Coin Show News

1870 $100 National Gold Note Highlights Currency in Official ANA Auction - Wed, 01 Jul 2009
More than 500 U.S. and world bank notes will be offered in the Official Auction of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions at the Los Angeles Convention Center and online, August 2 – 8, 2009. One of the many highlights is an 1870 $100 Gold National Bank Note, [...]

THE BALTIMORE SUMMER SHOW - Legend Market Report - Mon, 15 Jun 2009
By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics Well its not really the summer just yet, but by the way this show was you’d think it was the middle of July! As always, we have nothing but great things to say about Mary Counts and David Chrenshaw (of Whitman Publishing) and staff for unquestionably putting together a great show. [...]

The May Long Beach Show: A Report - Tue, 02 Jun 2009
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com I have generally sworn off writing show reports as, to be honest, they are as boring for me to write as they are for you to read. At this point, I figured I’d do reports on the Big Two shows (FUN and ANA) and leave the other reports to my fellow [...]

THE 2009 SUMMER LONG BEACH SHOW - Legend Market Report - Mon, 01 Jun 2009
By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics Long Beach is a funny kind of show. The past few years we have been complaining how the show is dying-and that was during one of the strongest and longest bull markets we have ever experienced. Today, with a clearly weaker market, the show is starting to thrive again. Even [...]

Gold Seminar, Superb Morgan Dollars at May 2009 Long Beach Expo - Tue, 19 May 2009
Award-winning numismatic author Scott Travers and veteran financial journalist Jim Kingsland will present a detailed, three-hour public educational forum about buying and selling gold on Saturday, May 30, 2009, during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo in the Long Beach, California Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave., May 28 to 30. Visitors to the [...]

‘King of Coins’ leads $45 million Heritage CSNS Auctions in Cincinnati - Tue, 05 May 2009
Adams-Carter 1804 Class III $1 brings $2.3 million; post-auctions totals continue to climb DALLAS, TX – At the end Heritage Auction Galleries’ Central States Numismatic Society Convention Platinum Night Auction on Thursday, April 30, the Adams-Carter specimen of the Class III AU 58 PCGS 1804 silver dollar lived up to its billing as “The King of [...]

Chicago International Coin Fair Starts Today - Thu, 23 Apr 2009
The 34th Chicago International Coin Fair gets underway this week at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont Ill. April 23-26, 2009. Ponterio & Associates, Inc., a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will offer almost 3000 lots featuring an exceptional selection of world coins and currency hailing from Russia, China, Mexico, Cuba, Australia, Latin America [...]

PNG Modern Coins Seminar at CSNS Convention - Wed, 22 Apr 2009
The Professional Numismatists Guild will host a free “PNG Share the Knowledge” educational seminar about modern coins during the 70th annual Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) convention. Scott Schechter, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Certified Collectibles Group, will present “Modern Coins – Everything You Need to Know” at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May [...]

THE MARCH BALTIMORE SHOW - Sun, 29 Mar 2009
The Legend Market Report by Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics BALTIMORE IS THE BEST COMMERICAL COIN SHOW THAT EXISTS! There are NO challengers (on a major coin show level). Even in its hey day, Long Beach never came close to how well run this show is. Mary Counts, Dave Crenshaw, and crew do an unbelievable job. And [...]

BOWERS AND MERENA SHOWCASES TWO EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIONS IN BALTIMORE - Mon, 23 Mar 2009
Bowers and Merena’s Official Auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention in March Includes Choice AU 1870-CC Double Eagle as Part of the Southerly Collection IRVINE, Calif. – Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, makes its first trip to Baltimore in 2009 for the Official Auction of the Baltimore [...]