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Stack's Bowers Galleries
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The Stack’s Bowers team is headed to the American
Numismatic Association’s National Money Show, in Orlando, Florida from March
9-11, 2017. If you are an ANA member, admission is free.
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Stack's Bower Galleries
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By Andrew Bowers, Sales Manager
In addition to handling coins every day, we do
quite a bit with paper money here at the store as well. Shown is a small group
that we purchased today from a new client. We were able to make an offer that
exceeded expectations.
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Did you know that Stack’s
Bowers Galleries now offers pricing information and population reports for our
U.S. coin auction lots? Log in to your
Stack’s Bowers account, click on an auction lot to go to the lot detail page
and scroll down for past Stack’s Bowers auction prices realized, pricing guide
information, PCGS, NGC and CAC Population guides. We hope this service provides as much
information as possible to help you make informed bidding decisions. Happy bidding!
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Stack's Bowers Galleries
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By Q. David Bowers, Founder
"FUGIO" is the inscription on Continental dollars of 1776 and the Fugio copper cents of 1787—referring to the rapid passage of time. Tempus fugit, "time flies," is better known to non-numismatists.
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By Aris Maragoudakis, Currency Specialist
In our upcoming April 2017 Hong Kong Auction, we
are pleased to offer a Bank of China 1912 Provisional One Dollar Note. It
features Bank of China overprints on Ta Ching Government Bank P-A77. This rare
overprinted Bank of China type is the first we have handled for the catalog
number, regardless of issuing branch.
Author:
Aris Maragoudakis
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By James McCartney, Numismatist & Cataloger
Lot 3133 in our
Rarities Night Session of our March 2017 Baltimore Auction will spotlight a
gorgeous MS-60 (PCGS) CAC example of the 1852-O double eagle, struck just two
years after the introduction of the denomination to American commerce.
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By Chris Chatigny, Numismatist & Cataloger
In preparation for the Stack’s Bowers and
Ponterio April Hong Kong auction, this week we offer a preview of a limited mintage Chinese gold coin. This piece commemorates the birth of the founder of
modern Communist China, Mao Zedong.
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