News and Notes
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 ...
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.
“Capping Liberty” Exhibition
[PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY] The rich resources of Princeton University Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections serve as the basis of an exhibition entitled “Capping Liberty,” which illustrates the search for imagery and the selection and adoption of symbols for a national coinage. Details: March 3, 2012, through July 8, 2012 Leonard L. Milberg Gallery ...
Spain Finally Sees Shipwreck Coins
COINage readers know well the story of Odyssey Marine’s “Black Swan” project. Doesn’t ring a bell on the main deck of your mind? Odyssey Marine recovered approximately 17 metric tones of gold and silver coins and other artifacts in 2007 from the Atlantic Ocean floor after finding the wreck off the coast of Portugal thanks ...
New Sales Figures
The United States Mint added two new products to its latest sales figures report. The El Yunque quarters three-coin set debuted on February 7, and the 2011-P on February 9. The products were the top two sellers of the week. In its first six days of sales, the Mint sold 11,391 El Yunque quarters sets. ...
New Numismatic Exhibit Coming
At a time of museum closures and what appears to be–to an outsider, anyway–a lack of interest in numismatics, Yale University in planning to install a numismatic exhibit in their newly renovated University Art Gallery. The Yale University Art Gallery is in the final phase of a renovation and expansion that will transform the visitor ...
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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