During the Stack’s Bowers auction of The Joel R. Anderson Collection, a rare 1863 $1000 bill sold for $960,000, one of only two known to be owned privately.
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Celebrate Ken Bressett and the Red Book at the 2018 Whitman Baltimore Coin and Collectibles Expo!
If you’re going to the Baltimore Spring Expo this week, make sure you stop by the Whitman Publishing booth. Giveaways and other celebrations are planned year-round at all three Expos (March, June, and October) in honor of longtime Red Book editor Kenneth Bressett.
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Stack’s Bowers is with us in Baltimore!
We are so excited to have Stack’s Bowers Galleries with us again in Baltimore for the Official Auction of the Whitman Expo! Continue reading
Stack’s Bowers to offer “Exceedingly Rare” 1958 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent At the Whitman Baltimore Spring Expo
At our upcoming Whitman Spring Expo, Stack’s Bowers Galleries will offer a gorgeous 1958 Doubled Die Obverse FS-101 Lincoln cent in their Official Auction, one of just three known examples. Continue reading
Whitman Author Dennis Tucker Receives Numismatic Ambassador Award
In 1974, Krause Publications and Numismatic News handed out the first “Numismatic Ambassador” award. Whitman author and noted numismatist Dennis Tucker is one of the latest recipient of this honor, which he recently received from Florida United Numismatists.
Whitman’s Search & Save Features U.S. Half Dollars
The sixth volume in Whitman Publishing’s library of collector book-albums is Search & Save: Half Dollars, is available now for $9.95 retail from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide as well as online. Continue reading
Q. David Bowers Launches New Weekly Column at Coin Update News
Numismatic legend and Whitman author Q. David Bowers has embarked upon a new weekly column at Coin Update News and Mint News Blog.
Collecting Affordable Foreign Coins of the Colonial Era
Many wonderful numismatic clubs and organizations hold meetings at the Whitman Baltimore Expo, including the Colonial Coin Collector’s Club (C4). The Expo has great opportunities to collect and learn more about colonial coins!
Whitman’s Guide Book of Southern State Currency
In the Guide Book of Southern State Currency, paper currency expert Hugh Shull presents an authoritative guide to the state-issued money of the South, from the pre-Civil War era through the war years, and into the late 1800’s.
The Finest Known Rosie Collection 1959 Franklin Half Dollar is coming to Baltimore
Stack’s Bowers Galleries has concluded another successful auction at the Whitman Baltimore Expo, and they’re looking ahead to the Spring Expo in March. As are we!