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Legendary 1936 Canadian Dot Cent brings $402,500

Legendary 1936 Canadian Dot Cent brings $402,500 to lead Heritage Auctions $11 million+ NYINC World Coin Auction
The Canadiana Collection dominates auction action at The Waldorf Astoria, Jan. 3-4, 2010
NEW YORK — Heritage Auctions’ World Coins division kicked off 2010 with a bang over the New Year’s weekend at the Waldorf Astoria [...]

$18.4 million sold at Heritage Long Beach numismatic auction

he last numismatic blast of the summer of 2009 went off with an $18.4 million flourish in Heritage Auctions’ combined Long Beach U.S. Coin, Currency and World Coin events, Sept. 10-13. The successful trio of auctions further heartened erudite collectors as the world reflects on a year ago as financial markets buckled. U.S. Coins saw solid results with a total of more than $9.4 million, while U.S. Currency’s strong showing amounted to more than $5.7 total, and World Coins continued its robust climb with more than $3.2 million in prices realized.

United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program Announced

WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today announced the nation will honor 56 national sites to be honored through the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program.  In 2010, the first year of the program, the agency will mint commemorative quarter-dollar coins honoring the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in  California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.  

Saint-Gaudens Low-Relief Double Eagles 1907-33

United States coinage has never been more beautiful than it was in the early years of the 20th century. The Buffalo nickel . . . the Mercury dime . . . the Standing Liberty quarter . . . the Walking Liberty half dollar—these were among the aesthetically stunning coins that made their first appearance and [...]

Barber Quarter Dollars 1892-1916 Coin Guide

In the last decade of the 19th century the United States was in the throes of transition. Economic depression raged. Unionism was defining its relationship both to management and to its own membership. Industrialist J.P. [...]