Rare Gold Coins under $5,000 Each, Pt. 10: Very Rare Liberty Head Quarter Eagles
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #337
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds .....
Liberty Head quarter eagles...
CoinWeek News Wire for December 30, 2016
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CoinWeek News Wire for December 30, 2016
Brain Food
1.) The medal detective
Few things mean as much to soldiers as their medals. But if...
CoinWeek News Wire for December 1, 2017: Take a Knee, Not Elon, the Red...
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CoinWeek News Wire for December 1, 2017
Brain Food
1.) Vasilopita – An Important Greek Celebration for New Year
Vasilopita literally means St. Basil’s Cake,...
Letters by Legendary Colonial Coin Forger Thomas Wyatt Offered at ANA
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are proud to announce that they will be displaying for sale at this week’s American Numismatic Association (ANA)...
Kolbe & Fanning Publish American Paper Money Catalogue
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce the availability of our July fixed-price catalogue, featuring rare and desirable works on American paper...
First Read: Howland Wood’s The Commemorative Coinage of the United States
First Read, a CoinWeek continuing series of essays about classic and contemporary works of numismatic literature…
Essay by David Provost for CoinWeek....
Numismatic Notes & Monographs,...
George F. Kolbe Numismatic Library to be Sold in October
The personal library formed by numismatic bookseller George F. Kolbe will be sold at auction on Saturday, October 26, 2019. The sale will be...
Numismatic Literature of North America Auction April 27
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers announces our Sale 152, which will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019. The 441-lot sale is entirely devoted...
First Read: Two Morgan Dollar Books
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek….
First Read, a CoinWeek continuing series of essays about classic and contemporary works of numismatic literature....
Carson City...
Extraordinary Volume of Early Coin Sales From Library of John W. Adams at K&F...
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are selling highlights from the exceptional numismatic library formed by well-known collector John W. Adams as part of their...
Vintage Numismatic Books – U.S. Coin Values and Lists by C. H. Shinkle
Photo Credit: American Numismatic Association; CoinWeek
By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....
The numismatic hobby at the turn of the 20th century was much different than...
KOLBE & FANNING TO OFFER MARGO RUSSELL LIBRARY
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce that we will be offering the numismatic libraries of Margo Russell and Raymond Hale, along...
CoinWeek News Wire for June 3, 2016
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CoinWeek News Wire for June 3, 2016
Brain Food
1.) Sizing up U.S. coin currency
QUESTION: Why are dimes smaller than other coins?
2.) Coins on...
Books About Gunmoney, Ancient Chinese Coins Among New Arrivals at Kolbe & Fanning
The following are a few highlights from among the books just in at Kolbe & Fanning:
MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN COINAGE. 8 BRITAIN AND IRELAND C. 400–1066
The...
Kolbe & Fanning Offers 20% off Web Books Limited Time Only
By CoinWeek....
Starting Sunday, October 11 and running through Tuesday, October 13, Kolbe & Fanning Booksellers is offering a 20% discount on all online purchases....
New Standard Work on Coins of Queen Isabel II of Spain Now Available
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are proud to announce the availability of Pat O’Connor’s new book The Coins of Queen Isabel II of Spain:...
George F. Kolbe Library Sale of Numismatic Books Saturday, October 26
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers will be offering for sale at auction the personal library formed by numismatic bookseller George F. Kolbe on Saturday,...
CoinWeek Podcast #86: Patrick O’Connor on the Coinage of Isabella II – Audio
CoinWeek Podcast #86: Patrick O'Connor on the Coinage of Isabella II - Audio
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or...
Italo Vecchi Receives IAPN Book Award for “Italian Cast Coinage”. VIDEO: 10:17
Arne Kirsch, President, International Association of Professional Numismatists
Chris Martin, President, British Numismatic Trade Association........
Well known European numismatist Italo Vecchi received the coveted IAPN Book...
More Highlights From the Jan. 26 Kolbe & Fanning Book Auction
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are conducting our 151st book auctions of numismatic literature, which will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2019. The...
Highlights of the Kolbe & Fanning January 26 Numismatic Book Sale
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers announce our Sale 151, which will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2019. The 500-lot sale covers ancient, foreign...
Kolbe & Fanning Offer Thian Album of Confederate Currency
Online Catalogue Now Available for Bidding
The catalogue for Kolbe & Fanning’s 2017 New York Book Auction has been posted to the firm’s online bidding...
Kolbe & Fanning NY Book Auction Bidding Instructions
Kolbe & Fanning are looking forward to our 2017 New York Book Auction, which will take place on Saturday, January 14, 2016, beginning at...
Kolbe & Fanning Release Portfolio Edition of Thian’s Book on Confederate Treasury Notes
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers have announced the publication of Thian’s Masterpiece and the Early Literature of Confederate Paper Money, by David F. Fanning....
Highlights From John W. Adams Library to be Sold July 14: Kolbe & Fanning
The Adams Library Include Exceptional Runs of Classic American Auction Catalogues
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are celebrating our 150th Auction by offering highlights of the...
CoinWeek News Wire for October 7, 2016
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CoinWeek News Wire for October 7, 2016
Brain Food
1.) ANA Unveils Treasures In Your Pocket
In 2014 a collector discovered a 1969-S Lincoln cent in...
New Books: History of Ottoman Coins Vol. 6
OTTOMAN SULTANS - Suleyman II - Ahmed II - Mustafa II - Ahmed III - Mahmud I
From the end of the sixteenth century onwards,...
10 Selections from the New Kolbe & Fanning Fixed Price Book You Have to...
by Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek...
At CoinWeek, we love numismatic literature.
This is why, when we saw the new Kolbe & Fanning Fixed...
Kolbe & Fanning Sale 143: New Online and Mail Bid Sale October 21-22
Kolbe & Fanning are pleased to announce that our 143rd sale of important numismatic literature will be held on October 21 and 22, 2016....
Kolbe & Fanning to Auction Margo Russell Collection of Books. VIDEO: 7:52.
On Saturday, August 22, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers will offer up a treasure-trove of rare and important numismatic books, periodicals, and ephemera. One...