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Hurricane Sandy: Help Those in Need

The Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo collected donations to benefit the American Red Cross.

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Expo Brink’s Driver Leads Rockaway Relief Effort

John Gavinonich, whom many Whitman Expo dealers will know from his many years of service as the principal Brink’s driver at the Expo, lead a relief effort on behalf of his hard-hit hometown, Rockaway Beach, New York. As the photograph indicates, and John reports, many of parts of the town become a wasteland, with power […]

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U.S. Mint’s Star-Spangled Banner Coins Promote National Pride

BALTIMORE (Sept. 27) – In March, the U.S. Mint launched the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins to honor the 200th Anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. Individuals who wish to remember and contribute to the bicentennial with the purchase of a commemorative coin can do so only through […]

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Star-Spangled 200 Gave Maryland Olympians More “Metal” at 2012 Event in Baltimore

Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin also will be used for coin toss at Ravens season home opener. Baltimore, MD (September 10, 2012) On the heels of their success in the London 2012 Olympic Games, Michael Phelps and other Olympic athletes from Maryland including Katie Ledecky of Bethesda and Suzanne Stettinius of Parkton will be presented with a […]

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Nearly 1000 Colonial Coins Crossed the Winter 2012 Block in Baltimore

In cooperation with the Colonial Coin Collectors Club, Stack’s Bowers offered almost one thousand colonial coins at the Whitman Baltimore Winter Expo. This special session took place on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 6pm. Included were the John “Jack” Royse Collection, the Legendary Ted L. Craige Collection, The Dan Friedus Collection of Vermont Coppers, The Rob […]

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Stack’s Bowers Galleries Presented The Official Auction Of The Whitman Baltimore 2012 Winter Expo

Stack’s Bowers Galleries, one of the world’s foremost auctioneers of rare coins and paper money, conducted the Official Auction of the November 2012 Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo. Held at the Baltimore Convention Center November 13–17, 2012, this exciting auction presented nearly 10,000 total lots, including more than 4,000 lots of U.S. coins and […]

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Stack’s Bowers Sells Nearly $11 Million

Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducted the Official Auction of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo on June 27-29, an impressive sale that realized $10,929,460! The auction featured coins from several major collections, including the Land of Smiles Collection of Liberty Nickels.

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Summer 2012 Whitman Baltimore Expo and Auction Were Hot

It wasn’t just the 100+ degree weather that was hot at this year’s Summer Whitman Baltimore Expo. Strong business, especially at the wholesale level and dazzling auction prices added to the heat.

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Cleopatra Visited 2012 Summer Expo

Ancients take center stage at the Summer Whitman Baltimore Expo today with a presentation by Professor Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones. “Faces of Cleopatra: Myths, Masks, Trademarks” is a part of the Ancient Numismatic Society of Washington, DC meeting (3pm Room 301).

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2012 Baltimore June Expo was Star-Spangled

Two of the most coveted United States coins and the Bicentennial of a war victory make the Whitman Baltimore June Expo seem especially star-spangled this year.

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