Did you know Stack's Bowers Galleries Founder Dave Bowers has appeared on the NBC Today Show multiple times, the first being in 1958 when he told the story of how he and his partner, Jim Ruddy, paid the remarkable sum of $4,750 for "one thin dime." It was an 1894-S, today worth over a million dollars.
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By Andrew Bowers, Store Manager & Buyer
Our last post was about an impressive New York
Assay gold bar that was brought into our store New York City store and was
consigned to our March Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles
Baltimore Expo.
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By Q. David Bowers, Founder
One of the enjoyable
things I do each year as research director for Whitman Publishing Company (my
other hat, next to my Stack’s Bowers Galleries cap) is to help update the Guide
Book of United States Coins.
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By James McCartney, Numismatist & Cataloger
The
Matte Proof Indian quarter eagles and half eagles of the early 20th century
occupy a special niche in United States numismatics. The innovative sunken-relief
design (courtesy of collaboration between Bella Lyon Pratt and William Sturgis)
certainly captured the attention of the contemporary public, but the bold matte
finish also set these coins apart from the norm.
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By Chris Chatigny, Numismatist & Cataloger
Our inaugural preview
of the upcoming Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio April Hong Kong Showcase Auction is
a vintage Chinese coin that always performs well at auction; the Reversed
Dragon Pattern Dollar. The Central Mint in Tientsin – operated by the Board of
Revenue in Peking – minted a multitude of coinage types in the later portion of
the Empire in an attempt to unify the currency system of China.
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By Q. David Bowers, Founder
Second Finest Known! The 1804 silver dollar is
the very definition of the icon of American numismatics. For over 150
years more has been written about this rarity than for the next several
combined!
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