Vital rare coin & paper money industry updates // 24 February 2020
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Hong Kong Coin Show Postponed Due to Coronavirus Concerns
The management of the Hong Kong Coin Show recently announced that they will postpone their March 2020 show to May 9-10 due to travel concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus.
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SERIES ANALYSIS: The Greatest Auction of American Revolutionary War Medals -- the Adams Collection of Comitia Americana
Greg Reynolds turns his focus on Comitia Americana medals, which were awarded for heroism and strategic success in American Revolutionary War battles. The Continental Congress of the United States voted to award these medals while the war was in progress.
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Publisher's Message (February 2020 Greysheet)
CDN Publisher, John Feigenbaum, discusses his monthly report on the rare coin market as it appears in the February 2020 Greysheet.
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NGC Signs Exclusive Signature Label Deal with Donna Weaver, Prolific US Mint Coin Designer and Sculptor
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) is excited to announce that Donna Weaver, sculptor of the Return to Monticello Nickel obverse (used since 2016 to present) and designer of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin common reverse, is signing certification labels exclusively for NGC.
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Coin Dealer Dean Schmidt Receives Service Award for Kansas Bill Efforts
He received the 2019 Diane Piret Memorial Outstanding Service Award for his efforts on Kansas House Bill 2140. The bill provides a sales-tax exemption on sales of gold and silver coins and on all gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion.
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PMG Grades Mismatched Serial Number Error on US $20 Bill
A woman who made a purchase at the January 2020 FUN Show got an unexpected bonus in her change: a $20 bill with a valuable error. She immediately submitted the note to Paper Money Guaranty® which confirmed that the 2013 $20 Federal Reserve Note (Boston) had an authentic—and quite rare—mismatched serial number error.
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