Category Archives: Louisiana

Rare ‘Watermelon’ $100 Note in Heritage CSNS Currency Sale

One of the banknotes that are among the most popular with collectors will offer a savory treat to its next owner, after it is sold in Heritage Auctions’ CSNS Currency Signature Auction May 3-5. The Fr. 377 $100 1890 Treasury Note PCGS Banknote About Unc 50 Details is known as the “Watermelon $100” because of […]

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United States Mint Opens Sales for Louisiana American Innovation $1 Coin Products April 10

The United States Mint will open sales for rolls and bags containing the second American Innovation $1 Coin of 2023 on April 10 at noon EDT. The reverse design of the coins in these products honors innovation from the State of Louisiana. The following packaging options from the Mint’s facilities in Philadelphia and Denver will […]

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French Coins in America or French American Coins? And Which America?

By Jérôme Jambu (Visiting Professor, Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics) for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …… As American numismatists and collectors of the colonial period know, it is difficult to differentiate coins of the Kingdom of France sent to America from those produced specifically for this region. It is equally difficult to […]

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Numismatic Crime – Coins and Currency Stolen From Mail

By Doug Davis – Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) …… USPS: Coins Stolen in Transit – California to Louisiana On May 16, 2022, a package was sent Priority Express mail from California to Hammond, Louisiana. On May 18, 2022, the package was delivered to the recipient with the package cut open, re-taped, […]

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2022 Could Be “Year of Sound Money” in States

By Jp Cortez – Money Metals Exchange …… Last year was a good year for state-level sound money legislation across the United States. 2022 could be even better. Building on the success enjoyed by sound money advocates in Arkansas and Ohio last year, more than a half dozen states are now considering legislation that rolls […]

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United States 1861-O Seated Liberty Half Dollar

By Dan Duncan – Pinnacle-Rarities …… Description The 1861 half dollars from the New Orleans Mint have the distinction of being the only issue in U.S. numismatics struck under the authority of three different authorities. At the time, all working dies were prepared in Philadelphia and distributed to the branch mints as no tooling or […]

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Newly discovered note with 14000-charter number

By Peter Huntoon
Cory Williams, who logs notes into the National Currency Foundation census, alerted me to this newly discovered note with a 14000-charter number from a previously unreported bank. Any time one of these discoveries comes along, it creates excitement.

A very popular pursuit by collectors for as long as I have been around is to obtain a note from all the issuing 14000-charter numbered banks

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