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Certified Early Gold (1795-1834) and Why They Are Scarce, Part I (10/10/08)
Large Date Large 5 $5 Gold Piece in Mint State 62, Certified by NGC and CAC.Certified Early Gold (1795-1834) and Why They Are Scarce, Part I By Silvano DiGenova Methodology of This Study More >>

The Birth of Educational Notes (9/28/08)
1896 Series Currency: More >>

Rep. Melvin Watt D-NC Proposes Civil Rights Quarter Dollars (8/27/08)
Civil rights leaders and events are the latest proposal for quarter dollar coin designs. Rep. Watt D-NC introduced legislation to establish circulating quarter dollar coins with reverse designs that are emblematic of some forty prominent civil rights leaders and important events. More >>

BRONZE 1943-S Lincoln Cent Discovered (8/13/08)
The 1943 cent was made of steel except for a handful erroneously struck on bronze planchet, such as this one.A previously unrecorded 1943-S Lincoln cent erroneously struck on a bronze planchet has been acquired by Rare Coin Wholesalers of California. The coin has been certified as AU-53 by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). More >>

Beautiful Sri Lankan Monetary Notes (8/6/08)
Reverse view of the 50 and 100 Rupee notes I have acquired this complete set of monetary notes from Sri Lanka. They are beautiful crisp uncircuated notes dated 1979, seven years after the Ceylonese gained autonomy from the British Commonwealth and gained their own Parliament and heads of State. In 1972 when the island became completely self-governing, the name was changed to Sri Lanka. Shown is my set of Rupee bills. More >>

Rare Australian Note Offered (7/29/08)
Rare Type II Commonwealth of Australia 1,000 pound note to be auctioned in Brisbane, in September.A September 21 sale at International Galleries will feature a rare note, a Type II King George V 1,000 pound note. These notes were used in Australia in 1914, principally for inter-bank transfers. Two types of these notes have circulated, subsequently bearing two different signature combinations. More >>

At the 2008 Whitman Coin and Currency Convention (6/11/08)
Tom Carrier at the Coin and Currency ConventionGold and silver, platinum and kids. The 36th Annual Coin and Currency Convention in Baltimore, Maryland last weekend had quite a lot of all that, plus so much more. This is where you can both be a long time collector and still enjoy learning like a kid. That’s what I found out when I followed the kids to see Patti Jagger Finner at the Kid’s Korner. More >>

What was a Major Cause of Civil War Confederate States Downfall? (5/7/08)
Sameul Upton The Confederate Congress responds to counterfeiting of its currency: Secretary Menninger, Secretary of Treasury of the Confederate States, was able to obtain funding in 1862 for a small detective force to track down counterfeiters. This force was placed under the supervision of Colonel G.W. Lee, Provost Marshal and military post commander in Atlanta. More >>