Tokens, medals, coins, and paper money depicting George Washington are a very important numismatic specialty today, with several books on the subject of Washington tokens and other coins with his portrait.
A Major Exhibit at the Whitman Baltimore Expo from the Liberty Seated Collectors Club
The Liberty Seated Collectors Club is pleased to display a major exhibit at the Whitman Baltimore Expo, October 25-27, at Booth #913. Newly-uncovered artifacts from the family of Chief Engraver William Barber (designer of the Trade Dollar and Double Dime – twenty-cent piece) will be on display. This remarkable exhibit includes: Presidential proclamation naming William […]
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Whitman Author Jeff Garrett Honored for Best Numismatic Investment Book of 2018
Whitman author and noted numismatist Jeff Garrett has received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s annual award for Best Numismatic Investment Book for his work, Silver: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Today.
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Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Joel. R. Anderson Collection Part II Auction Realizes Nearly $10 Million for 70 Lots of United States Paper Money
Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 16 offering of Part II of the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money in Philadelphia, achieved nearly $10 million as a room full of enthusiasts vied with online bidders to take home unique, extremely rare and finest known pieces, as well as type notes in incredible condition. In […]
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Q. David Bowers on Enjoying the Guide Book
Ever since its launching in 1946 (with a 1947 cover date) A Guide Book of United States Coins has been the primary source of information relating to coin prices in different grade categories as well as other information such as historical notes and mintage.
Whitman and Q. David Bowers Shine A Spotlight On American Civil War tokens
Described as “a modern-day classic in American Numismatics”, Q. David Bowers’ Guide Book of Civil War Tokens is “not only broader than heretofore undertaken by any other author, it is also deeper in both its historical and economic references.” The venerable Dr. George J. Fuld, too, weighed in, nearly 70 years after he first learned of Civil War […]
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Q. David Bowers Researches World Fairs
In the course of writing a forthcoming Whitman Book on American Postcards, legendary numismatist Q. David Bowers dives into world’s fairs and expositions, many of which issued tokens, medals, and commemorative coins.
John and Nancy Wilson: Red Book Recollections
Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins, also known as the Red Book, now in its 72nd edition, has a long and storied history. Noted numismatists John and Nancy Wilson share their thoughts.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries to Feature the Archangel Collection of Colonial and 1792 Coinage in their October Baltimore Auction
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce the Archangel Collection of Colonial and 1792 Coinage as a featured highlight of their October 2018 Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo in Baltimore. Comprising a comprehensive type set of early American and related issues, the cabinet showcases some of the greatest rarities of the […]
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Stack’s Bowers Whitman Expo Auction Top Five
Even before their two internet auctions concluded, the Stack’s Bowers Official Auction of the Whitman Baltimore Spring Expo brought it $4.7 million, sales which included a rare Paquet 1861-S.