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Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 2023 Global Showcase auction realized $43,402,487 USD in 25 sessions of U.S. and World numismatic material.

A 1964 Lincoln cent on a copper-nickel dime planchet is a fascinating error, embodying the Mint’s 1964 transition from 90% silver dime planchets to the copper-nickel clad planchets used for 1965 dimes.

Stack's Bowers presents an 1860 Clark, Gruber & Co. $20 gold coin as part of their 2023 Global Showcase Auction Rarities Night offerings.

The Heritage Auctions' Platinum Night sales August 15 to 20 will include one of the most eye-catching errors of the U.S. gold coin history and an undated New England shilling for those looking for Colonial issues.

A collection of over 700 Civil War-era gold coins was found earlier this year in a Kentucky cornfield. The hoard is currently available for purchase and may be worth more than $2 million.

The 800 gold coins date back from 1840 to 1863 and may have buried as a result of state’s declaration of neutrality during civil war

Ten rare large-format specimen notes from the first series issued by the Imperial Bank of Persia sold at the World Banknote Auctions World Currency Sale 43 for a total of $98,957.50.

Stack's Bowers Galleries' Global Showcase auction of paper money offerings in August run the gamut from Colonial issues to notes with special serial numbers.

Coins that are less than perfect can often find willing buyers as evidenced by offerings found in the Heritage May Platinum Night session that had cuds and die cracks but brought great prices.

A couple of contemporary circulating counterfeits from the 1770s were offered in an online offering by Stack's Bowers Galleries of selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection.