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Rare Unusual Chinese Banknotes Offered in Stack’s Bowers Hong Kong Auction

By Christopher Dahncke – Currency Auction Associate, Stack’s Bowers Galleries …… Cloth 1933 1 Yuan – Szechuan-Shensi Provincial Soviet Workers and Farmers Bank The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Fall Hong Kong Auction should be an impressive sale. One standout note is lot 40579, a P-S3243b 1933 1 Yuan from the Szechuan-Shensi Provincial Workers & Farmers Bank […]

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The Roosevelt Dime – A Fitting Tribute, But Not Without Controversy

By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek ….. Most circulating United States coins have received both scrutiny and some negative press when first issued. The first 1793 cents were denounced for their Chain reverse, adapted from the earlier Fugio cents but held to be a poorly chosen symbol for its Liberty head obverse. John Reich’s buxom […]

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