A unique American silver medal depicting the presentation of the Declaration of Independence set a new record during Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC’s November 3 and 4 Treasure Auction 32. The live online and floor auction was itself a record sale for the firm with over $4.27 million sold across 1,622 lots. The large Proof silver […]
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By David Hill for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …… Charles Ira Bushnell had one of the top two or three coin collections in the United States in the 19th century. He famously sparred with Augustus Sage, the teenage co-founder of the American Numismatic Society, in the pages of the New-York Dispatch, and Sage later put […]
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By David Hill for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …… A couple of months ago, friend and fellow numismatic researcher Joel Orosz sent me a news clipping containing a piece of information he found puzzling. I was astounded when I saw it and immediately started researching the topic myself, uncovering a second nugget. But that was […]
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