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Articles on May 8th, 2008

Pair of 1794 Dollars Lead Heritage’s May 2008 Long Beach Auction

Dallas, TX. A pair of 1794 silver dollars and three Continental dollars are among the rarities included in the catalog for the Official Auction of the May 2008 Long Beach Coin Expo. The auction, being held in California May 28-30, is now posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website.

Heritage Long Beach Auction Coins

Signature catalogs for the auctions of both U.S. and World Coins & Ancients have been posted.

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Man Sues Treasury Secretary, Wants More Presidential $1 Coins

Question in Presidential $1 CoinA Florida man has sued U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson with the goal of recognizing 10 men he says were president before George Washington. He wants Paulson to add these men into the Presidential $1 coin series.

Stanley L. Klos of Palm Beach, Florida would like everyone to know and recognize the men who were Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled—leaders after the Articles of Confederation were adopted in March of 1781 and prior to Washington’s presidency in 1789.

The men Klos speaks of are Samuel Huntington, Thomas McKean, John Hanson, Elias Boudinot, Thomas Mifflin, Richard Henry Lee, John Hancock, Nathanial Gorham, Arthur St. Clair and Cyrus Griffin. Men, he says and talks about in his book, President Who? Forgotten Founders, who not only held top positions in U.S. history, but signed national documents as the President.

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