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WEBThe Numismatic News team is preparing the upcoming Show & Auction Guide, which will be featured in the Nov. 26 edition of Numismatic News and the January issues of World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter. An often-underestimated factor in rare coin market appeal is the sheer volume of bids these unique collectibles attract, underscoring their ...
Rare 1982-D Small Date Copper Found - Numismatic News
WEBKen Potter. Dec 23, 2016. After 34 years, a 1982-D Small Date cent struck on a 95-percent copper-alloy planchet has finally been found and confirmed by me. A Minnesota collector who wishes to remain anonymous discovered it while sorting through 1982 cents by weight to save the copper-alloy pieces for their melt value.
Major Error Discovered on Kanaka‘ole Quarter - Numismatic News
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The extreme strength of the clashing of “EDETH” is due to Kanaka‘ole’s name being raised on the die and incuse on the coin. This is just the opposite of most coin designs where the elements are incuse in the die. This is the same reason the clashed “E” on the 1888-O VAM 1A dollar is so strong having been created from the incuse word ...
The History of the 1965 Winston Churchill Commemorative Crown
WEBJul 24, 2019 · To meet public demand, The Washington Post’s London Correspondent, W. Dennis Way, reported on Oct. 17, 1965 that British banks ordered $19.5 million worth of the Churchill Commemorative Crowns, and the United States ordered another $14 million worth.The orders indicated an issue by the Royal Mint of at least 50 million Crowns. Oscar Nemon. The Churchill portrait on the commemorative crown ...
Collectors Find Duplicated Federal Reserve Note Serial Numbers
WEBJan 12, 2021 · This was about the $1 Series of 2013 FRNs where the Bureau of Engraving and Printing accidentally duplicated 6,650,000 serials in the B* block between the Washington and Fort Worth plants. That article profiled a team of collectors led by Ed Zegers in Maryland and Karol Winograd in Florida who organized to attempt to find a matched pair from ...
U.S. Bank Notes Get Redesigned - Numismatic News
WEBNov 7, 2022 · The new note designs will be made public six to eight months ahead of their release. The first of these redesigns are set to release in 2026 with the $10. Following the $10 will be the $50 in 2028, $20 in 2030, $5 in 2032, and finally the $100 in 2034. In an effort to prevent and deter increasingly sophisticated counterfeit attempts, U.S ...
The Lasting Legacy of the Roman Denarius - Numismatic News
WEBMay 23, 2019 · The weight the denarius was reduced to 3.9 grams of high purity silver, which was about 1/84 of a Roman Pound. Emperor Nero (54-68 A.D.) devalued the denarius again to 1/96 of a Roman Pound, weighing about 3.41 grams of silver, where the silver purity was also reduced to 94.5%. Thereafter the …
Dealer Directory - Numismatic News
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KM numbering system - Numismatic News
WEBJun 15, 2015 · First off, KM simply stands for “Krause-Mishler,” as Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler are the original authors of the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Using the authors’ initials as catalog number types is an accepted practice in numismatic cataloging. The KM number system may seem chaotic to many readers, but there is a systematic ...
NGC introduces verification tool - Numismatic News
WEBNMN. Apr 15, 2009. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation introduced a new tool on its Web site to verify the certification information of all NGC-certified coins, it announced April 2. When available, enlargeable images of both sides of an encapsulated coin are shown alongside information from the NGC certification database. The NGC database includes ...