Vital rare coin & paper money industry updates // 07 April 2020
World Coins
21 results
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Rescheduled Hong Kong Coin Show for May Now Canceled Due to Coronavirus
After an initial postponement, the organizers of the show were compelled to cancel the event altogether. They hope to see everyone for the regularly scheduled August event.
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Stack’s Bowers Re-locates Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo Auction to California
Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ March 2020 Baltimore Auctions have been relocated from the Baltimore Convention Center to a facility near their California home office. The published scheduled is unchanged with only the physical location of the event changing.
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NGC, NCS and PMG Appoint CGB an Official Submission Center in Europe
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation®, Numismatic Conservation Services™, and Paper Money Guaranty® have appointed CGB Numismatics Paris, a leading coin and banknote firm in France, as an Official Submission Center in Europe.
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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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CCG Donates Money and Sends Supplies to Help Fight Coronavirus
The Certified Collectibles Group® (CCG®) has donated money and sent supplies to help those affected by the novel coronavirus discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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South African Mint Hopes to Take the Rhino out of Harm’s Way with New Coin
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this commemorative coin will go towards building awareness and enforcement to addressing the dangers facing rhinoceros.
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World & Ancient Coins January 2020 sales Surpass $17 Million at Heritage Auctions
The firm's results from New York International Numismatic Convention (NYCINC) and Florida United Numismatic (FUN) Convention set world records.
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Stack’s Bowers Auction at the 2020 New York International Numismatic Convention Realizes Nearly $5.8 Million Led by 1692 5 Guineas of William & Mary
An impressive sale with many numismatic world rarities demonstrated notable strength in world coins.
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The ANA and NGC to Launch ANA Registry
In a significant development, the ANA and NGC have announced that the two organizations will partner on a joint registry for collectors to manage their coin collections. Both PCGS and NGC coins will qualify for the sets and annual prizes will be awarded.
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A National Mint Dealing in Collector Coins? The Royal Mint Says Yes!
The Royal Mint announces the sale of an Edward VIII gold sovereign for 1 million Pounds sterling.
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NGC Registry Award Winners Announced at FUN Show
NGC announced their annual winners list for top honors in Registry Set categories at the FUN Show in Orlando last week. Over $20,000 in prizes were awarded for the top rare coin, token and paper money categories.
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Rare, Artistic 1911 Chinese Dollar Estimated at $500k+ to be Auctioned by Stack's Bowers at 2020 N.Y.I.N.C. Show
This very rare and desirable example of the 1911 Chinese Silver Long-Whisker Dragon Dollar is missing from most of the significant collections of Chinese coins, private or institutional, such as the famous Irving Goodman, Dr. Norman Jacobs and Chang foundation collections.
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Stack's Bowers Galleries to Sell the Most Extensive Offering of Colonial-Era Chilean 8 Reales in Nearly Three Decades at the 2020 N.Y.I.N.C.
Stack's Bowers Galleries will auction off the most extensive group of Spanish Colonial-Era Chilean 8 Reales in decades in their annual official auction at the 2020 New York International Numismatic Convention.
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The Secret to the FUN Show's Success
The annual F.U.N. show is a seminal event on the rare coin show calendar. Held the first week of the new year, the show -- now in its 65th year -- sets the tone for the year to follow with over 1500 coin dealers and 10,000 collectors in attendance.
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PCGS Announces Security Chip-Embedded Slabs To Protect Against Counterfeiting
PCGS has introduced NFC chips into some of their slabs as an anti-counterfeiting measure. The chips allows smart-phone users to tap a chip-enhanced slab to authenticate a slab and see details about the contents.
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NGC Grades 45 Million Coins
NGC has graded over 45 million certified coins since their founding in 1987. This amazing achievement includes many exciting rarities from very important U.S. coins to amazing Chinese rarities and issues from around the world.
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Jeff Garrett's 2019 Year in Review
The last quarter of the year is traditionally one of the slowest for the rare coin business. With few shows in December many companies set their sights set on the following year. This is especially true for mass-market rare coin companies.
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Great Britain Discovery: One of only two known surviving 1945 silver 3p coins surfaces
The "rarest British circulating coin in 200 years" has been certified as genuine by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®), the world’s largest third-party certification, grading and encapsulation service for rare and collectible coins.
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NGC-certified 1897 Szechuan Ferracute Pattern Set Realizes $1,020,000 at Auction
An 1897 Szechuan Ferracute Pattern Set certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) realized $1,020,000 at auction, an impressive figure that reflects the set’s extreme rarity and numismatic importance.
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Heritage Auctions Launches New Web Feature to Offer Higher-Quality Photographs of World and Ancient Coins in Internet Auctions
Heritage Auctions, the world’s leading coins auctioneer, has launched a new feature on its website that displays high-quality photographs of world and ancient coins taken by independent third-party grading companies whenever they are available for internet auction lots.
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Classic Coins Or Modern Coins? Which Are Better?
Are classic coins somehow more relevant than modern issues? The CDN editorial team debates the issue.