Hi all! It’s a warm, rainy autumn day here in New York City, over 70 degrees! It’s hard to believe that it’s nearly November. As the holidays approach (where did October go?), we are busier than ever, preparing our two signature January auctions: our International Sale that will be held on Monday, January 10, and [...]

Once again, the grading world is on fire, this time with the new PCGS “+” grade designation, the latest assurance that your coin is better than average for the assigned grade. The new “+” designation adds an extra measure of security, especially when the cost difference can vary so widely between grades. With a nice [...]

The coin market remains alive and well—indeed healthy and dynamic. Choice coins, tokens, medals, and paper money are easier for us to sell than to buy! This is remarkable, considering the confused state of the national and world economy! I guess there is comfort in owning precious things. From what I have read, nice things [...]

Last week, Stack’s conducted its second Coin Galleries sale of the year, a Mail and Internet Bid auction that encompassed everything from Ancient, World, and U.S. Coins to Paper Money, World and U.S. Medals and Tokens. Selections from many important collections were featured in this sale, including pieces from the Q. David Bowers Collection, the [...]

Please join us on November 2-3, 2010 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary by selling over 2,500 lots of U.S. coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. Stack’s has proudly served the numismatic community since 1935, and since then Stack’s has conducted over 800 auctions! Tradition has [...]

Welcome to this edition of my Market Notes. Activity continues to be strong most areas in the numismatic market. Some niches such as tokens, medals, and obsolete paper money are hot! Who would have ever thought this a few years ago? Of course, basic United States coins are active as well, with collector buying being [...]

Our 75th Anniversary sale is on the horizon (November 2-3) in Baltimore showcasing an old time collection of Proof sets that have been in a private cabinet for decades—sure to be a crowd pleaser. Dave and I will be on deck at the sale and, after the sale, at the Whitman Coin Expo on Thursday [...]

United States obsolete bank notes often reveal themselves in many different ways. Most visibly apparent for many collectors are the vignettes used and their underlying purposes. Many obsolete banks used vignettes they selected from an established catalogue owned by the engraving firm and used stock designs already on hand for a particular note or series [...]

Hello Everyone! It’s a beautiful fall day here in New Hampshire and the phones have been ringing off the hook with orders from our latest edition of the Numismatic Sun. If you see something of interest don’t hesitate to call! Most of the items are unique so if you take a day or two to [...]

In my “Joys of Collecting” column in Coin World, July 12th, I wrote about the graying of the hobby, and I recently treated the subject in my column in The Numismatist as well. My thesis was that in the 1950s when I started collecting, soon becoming a small dealer, teenagers and people in their twenties [...]