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Why the Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints Were Built – Part 2

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

  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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Stack’s Bowers Offering Newly Discovered Minneapolis 1918 $500 Federal Reserve Note

By Christopher Dahncke – Currency Auction Associate, Stack’s Bowers Galleries …… The November 2021 United States Currency Auction from Stack’s Bowers Galleries is now available for viewing and bidding. One notable offering is lot 20067, a Fr. 1132-I 1918 $500 Federal Reserve Note from the Minneapolis district graded About Uncirculated 50 by PCGS Banknote. It […]

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