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CoinWeek August 17-23, 2009



August 31, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

What’s New on CoinLink ……..

ANA Executive Director Larry Shepherd announced Heritage Auction Galleries will be the official auctioneer for the two 2010 American Numismatic Association shows, the Boston World’s Fair of Money® and the Fort Worth National Money Show™.

On July 30, Stack’s held its Treasures from the S.S. New York sale in Beverly Hills, California, where we sold over $6.5 million worth of U.S., Ancient, and World coins, U.S. and World paper money, and items recovered from the wreck of the S.S. New York.

The United States Mint will open sales for rolls of James K. Polk Presidential $1 Coins on August 20, 2009.

A Newly Found 1792 Washington Pattern Cent to be Offered for Sale by Heritage as part of their Long Beach Auction next month. The prior provenance is unknown, but it is from an old-time numismatic holding and has been off the market for decades, and is a new specimen to the current numismatic generation.

The Perth Mint has unveiled it’s 2010 Australian Bullion Coin Program. These pure gold and silver coins are actives sought after by both investors and collectors.

Wayne Sayles discusses a recent article by Saving Antiquities For Everyone (SAFE), an advocacy group for archaeologists and Nationalists. But, did they tell the whole story? Well, not according to Sayles.

Bowers and Merena Auctions conducted the official American Numismatic Association Auction last week at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Teletrade Certified Coin & Currency Auctions, served as the official online auctioneer for the show Together they realized a total in excess of $15 million.

The incredible Quartermaster Collection, containing many of Australia’s most valuable and highest quality gold coins, was sold on 4th of June 2009. Featuring many of Australia’s rarest coins, the 344 lot auction realized $10,269,084 Australian Dollars ( or $8.397 Million US ).

Paul Montgomery is the new President of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) for the 2009 – 2011 term. His selection was made by the newly-elected PNG Board of Directors at a meeting in Los Angeles on August 3, 2009.

Bowers and Merena Auctions returns to Baltimore, Md., for the Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo scheduled for November 10-14, 2009. The auction will feature the collection of U.S. and world coins assembled by one of America’s most renowned numismatic collectors, Dr. Alfred R. Globus.

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of – Coin News Daily – providing short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

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