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Numismatic Crime – Coin Theft in Georgia, Items Stolen in Mail

May 15, 2023 Numismatic Crime Information Center Leave a comment

Recent Numismatic Crime by Doug Davis – Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) …… Residential Theft in Georgia The Screven, GA Police Department is investigating a residential theft that resulted in the loss of the coins listed below: Lost/Stolen in Transit: UPS – Germany to New York A UPS package being shipped from […]

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Roger Burdette: A Cynical Use of U.S. Coins

May 10, 2023 Roger W. Burdette Leave a comment

By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ….. WARNING: This brief article contains language that is historically accurate but can be found offensive today. Pierce M. Butler, along with brother John, inherited a large Georgia rice plantation from their grandfather in 1822. This included 10,000 acres of rice and cotton land and almost 1,000 slaves. […]

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Popular and Rare 1882 Banknotes Feature in Stack’s Bowers US Paper Money Auction

August 3, 2022 Stack's Bowers Leave a comment

By Christopher Dahncke – Currency Auction Associate, Stack’s Bowers Galleries …… Superb Gem 1882 $20 Gold Certificate The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction from Stack’s Bowers Galleries features 659 lots in our live session of U.S. paper money, which will take place on Wednesday, August 24. One impressive note from the sale is lot 20343, […]

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Numismatic Crime – Suspects in Earlier Coin Theft Possibly Traveling

March 4, 2022 Numismatic Crime Information Center Leave a comment

By Doug Davis – Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) …… Lost/Stolen Packages – FedEx, UPS The following parcels have been reported lost/stolen: FedEx A package being sent from Bayside, New York to Gardner, Massachusetts has been reported lost/stolen in transit. The package contained five raw $20 gold pieces (dated 1891, 1899, 1904, […]

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Why the Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints Were Built – Part 2

February 4, 2022 PCGS Leave a comment

By Victor Bozarth for PCGS …… In part one of this series, I discussed the early European explorers who, despite numerous attempts, never located any gold in the United States. As we learned, from 1492 through 1799, there was no substantial gold find in the continental U.S. In part two, I am detailing the early […]

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Why the Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints Were Built – Part 1

January 26, 2022 PCGS Leave a comment

By Victor Bozarth for PCGS …… Despite being here for nearly 300 years, no quantifiable gold was ever located by early European explorers in the land that became the continental United States. Virtually all discovery missions to the New World by European powers in the 15th and 16th centuries were funded with the hope […]

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Exceptional Macon Georgia Red Seal Serial Number 1 Sheet in Stack’s Bowers ANA Auction

July 7, 2021 Stack's Bowers Leave a comment

By Manning Garrett – Paper Money Consultant, Stack’s Bowers …… The Stack’s Bowers Galleries official United States Currency auction for the ANA World’s Fair of Money will feature an uncut sheet of (4) Fr. 588 $5 1902 Red Seal Serial Number 1 Notes from the Citizens National Bank (Charter #8990) of Macon, Georgia, graded Choice […]

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Georgia American Innovation $1 Reverse Proof Coin on Sale Feb. 11

February 7, 2020 US Mint Leave a comment

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2019 American Innovation $1 Reverse Proof Coin honoring Georgia on February 11 at noon EST. The coin recognizes the Trustees’ Garden, established by James Oglethorpe in the early 1730s. The reverse of the coin depicts a hand planting seeds in the inscription “Trustees’ Garden”, from […]

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Georgia American Innovation $1 Coin Products on Sale Dec. 19

December 12, 2019 US Mint Leave a comment

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for products containing American Innovation™ $1 Coins honoring Georgia on December 19 at noon EST. The Uncirculated coins are produced at the Mint’s Philadelphia and Denver facilities. Available product options are as follows: The Georgia American Innovation $1 Coin is the fourth and final coin in this […]

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Georgia Innovation Dollar Rounds Out 2019

December 6, 2019 Numismatic News Staff Leave a comment

The last American Innovation dollar coin issued in 2019 is also the final product scheduled to go on sale from the Mint this year. Bags and rolls of the dollar commemorating the state of Georgia and its Trustees’ Garden will be available Dec. 19 at noon EST

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1861-D half eagle history shrouded in mystery

October 16, 2018 Numismatic News Staff Leave a comment

As control of the Dahlonega Mint moved from the United States to the state of Georgia to the Confederate States of America in the early days of the Civil War, questions remain on how many 1861-D half eagles were struck and under what authority. (Images courtesy www.usacoinbook

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CoinWeek News Wire for July 7, 2017: Hamilton, Silver Eagles, Metal Detecting…

July 7, 2017 CoinWeek Leave a comment

By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for June 30, 2017: Hamilton, Silver Eagles, Metal Detecting… Brain Food 1.) What Happened When Hamilton Lost the Mint When Hamilton first began studying and reporting on the need for a mint, he and Jefferson were still civil, if not close friends. Politics and rivalry soon divided them, which was […]

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