Feb 17, 2019 | News, Shows & Conventions, video
The Professional Currency Dealer Association is part of the National Coin & Currency Convention held annually in Chicago in Rosemont, IL at their new location at the Hilton Rosemont. The nation’s top banknote dealers are attendance as well as many from around the world.
The upcoming will take place on March 14-16, 2019.
To find out more:
Kevin Foley, Bourse Chairman, 414-807-0116
Kevinsfoley.kf@gmail.com
www.pcdaonline.com
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
COOL CURRENCY! Joel R. Anderson Collection: VIDEO: 3:43.
Peter Treglia, Currency Director, Stack’s Bowers, David Lisot, Interviewer, CoinTelevision.com.
Peter Treglia talks about and shows examples of some of the amazing rarities of the Joel R. Anderson Currency Collection including the 1863 $100 Interest Bearing, the 1863 Fr. 50 Legal Tender, 1880 $10 Silver Certificate triple signature, and the 1918 $500 Legal Tender.
https://youtu.be/8oDt3H17FdY
COOL CURRENCY! PCDA Convention 2018. VIDEO: 16:53.
David Lisot, Interviewer, CoinTelevision.com with Michael Moczalla: $100 Legal Tender 1863 “Spread Eagle”, PMG VF35, $50 Legal Tender, 1869 “Rainbow”, PMG VF30, $5 Third Charter National, 1902 “Fairbanks Alaska Red Seal”, PCGS MS63PPQ, Iraq 100 Dinar 1936, PCGS VF30, Iraq 100 Dinar 1942 PCGS VF30, Iraq 10 Dinar 1942, PCGS AU58PPQ, Don Kagin: Encased Postage 2 cent 1862, “Black Jack” circulated, $50 Federal Reserve “St. Louis”, PMG EF45, 1786 Colonial 2 Shilling 6 Pence, PCGS MS69PPQ, Joel Shafer: El Salvador 5 Peso 1916 “American Version”, VG/F, El Salvador 5 Peso 1916, El Salvador 5 Peso 1913 “Parraga Print” Fine+, Jamaica 5 Pound 1960 UNC62, Jamaica 10 Shilling 1960, “special serial number”, Choice UNC64, Mongolia 3 Dollar 1924 “Psychedelic” EF, Mongolia 5 Dollar 1924 “Psychedelic” EF/AU, Philippines 10 Peso 1903 Silver Certificate, Choice AU58.
https://youtu.be/vnMTU5xq9sk
Currency Collectors Excited about New PCDA Convention Location. VIDEO: 2:29
David Lisot, Interviewer, CoinTelevision.com, Don Kagin, Peter Treglia, Joel Shafer.
Learn about why people like the new location for the Professional Currency Dealer Association National Coin & Currency Convention in Rosemont, Illinois.
https://youtu.be/XZYHBPAa4mE
Joel R. Anderson Collection of Paper Money to be Auctioned by Stack’s Bowers. VIDEO: 3:05.
Peter Treglia, Currency Director, Stack’s Bowers, David Lisot, Interviewer, CoinTelevision.com.
It has been called the greatest collection of currency assembled. Find out the story of who assembled the collection and see some of the great rarities included.
https://youtu.be/1yycFCslXSU
Paper Money Collectors Offered New Benefits at PCDA Convention. VIDEO: 3:11.
Kevin Foley, Professional Currency Dealer Association, Bourse Chairman, David Lisot, Interviewer, CoinTelevision.com.
The PCDA National Coin & Currency Convention has a new location at the Rosemont Hilton just outside Chicago. This convention is one the world’s premier events for collectors of United States and world paper money and banknotes.
https://youtu.be/oR2K5eSYCo4
PCDA Membership Important for Currency Collectors. VIDEO: 4:13.
David Lisot, Interviewer, CoinTelevisio.com, with Kevin Foley, Don Kagin, Michael Moczella, Peter Treglia, & Joel Shafer, Members, Professional Currency Dealer Association. Dealing with members of the Professional Currency Dealers Association is protection for collectors who want to be sure they are dealing with someone who is knowledgeable and bound a code of ethics to be fair in their business practices.
https://youtu.be/bWUdwG9kTQs
Jan 14, 2019 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions
The Long Beach Expo will host an in-depth Numismatic Crime Investigations class on January 31, 2019, in Long Beach, California. The class will be presented by the Numismatic Crime Information Center and will provide investigators with the basic skills, knowledge, and resources to effectively investigate a crime related to coins, paper money, and related numismatic items. The class will be taught by Doug Davis Founder/President of NCIC and is accredited by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. Attendees will receive 8hrs of in-service education and a certificate of attendance.
“We are excited to collaborate with the Long Beach Expo in presenting this educational opportunity to California law enforcement”, said Doug Davis Founder/President of NCIC. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the bourse floor to enhance their classroom experience.
NCIC teams up with PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, PMG, and ANACS to provide each attendee with examples to take back and share with other investigators within their department or agency. In addition, NCIC works closely with the Anti- Counterfeiting Task Force and includes a portion of the curriculum to address the increasing counterfeit problem.
The NCIC’s crime alert network and investigative resources are dedicated to making a difference in the fight against numismatic crimes. The center’s resources are available to dealers, collectors, and law enforcement and offense reports may be reported 24 hours per day, seven days a week, through a special form on the center’s website.
About the Numismatic Crime Information Center: The Numismatic Crime Information Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and supported entirely by donations from the Numismatic Community. All donations are tax deductible.
Dec 27, 2018 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions
The show in January is renowned for being the bellwether event on the numismatic calendar. With over 1500 dealers, Heritage Auctions, exhibitors and more than 15,000 of the most avid collectors, the FUN show kicks off the year on a high note. Make your plans early to attend this monumental numismatic event! The U.S. Mint and the BEP will be attending and the BEP will be bringing their BILLION DOLLAR display. The last time it was here I added it up and it was slightly over 1.5 Billion Dollars. The always popular Piedmont Gold Panners will be on site as will Dennis Boggs as Abraham Lincoln and Ray Dillard with his penny rolling machine.
Check out www.funtopics.com for more information.
Watch this video on YouTube here.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Would someone please tell the folks at CoinTelevision (David Lisot) that the voice over sounds like a television huckster more suitable for a late-night used car commerical.
Dec 7, 2018 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions
Incredible Finest Proof Morgans Set Will Be Exhibited By PCGS Set Registry® At 2019 FUN
(Orlando, Florida) December 6, 2018 — The finest proof Morgan dollars set will be displayed by The PCGS Set Registry® (www.PCGS.com/setregistry) at the 2019 Florida United Numismatists convention for the first time anywhere in public.
Known as the “Mr. Perfection 13” collection, the award-winning, 27-coin Morgan dollar basic proof set is 100 percent complete and has a rating of 69.47, according to Cosetta Robbins, Professional Coin Grading Service Set Registry Manager.
This 1894 silver dollar, graded PCGS PR68+DCAM, is one of the superb quality coins in the “Mr. Perfection 13” collection of proof Morgan dollars that will be publicly exhibited by the PCGS Set Registry® for the first time anywhere at the 2019 FUN convention. Photo credit: Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com).
“Many of the coins in this collection are either cameo (CAM) or deep cameo (DCAM) proof, and some have amazing colorful toning. The anonymous owner of the set wants to share the remarkable beauty of these coins with visitors to the FUN show,” said Robbins.
The finest proof Morgan dollar collection in the PCGS Set Registry®, including this 1889 silver dollar graded PCGS PR68CAM, will be displayed at the 2019 FUN convention. Photo credit: Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com).
The set will be displayed at the PCGS booth, #1203, from Thursday morning to early Saturday afternoon, January 10-12, 2019, at the FUN show in the Orange County Convention Center West Building in Orlando, Florida.
Highlights of the “Mr. Perfection 13” proof Morgan dollar set include: 1880 graded PCGS PR68CAM, 1889 PCGS PR68CAM, 1894 PCGS PR68+DCAM, 1895 PCGS PR67+CAM, and 1901 PCGS PR68CAM.
Never previously exhibited, the finest proof Morgan dollar collection in the PCGS Set Registry®, including this beautifully toned 1901 graded PCGS PR68CAM, will be displayed at the 2019 FUN convention. Photo credit: Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com).
The coin’s owner said, “This is one of my favorite sets.” In 2018 he upgraded three spectacular proof Morgan dollars: 1885 PCGS PR68CA, 1898 graded PCGS PR68DC, and 1899 PCGS PR67+DC.
Information about each coin in the set is available online at https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/dollars/morgan-dollars-major-sets/morgan-dollars-basic-set-proof-1878-1904/publishedset/109798.
The PCGS Set Registry (www.PCGS.com/setregistry) was established in 2001 and now hosts over 94,000 U.S. and world coin sets. For additional information about PCGS and its services, visit www.PCGS.com or call PCGS Customer Service at (800) 447-8848.
Dec 4, 2018 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions
(Long Beach, California) December 3, 2018 — After their acclaimed exhibit at the American Numismatic Association 2018 Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money®, eight historic early American coins including a legendary 1787 gold Brasher Doubloon will be exhibited by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) at the next Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp and Sports Collectible Expo (www.LongBeachExpo.com), January 31 to February 2, 2019.
“The reaction from visitors to the exhibit at the PCGS booth in Philadelphia was more than just positive. The PCGS staff could hear some of the visitors literally saying ‘Oooh!’ and ‘Ahh!’ as they viewed these superb, early American rarities,” said PCGS Set Registry® Manager Cosetta Robbins.
The Brasher Doubloon and seven of the finest known 1780s New York colonial era copper coins will be displayed together for the first time on the West Coast in an educational exhibit hosted by PCGS at the Long Beach Expo. The show will be in the Long Beach, California Convention Center at 100 S. Pine Avenue, and the exhibit will be at the PCGS Set Registry® booth #401.
The discovery specimen for the legendary 1787 gold Brasher Doubloons will be displayed by PCGS along with historic New York copper coins at the Long Beach Expo, January 31-February 2, 2019. Photo credit: Professional Coin Grading Service www.PCGS.com.
“The lettering and some design elements of all of these distinguished coins are punch linked, and each of these coins is an important part of early American history and numismatics,” said Robbins.
The Brasher Doubloons are the first gold coins made in the United States proposed or intended for circulation. The design includes the obverse motto, NOVA EBORACA COLUMBIA EXCELSIOR (translated as “New York and America ever upward”).
The coin’s creator, Ephraim Brasher, was well known at the time as a silver and goldsmith and civic leader in New York City, and later was a neighbor of George Washington in lower Manhattan.
Only seven Brasher Doubloons are known; six with the designer’s “EB” hallmark on the eagle’s wing, one with it on the eagle’s breast.
The coin that will be displayed in Long Beach has the hallmark on the eagle’s right wing, and it is the discovery specimen for Brasher Doubloons that was first documented in 1840. It was exhibited at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, was a featured display in a nationwide touring exhibit for the 1987 bicentennial of the United States Constitution and was displayed at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World in 1988.
The anonymous current owner of the Brasher Doubloon is described by PCGS as a “West Coast collector,” and the owner of the New York copper coins is described as “a New York dealer and collector.”
The seven New York copper pieces are all either the finest known or among the finest known of their kind. All have impressive pedigrees to one or more collections of well-known numismatists of the past, such as Parmelee, Stickney, Boyd, Garrett, Ford and/or Newman. The coins are:
- 1786 Small Head Non Vi Virtute Vici (“Not by force, but by virtue we have won”) with a portrait believed to be George Washington. Less than two dozen examples are known.
- 1787 New York Excelsior, Eagle Left. This is the only Mint State example known and was formerly in the famous Garrett Collection.
- 1787 New York New York, George Clinton cent, with New York coat of arms, less than a dozen known.
- 1787 New York Excelsior, Indian/Arms, one of only about 12 known.
- 1787 N York Excelsior, Indian/Eagle on Globe design, one of the finest of only about 14 known.
- 1787 Copper Nova Eborac (“New York”), Large Head variety, one of the finest of only a few dozen known.
One of only about a dozen known examples, this 1787 “Nova Eborac” Large Head variety New York copper piece will be among the historic early American coins on display at the PCGS Set Registry® booth during the January 31-February 2, 2019 Long Beach Expo. Photo credit: Professional Coin Grading Service www.PCGS.com.
- 1787 Copper Nova Eborac, Small Head variety, less than a dozen known and closely linked to the Brasher Doubloons. This is the finest certified example and was formerly in the C.I. Bushnell and Eric P. Newman collections.
“The January-February 2019 Long Beach Expo will be an excellent opportunity for visitors to see and enjoy in person these impressive, early American rare coins,” said Expo President Cassi East.
For additional information about the Long Beach Expo, visit www.LongBeachExpo.com.
Since its founding in 1986, PCGS experts have certified over 40 million coins with a total market value of over $33 billion. For information about PCGS products and services, including how to submit your coins for authentication and grading, visit www.PCGS.com or call PCGS Customer Service at (800) 447-8848.
Oct 8, 2018 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions
(Baltimore, Maryland) — The Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo will feature two groundbreaking new exhibits and lectures on personal artifacts from the family of U.S. Mint chief engravers William Barber and Charles E. Barber. The Expo is open to the public and runs from Thursday to Sunday, October 25–28, 2018, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The exhibits will be on display through Saturday.
The Barber exhibits are being brought to the Expo by the nonprofit Barber Coin Collectors’ Society (www.barbercoins.org) and Liberty Seated Collectors Club (www.lsccweb.org). Both clubs will hold meetings with educational programs during the Expo, and everyone is invited to attend.
The exhibits include recently revealed personal artifacts from the family archives of William and Charles Barber. These artifacts change the popular conception (and misconceptions) of the father and son who served as the fifth and sixth chief engravers of the United States Mint.
Members of the Trepagnier family, Charles Barber’s descendants who currently own the personal archives and have generously allowed them to be displayed, will be in attendance and will meet collectors and talk about their famous ancestors.
The Charles Barber exhibit includes:
- a painted portrait and six new photographs of Charles E. Barber, which show aspects of his personality not seen in his single previously known portrait
- a photo showing Charles Barber and George T. Morgan together in 1897
- a 39-star flag presented to Charles Barber by President Theodore Roosevelt
- the last remaining five patterns from the famous Charles Barber Collection of patterns still held by the family.
- the first edition of the Woodin-Adams pattern reference, inscribed to Charles Barber, 1913
- key-date Barber coins (Liberty Head nickels, and Barber dimes, quarters, and half dollars)
- Barber’s commemorative coins, Hawaiian coinage, and Cuban coinage
- Barber’s 1905 passport
- memos from U.S. Mint departments for Barber’s 1905 European mint trip, some with his handwritten notes
- a diary of Edith Barber from the family’s European trip, which sheds new light on her father’s relationships
- copies of Barber’s 1905 trip report, with results matching handwritten notes
- a 1906 Mint Assay medal, in its original case, portraying Theodore Roosevelt
- letters to Charles Barber from Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Victor David Brenner
On Friday, October 26, at 3:00 p.m., the Barber Coin Collectors’ Society will present a free educational program entitled “The Charles Barber You Didn’t Know,” in Room 301 of the Convention Center.
Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker has viewed the artifacts and attended an August 2018 presentation by BCCS president John Frost at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia. Tucker called Frost’s research and the generosity of the Trepagnier family “one of the most important numismatic developments of the 21st century.” The research will be featured in the second edition of the Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins, by Q. David Bowers, which will debut this holiday season.
A second exhibit will feature artifacts relating to William Barber—Charles’s father and the fifth chief engraver of the Mint, designer of the U.S. trade dollar and the twenty-cent piece. On display will be:
- an 1869 presidential proclamation naming William Barber as engraver, from President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward
- paintings of William Barber and his wife, Anna Maria Barber
- a portrait medal of William Barber by Charles E. Barber
- three original pencil/pen coin design sketches by William Barber
- a U.S. Centennial medal, and Grant second inaugural medal, by Barber
- a scan of an 1875 letter by William Barber about Carson City Mint dies and breakage
- an 1875-CC twenty-cent piece struck from a broken reverse die
- a memo by Mint officials on the death of William Barber
- a set of trade dollars
- a set of twenty-cent pieces, including one of William Barber’s patterns
- a copy of Medallic History of the United States 1776–1876, first edition, by J. Loubat, inscribed to William Barber, 1878
- Inside the Mint Cabinet, by Elizabeth Johnston, inscribed to William Barber, 1876
The Liberty Seated Collectors Club meeting will be held Friday, October 26, at 9:00 a.m., in Room 301 of the Convention Center. Its educational program is “William Barber Revealed!”
The Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo is a leading hobbyist convention in North America, held thrice yearly at the Baltimore Convention Center. It connects hundreds of coin and paper-money dealers with thousands of collectors and is a venue for educational programs, club meetings, new book launches, and social activities for hobbyists from around the world. More information is online at Expo.Whitman.com.
Aug 20, 2018 | News, Shows & Conventions
The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, writers, bloggers and content producers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals and tokens as collectibles, presented its annual awards for 2018 on Thursday, August 16, in Philadelphia. This year marked NLG’s 50th anniversary.
For information about the NLG, visit www.NLGonline.org. A membership application is available online at www.nlgonline.org/NLG_Member_Form.pdf.
To be eligible for consideration in any of the 2018 Numismatic Literary Guild award categories, entries must have been published, released, or posted on the Internet between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018.
These are the 2018 winners:
BOOK OF THE YEAR
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles as Illustrated by the Phillip H. Morse & Stephen Duckor Collections
Roger Burdette
BEST U.S. COIN BOOK
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles as Illustrated by the Phillip H. Morse & Stephen Duckor Collections
Roger Burdette
BEST PRE-1500 WORLD COIN BOOK
The Image of Political Power in the Reign of Nerva, AD 96-98
Nathan T. Elkins
BEST 1500 TO PRESENT WORLD COIN BOOK
A Monetary History of Central America
Brian Stickney
EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
Fake Coin Bible
Sebastian Wieschowski
BEST WORLD PAPER MONEY BOOK
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues
Tracy L. Schmidt, Editor
BEST TOKENS & MEDALS BOOK
Forgotten Colorado Silver
Robert D. Leonard, Kenneth Hallenbeck and Adna G. Wilde
BEST NUMISMATIC INVESTMENT BOOK
Silver: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Today
Jeff Garrett
U.S. COINS TO 1900 ARTICLE
“Popular Morgans Soaked Up Silver“
R. W. Julian
Numismatic News
U.S. COINS 1901 TO DATE ARTICLE
“The Identity of Pratt’s Indian“
Allen Schein
The Numismatist
BEST ANCIENTS ARTICLE
“NGC Ancients: Sea Creatures on Greek Coins“
David Vagi
NGC eNews
BEST WORLD COINS 1500 TO DATE ARTICLE
“Augustine Dupre, Engraver General of the French Revolution“
Eric Brothers
The Numismatist
BEST U.S. PAPER MONEY ARTICLE
“The Stockyards National Bank of Fort Worth“
Frank Clark
Paper Money
BEST WORLD PAPER MONEY ARTICLE
“Rule Britannia! BoE’s Warrior Queen“
Dr. K. A. Rodgers
Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine
BEST TOKENS AND MEDALS ARTICLE
“A Navy Chaplain’s Treasured Memento“
Ron Cheek
Medal News
BEST NUMISMATIC HISTORY OR PERSONALITIES ARTICLE
“Women and Coins“
Kris Kudenholdt
NGC eNews
ED REITER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST COLUMN OR SERIES
“The Curious Collector“
Len Augsburger
E-Gobrecht
BEST NUMISMATIC SPOT NEWS, MARKETPLACE OR ANALYSIS ARTICLE
“Gold Sovereigns & Triple Unites Lead British Gold Coins Auctioned in New York“
Greg Reynolds
CoinWeek.com
BEST ARTICLE OR STORY OF THE YEAR
“U.S. Money Doctors in Latin America: Between War and Depression, the Short-Lived Reinstatement of the Gold Standard“
Gilles Bransbourg
ANS Magazine
BEST PERIODICAL
COINage Magazine
Scott A. Travers, Executive Editor and Lynn Varon, Managing Editor
BEST CLUB OR NONPROFIT NUMISMATIC PERIODICAL
The Gobrecht Journal
Bill Bugert, Editor
BEST ONLINE NEWS SITE
CoinsWeekly.com
Dr. Ursula Kampmann, Editor
BEST DEALER OR INDUSTRY WEBSITE
NGCcoin.com
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
BEST NUMISMATIC SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM OR COIN COLLECTOR FORUM
THE MAURICE M. GOULD MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST COLUMN
“Money Talk“
Frank J. Colletti
Lost Treasure Magazine
BEST PORTFOLIO
Steve Roach
Coin World
BEST NUMISMATIC DEALER WEB SITE
Coins.HA.com
Paul Minshull, Michael Weems, Brian Shipman, Ryan Sokol and James L. Halperin
BEST NON-TRADE WEB SITE
nnp.wustl.edu
The Newman Numismatic Portal
Len Augsburger
BEST BLOG
The Money Connoisseur
Scott A. Travers
bottomlineinc.com
BEST SOFTWARE OR APP
HA.com/live
Heritage Live
Paul Minshull, Michael Weems, Brian Shipman, Ryan Sokol and James L. Halperin
BEST U.S. COINS AUCTION CATALOG
2018 FUN, Platinum Night
Heritage Auctions
BEST WORLD COINS AUCTION CATALOG
2017 ANA Auction, Platinum Night
Heritage Auctions
BEST PAPER MONEY AUCTION CATALOG
The Joel Anderson Collection
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
BEST BOOKS OR EXONUMIA AUCTION CATALOG
The 2018 New York Book Auction
Kolbe & Fanning
LEE MARTIN FOUNDER’S AWARD
The Rosen Numismatic Advisory
Maurice H. Rosen, Editor and Publisher
BEST RADIO PRESENTATION
The Coin Show
Mike Fuljenz
KLIV 560
BEST AUDIO PRESENTATION
“Recovering Gold from the SS Central America“
Charles Morgan and Bob Evans
CoinWeek.com
BEST VIDEO PRESENTATION
“The Strange Case of the 1933 Double Eagle“
David Lisot and Greg Weinman
CoinTelevision.com
JAMES L. MILLER MEMORIAL AWARD
“Shadowy rarity: 1913 nickel first seen in 1919, not 1920“
Robert R. Van Ryzin
Numismatic News
PCGS/COLLECTORS UNIVERSE EDUCATIONAL AWARD FOR NUMISMATIC ACHIEVEMENT
John West Dannreuther
THE RIBBIT AWARD
Donald E. Willis, Jr.
THE CLEMY
David W. Lange
Aug 9, 2018 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions, U.S. Mint
Display will Include Previously Unknown Piece
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint announced today that it will display three of the nation’s 1933 Double Eagle Gold Coins in booth 218 at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia from August 14 to August 18.
The display will feature two of the ten pieces recovered by the government in 2004. Those coins were the subject of 11 years of litigation, which was resolved last year in favor of the government. The Mint will also display the previously undisclosed specimen that was voluntarily and unconditionally given over to the government by a private citizen who requested to remain anonymous.
In March of 1933, as one of the many measures designed to reverse the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a proclamation prohibiting payment of gold coin. This resulted in the melting of 445,500 1933-dated Double Eagles previously struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Mint records clearly establish that no 1933 $20 Double Eagles were ever issued or released to the public as legal tender. The only specimens to leave the Mint lawfully were two 1933 Double Eagles provided to the Smithsonian Institution for preservation in the National Numismatics collection. Subsequently, one specimen recovered in 1996 became the subject of a unique settlement. The coin was monetized, issued by the United States Mint, and sold at auction in 2002 for $7.6 million.
Unlike nine specimens that were recovered during the 1940s and 50s, none of the specimens in Mint custody will be melted. United States Mint Director David J. Ryder said, “The United States Mint recognizes all of the country’s recovered 1933 Double Eagles as national numismatic treasures.”
About the United States Mint
Congress created the United States Mint in 1792, and the Mint became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. As the Nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage, the Mint is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The Mint also produces numismatic products, including proof, uncirculated, and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; silver and bronze medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. Its numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to taxpayers.
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Aug 8, 2018 | Announcements, Shows & Conventions
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) August 8, 2018 – It will be a Philadelphia “homecoming” at the ANA 2018 World’s Fair of Money® for one of the finest known surviving examples of a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar. It’s also a homecoming for the person exhibiting that historic coin, Silvano DiGenova, President of Tangible Investments, Inc. in Laguna Beach, California, who also is originally from Philly.
Graded PCGS MS63+ CAC, this 1794 dollar’s impressive pedigree includes such famous collectors as Virgil Brand, F.C.C. Boyd and the Cardinal Collection assembled by noted silver dollar researcher Martin Logies. DiGenova has owned this classic, early American coin three times over the years and recently sold it again.
One of the finest known 1794 dollars, graded PCGS MS63+ CAC, will be displayed at the ANA 2018 Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money by Silvano DiGenova of Tangible Investments on behalf of the coin’s anonymous owner.
(Photo credit: Professional Coin Grading Service www.PCGS.com)
It will be insured for $2,750,000 for its Philadelphia exhibit on behalf of its anonymous current owner, and be displayed at the Tangible Investments booth, #811.
“This coin is not only an American numismatic treasure from the early days of the Philadelphia Mint, it has been a truly tremendous investment,” said DiGenova. “Since the first time I acquired the coin for $350,000 in 2001 it has multiplied in value more than seven-fold. That’s a compounded rate of over 12 percent a year!”
Congress authorized the creation of U.S. silver dollars in April 1794 and the first dollar coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint in October of that year.
Silver for their production was provided by the first Mint Director, David Rittenhouse. Researchers believe less than 150 of the 1794-dated dollars survive out of the 1,758 coins presented to Rittenhouse when their minting was completed. The remarkable coin being displayed by DiGenova is the fifth finest known surviving example.
Coincidentally, as a youthful collector, DiGenova purchased his first coin at the age of 12 at the former Penn Coin & Stamp store located where the Pennsylvania Convention Center now stands. That is the site of the 2018 World’s fair of Money where the 1794 dollar will be displayed.
Silvano DiGenova
Visitors to the display can receive a complimentary, full-color flyer with information about 1794 dollars and this particular coin.
For additional information about the coin, contact Tangible Investments, Inc. at 949-715-5333 or online at www.TangibleInvestmentsinc.com. Additional information about the American Numismatic Association 2018 Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money is at www.WorldsFairofMoney.com.
Aug 4, 2018 | ANA, Announcements, Shows & Conventions
Numismatics is the study and collection of coins, paper money, tokens and medals, but at the American Numismatic Association (ANA) it is the people who truly define the hobby. Several individuals will be recognized for their service and commitment to numismatics at the upcoming Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money, August 14-18.
The Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Memorial Award for Achievement in Numismatics was established in 2013 to recognize women who have made notable contributions to the hobby. Named after the former curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection, this honor has been bestowed on many heavy hitters. Among the most deserving is this year’s recipient, Prue Morgan Fitts.
Prior to joining the ANA in 1991, Fitts had little interest in numismatics, However, after inheriting some Byzantine specimens from her father, Fitts’ curiosity was piqued. She subsequently took a course on Roman and Byzantine coinage at the ANA Summer Seminar, and then went on to develop and teach a Summer Seminar class in 2003, “Women in Power on Coins and in Art.”
ANA conventions are a regular stomping ground for Fitts, who often contributes her time as a national volunteer. She regularly exhibits competitively and serves as a judge. She also has given talks as part of the ANA’s Maynard Sundman/Littleton Lecture Series.
Having earned a master’s degree in education from Harvard, Fitts is passionate about sharing knowledge. She helped revive the Women in Numismatics group, previously serving as president, and has organized or participated in numerous young numismatist and Scout programs. She co-founded the Association of Dedicated Byzantine Collectors, where she served as its first, and only, “empress.”
An accomplished author, Fitts noticed the lack of books available to collectors who are new to the field of Byzantine numismatics, so she wrote one. Her Beginner’s Guide to Identifying Byzantine Coins was published in 2015 and is considered a modern classic in the field.
In 2002, Fitts received her first ANA accolade, the Glenn Smedley Memorial Award. Ten years later, she and her husband, Arthur, earned the Association’s top honor, the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award for Distinguished Service (2012). She also served one term on the ANA Board of Governors (2005-07). In 2009 Fitts was the general chairman of the ANA’s World’s Fair of Money in Boston and received a presidential award that same year. Fitts will be recognized at the ANA Annual Banquet on Aug. 17 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.
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ANA district representatives are the lynch pins of the hobby, promoting and expanding interest in numismatics by working directly with ANA member clubs and collectors throughout the United States. On August 16, Brett Irick of Dearborn, Michigan, will be recognized as the Outstanding District Representative during the ANA Member & Awards Celebration at the Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money in the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Like many collectors, Irick’s love of coins began when he was young and working on a Boy Scout project. He joined the ANA in 1979 and continued to build his collection as time permitted during his 31-year engineering career with Ford Motor Company, where he developed two U.S. patents.
Since retiring, Irick has been more involved in the numismatic community. He is president of the Michigan State Numismatic Society, vice president of the Central States Numismatic Society, and area-director of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association and president of the Windsor Coin Club. (As an ANA district representative, he serves Canada and Michigan.) Irick also is an ANA exhibit judge and has several award-winning displays to his credit, earning the Howland Wood Memorial Award for Best-of-Show Exhibit in 2010. In 2015 he was presented the ANA’s Joseph E. Boling Award for Judging Excellence and the Glenn Smedley Memorial Award.
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In an effort to enshrine the most important collectors, scholars and hobby professionals of all time, the ANA maintains the Numismatic Hall of Fame at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Individuals are recognized annually, with “modern” numismatists named in odd years and “historic” personages in even years. In June 2018, the ANA welcomed to this elite group a notable hobbyist of days gone by—Joseph N.T. Levick (1828-1908).
Born in New Orleans, Levick began collecting coins after he moved to Philadelphia in 1855. In 1860 he relocated to New York City, where he established a numismatic store at the corner of Broadway and 20th Street. During the Civil War, Levick was a Union soldier in the 70th regiment of New York volunteers, attaining the rank of first lieutenant. He was a founding member of both the Philadelphia Numismatic Society (1858) and the New York Numismatic Society (1864).
Levick served the American Numismatic Society (ANS) as treasurer (1867-74), and in 1866 he launched its American Journal of Numismatics, the first numismatic periodical in the United States. The October 1868 issue carried Levick’s first article, “A Table, Showing the Prices Paid for the Five Types of the 1793 Cent, Selected from Twenty of the Principal Coin Sales in the Country, from 1855 to 1868.” He found it difficult to describe the pieces adequately, which led him to present in the April 1869 issue the first photographic plate of coins known in American numismatics. The image showed obverse and reverse die varieties, with lines connecting die pairs. Although just 100 original copies of the well-known “Levick Plate” were produced, it has been reprinted several times.
The American Journal of Numismatics was a costly endeavor, and in 1868 Levick convinced the ANS to explore other avenues of publication. Two years later, the Boston Numismatic Society agreed to oversee the journal’s production, taking it from monthly to quarterly, and reducing its annual subscription from $3 to $2.
Levick joined the ANA in July 1906. He died in September 1908, three weeks after his 80th birthday. Levick’s contributions to numismatics will be recognized at the ANA’s Annual Banquet during the Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money.
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The American Numismatic Association is a congressionally chartered, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to encouraging the study and collection of coins and related items. The ANA helps its 25,000 members and the public discover and explore the world of money through its vast array of educational and outreach programs as well as its museum, library, publications, and conventions. For more information, call 719-632-2646 or visit www.money.org.
