦЪ” (sample/specimen) stamp. Sickles make up the front design, appearing twice in each corner on the obverse. The reverse displays dual hammers at center with crossed sickles, with wheat in each corner. This note is the only piece encapsulated for the variety by PMG at the time of writing this blog, which should pique the interest of any Rus...

This rundown of the different types of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles could be the start of an amazing coin collection   By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic

United States $10,000 Federal Reserve Note Realizes Record Price of $456,000 Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) realized a record-setting $456,000 in a sale presented by Heritage Auctions. Three other PMG-graded notes also realized prices over $100,000 at the  Central States Currency Signature Auction, held April 21-23, 2021. The 1928 $10,000 Federal Reserve Note (Kansas City) graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 22175) nearly doubled its pre-auction estimate of $250,000 and up. Only 10 of these 1928 Serie...

PMG-Certified Rare British Banknotes From Dauer Collection Offered in Spink Spink auction. Bidding is already underway for the sale, scheduled for April 28, 2021. The top lot is a Great Britain, Bank of England 1934-43 £1,000 issued in London graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 33). The note has an estimate of £30,000 to £32,000 (about $41,300 to $44,100 USD) and bidding had already reached £30,000 weeks before the sale. White Notes like these were issued for over 200 years until th...

Original 1865 tintype of Custer by Matthew Brady brings $5,750 in Holabirds huge Feb. 11-15 auction RENO, Nevada Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Original tintype of George Armstrong Custer in a non-political case, 3 ¼ inches by 3 ½ inches, taken in 1865 by Matthew Brady, the famous Civil War-era photographer ($5,750). Holabird Western Americana Collections RENO, Nev. – An 1862 Abraham Lincoln silver Peace Medal in About Uncirculated condition sold for $...

Posted March 4th, 2021 for westwing The auction, held online and in the Reno, Nevada gallery, was a record-breaker for a multiple consignor Americana sale. It enjoyed a nearly 90 percent sell-through average per auction day.  Reno, NV, USA, March 5, 2021 -/PressReleasePoint/- An 1862 Abraham Lincoln silver Peace Medal in About Uncirculated condition sold for $18,750, an original 1865 tintype of George Armstrong Custer from a photograph taken by the iconic Civil War-era photographer Matthe...

An 1862 Lincoln silver Peace Medal and an 1865 tintype of Custer by Brady are part of Holabirds huge Feb. 11-15 auction 1862 Lincoln silver Peace Medal, 62.5 mm, About Uncirculated, the only Presidential peace medal issued in a year other than the inauguration date of the president ($18,750). The auction was held online and live in the Holabird gallery in Reno, Nevada. It was bursting with nearly 4,000 lots in a wide array of collecting categories. We broke nearly every record anybody’s ever...

United States 1864-S Seated Liberty Quarter San Francisco and along the West Coast were handling a rarity in the mid-1860s. As their counterparts in the east were vanishing from circulation during the Civil War, silver coins in San Francisco were circulating much more extensively – including the 1864-S Seated Liberty quarter, which turned out to be a major rarity. Consumers might have known that the freshly-struck quarters were prized in the east for their silver content but might not have s...

Atlas Numismatics Offers German East Africa Gold 15 Rupien Among New Rare World Coins By    As 2020 winds down and we look back over a year of exceptional changes in the world and changes that have affected the coin business and hobby, we are ever thankful for your support and for your regular contact with us. For this month’s list, we have prepared another selection of coins and medals for your consideration, and look forward to hearing from you if you should see anything of interest. If y...