Collecting News

In all of American numismatics the gold dollar possesses a special charm. First minted in 1849, and very popular at the time, its production continued ....

On March 5, 2012, Gov. Martin O’Malley joined Sen. Ben Cardin, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Rep. John Sarbanes, and officials of the United States Navy, ....

The new 2013 (66th) edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins (known to collectors as the “Red Book”) is 16 pages longer than ....

The Federal Reserve Bank system began in 1913 and is headquartered in Washington D.C. It is represented throughout the United States by its 12 Federal ....

Did you know that today isn’t Presidents’ Day? The United States has never recognized at any time a Presidents’ Day. According to the federal government, ....

As the sun began to set on the ramparts of Battery Marshall that cold night of February 17, 1864, Confederate soldiers and curious onlookers watched ....

Bertha B.(Britton) Bressett, age 86, wife of Kenneth Bressett, died peacefully in the hospital February 12, after many years of coping with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). She was born ....

There is one type of love token that is historically interesting, sentimental, and very nostalgic. “Well,” you might say, “do not all love tokens fall onto that category?”The answer, of ....

Have you ever thought about building a collection based on your family tree? My numismatic family tree collection is based on the places my brothers, sister, and I have lived. ....

Most of us know about the various counterstamped Stone Mountain Half Dollars, those numbered pieces from many states such as Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Oklahoma, which were covered in ....

Stack’s Bowers Galleries announces that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4) to conduct an annual auction of Colonial coinage and related material. ....