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Exhibition of Greek Medals
The folks at the Princeton Numismatic Library Collection have been busy. Many institutions are taking their coins off display, or worse yet, deaccessioning them, but Princeton continues to make new numismatic acquisitions. Here’s their latest press release. To showcase its recent acquisition of a collection of more than 120 medals of modern Greece, the Princeton ...
Happy New Year!
Here are the answers to the January Coinage Kids Quiz. OUPEL = LOUPE DATGILI REMCAA = DIGITAL CAMERA SEGVOL = GLOVES DER BKOO = RED BOOK SLBAUM = ALBUMS GIFMINNAGY SASLG = MAGNIFYING GLASS BSLAS = SLABS LOFDERS = FOLDERS POECOMCISR = MICROSCOPE RECHRSAE = RESEARCH KUJN VELSIR = JUNK SILVER TOGASACL = CATALOGS PEYT ...
Lecture: Coinage of the American Revolution
Press release: On Sunday, May 6, the Friends of Princeton University Library will sponsor a public lecture by the noted scholar of early American coinage, Louis Jordan, entitled “Transformations in Numismatic Iconography during the American Revolution.” The talk will take place at 4 p.m. in 101 McCormick Hall on the Princeton campus. The lecture will ...
Amazing Rarities Will Be Featured in Denver
[Press Release] The American Numismatic Association’s signature Museum Showcase, featuring rare and historically significant numismatic treasures, will be on display at the 2012 Spring National Money ShowSM, May 10-12 in Denver. The showcase includes rarities from the ANA’s Edward C. Rochette Money Museum and exclusive private collections. Located on the bourse floor at the Colorado Convention ...
NGC Opens New Location in Germany
NGC will now be able to serve the European Union from its new branch in Konstanz, Germany. The press release follows. [Sarasota, Florida] Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), http://www.ngccoin.com, the world leader in third-party coin grading, announced the opening of a new European branch office in Konstanz, Germany. The new location will address growing demand for ...
Chinese Gold Dollar Struck at Philly for Henry Chapman
Special to COINage from Ronald J. Gillio 1916 China Yan-Shih-kai Dragon Gold Dollar Struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 1921 for Philadelphia Coin Dealer Henry Chapman After years of research, and convincing evidence in the form of receipts for purchases, I believe that the famous 1916 Yan-Shih-kai Dragon gold dollars were struck in the United States in 1921 ...
New Commemorative Closer to Reality
Commemorative coins honoring the 225th Anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service are likely to be issued after legislation proposing them was approved in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Read the entire story here.
Can We Talk?
About coin collecting? Actually, we were wondering about collecting in general. We were talking one day about what people in the office collect, how they got started collecting, what will they do with their collection in the future, etc. Some of us are accumulators. I fall into this category. A few first-edition novels here, some ...
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- In the May Issue …
- Exhibition of Greek Medals
- Men of Invention
- Happy New Year!
- Lecture: Coinage of the American Revolution
- My Two Cents’ Worth: The High Seize
- Amazing Rarities Will Be Featured in Denver
- My Two Cents’ Worth: A Perfect Spring Day
- My Two Cents’ Worth: Dollar Coins and Common Sense
- My Two Cents’ Worth: Lousing Up the First Spouse Series