Scarce “Triple Sig” Series 1882 $50 Gold Certificate Found in Old Book
1882 $50 Gold Certificate, PCGS Very Fine 30
By Cory Williams for PCGS ......
Recently, PCGS Banknote had this beautiful Gold Certificate come through the grading...
Nearly $400,000 For Del Monte-Stickered $20 Bill Sets World Record at Heritage Auction
Collectors broke out into a bidding war the evening of January 22 and pushed the auction price of a $20 bill featuring a Del...
The Stories Are Free: 10 Story Coins and Notes You Can Buy Cheap
By David Schwager for CoinWeek .....
Stories sell.
Any collector knows that a good story adds to an item’s value. The stories themselves, however, cost nothing....
How Paper Currency Has Changed in Our Lifetimes
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek.com .....
Take a look at the paper currency you’re carrying around and think back several years. You’ll probably notice that...
A $10,000 Bill Sets $384,000 World Record at Heritage Auctions
Bill is now world’s most valuable ‘small-size’ note
A 1934 U.S. banknote set the world record for the most valuable type of its kind sold...
The Civil War and the National Banking System – The Birth of National Bank...
By Kevin Foley for CoinWeek....
On the eve of the Civil War in 1861, the financial and banking system in the United States bore little...
PCGS Announces NFC Technology Included in All Coin, Currency Holders
Professional Coin Grading Service leads numismatic hobby with a massive leap forward in anti-counterfeiting technology
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has announced that it will...
PCGS Banknote Grades Ultra-Rare $1,000 Grand Watermelon Note
The 1890 $1,000 Grand Watermelon was the first banknote to cross the million-dollar threshold at auction
The finest known example of the ultra-rare 1890 $1,000...
PCGS Grades Finest Example of Ultra-Rare 1890 Grand Watermelon Note
By Cory Williams for PCGS ......
PCGS Banknote is very pleased to have recently graded the ultra-rare 1890 $1,000 Grand Watermelon Treasury Note, and at...
Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation’s Collective Memory
By Heinz Tschachler .....
When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus first landing on...
US Paper Money & Scrip – Military Payment Certificates
MPCs are growing in popularity and can offer the new collector an easy and fun way to learn about numismatics
US large & small size...
A Closer Look at the Series of 1918 $2 Battleship Note
By Cory Williams for PCGS ......
Back of Series of 1918 "Battleship Note" $2 Federal Reserve Bank Note, courtesy of Heritage Auctions
While the terminology sounds...
Running Antelope and the 1899 $5 Silver Certificate
By Christopher Bulfinch for CoinWeek .....
(Editor's note: The following article contains words and images that some collectors may find offensive. They are presented here...
One-of-a-Kind Error Coins of Don Bonser Collection, Small Size Notes in Heritage Auctions
When coins are manufactured, things don't necessarily go as planned, and the results can be both very intriguing and highly collectible.
The Don Bonser Collection...
PMG Certifies World’s Greatest Collection of National Bank Notes
Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) has announced that it recently certified the extraordinary collection of National Bank Notes assembled by Andrew Shiva, one of the...
Notable Notes: The “Lincoln Porthole” $5 Silver Certificate
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......
This article marks the debut of a new regular segment called “Notable Notes”, in which we profile a particularly...
A Closer Look at the Series of 1896 $2 Silver Certificate
By Cory Williams for PCGS ......
The Series of 1896 Silver Certificates are referred to as the “Educational Series” in the hobby due to the...
PMG Certifies the ‘Holy Grail’ of Uncut Currency
Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) recently certified a group of seven of the greatest uncut sheets of US banknotes in existence. The seven sheets highlight...
Paper Money – Whatever Happened to North Korean Counterfeit U.S. $100 Bills?
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for Coinweek .......
A long-running counterfeit currency saga, one that originated in North Korea during the 1970s and affected countless people in...
THE UNDERCOVER COLLECTIBLE – 50 YEARS OF SMALL-SIZED $1 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES
By Al Doyle for CoinWeek .....
Why be sneaky and come up with all kinds of tricks to hide an item when the same thing can be achieved in...
Newly Discovered Santa Maria, CA Serial Number 1 Red Seal Offered in Stack’s Bowers...
New Santa Maria Note Added to Sale
By Brad Ciociola - Currency Specialist, Stack's Bowers ......
Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to feature in our Official...
A Closer Look at the Series of 1869 $1 “Rainbow Note”
By Cory Williams for PCGS ......
1869 $1 Legal Tender Rainbow Note, courtesy of Heritage Auctions
The Series of 1869 United States Notes, dubbed “Legal Tenders”...
Nearly $20 Million in United States Coins and Paper Money Sold in Stack’s Bowers...
The Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2020 Showcase Auction was highlighted by several historic collections that were brought to market for the first time in...
The 2000 United States Millennium Coinage & Currency Set Turns 20
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......
The anticipation surrounding the dawning of the new millennium had been building for many years by the time calendars...
The Making of History: The Silver Certificates of the Educational Series, Part 1
By Jay H. Recher - Paper Money Guaranty Corporation ......
The first part of a two-part article discussing the three notes that make up the...
Rare Treasury Notes From Karelian Collection at Stack’s Bowers March Auction
By Brad Ciociola - Currency Specialist, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......
Extremely Rare Rosecrans Nebeker 1891 $50 Treasury Note
The Stack’s Bowers Galleries March 2021 United States...
Paper Money Collecting – Forming a Basic Rare Currency Library
By Kevin Foley,
Special Contributor to CoinWeek....
I’m pleased to be joining Coin Week as a contributor, providing views and commentary about rare currency and paper...
$20 Bill Changes Since 1976: CoinWeek Streaming News
CoinWeek Streaming News is brought to you by NGC. For information about NGC’s current grading specials and services, as well as to look up certs,...
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auctions 9 of Top 10 United States Banknotes in 2020
Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctioned nine of the top 10 highest-priced examples of US paper money to cross the block in 2020, extending a trend...
Error Is Human, Pt. 1: Certifiable U.S. Paper Money Errors
Part I of a two part series discussing the US errors that Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) will recognize, grade and encapsulate.
By Jay H. Recher...