U.S. Coin and Currency Sales Exceed $7 Million, Including Record-setting Sale of 1901-S Barber Quarter

IRVINE, Calif. — Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, continues its long-standing and successful partnership with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.

As Official Auctioneer of the March 2010 expo, Bowers and Merena realized more than $8.5 million in U.S. and foreign, coin and currency sales.

Prices realized for U.S. coins exceeded $5.5 million while U.S. currency accounted for a further $1.3 million of the total, for a combined U.S. prices realized of more than $7 million. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Bureau) will exhibit at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show, March 25-27, 2010 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

The Bureau will proudly showcase its "Billion Dollar Exhibit" which features more than one billion dollars of rare and antique currency including sheets of $100,000 currency notes, Treasury Bonds, and gold and silver certificates. The Bureau will display an exhibit featuring two currency face plates from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, a Series 1934-C 12-Subject $5,000 plate, and a Series 1934-C 12-Subject $10,000 plate. Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The new design for the $100 note will make its debut on April 21, 2010, during a ceremony at the Department of the Treasury’s Cash Room. The U.S. government redesigns currency in order to stay ahead of counterfeiters and protect the public.

Decisions about the redesign of each denomination are guided by the government’s close evaluation of the range of ongoing counterfeit threats, whether from digital technology or traditional printing presses.

The unveiling of the $100 note is the first step in a global multi-government agency public education program implemented by the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Secret Service, to educate those who use the $100 note about its changes before it begins circulating. Read the rest of this entry »

A newly introduced House Resolution, if passed, would replace President Ulysses S. Grant’s portrait on the $50 bill with an image of President Ronald Reagan.

The President Ronald Reagan $50 Bill Act, numbered H.R. 4705, was introduced by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) on February 25, 2010.

"Every generation needs its own heroes. One decade into the 21st century, it’s time to honor the last great president of the 20th and give President Reagan a place beside Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy," said Congressman McHenry. "President Reagan was a modern day statesman, whose presidency transformed our nation’s political and economic thinking."

President Roosevelt is featured on the dime and President Kennedy on the half-dollar. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) on Monday made available its latest offering, Series 2009 $20 Uncut Currency Sheets from the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

Each sheet includes crisp, uncirculated $20 notes of varying quantities that range in price from $112.00 to $409.00.

The notes are "hot off the press are a must-have in any collection and make wonderful gifts for those "hard to buy for" people on your holiday shopping list," the BEP says in promoting the product on its website.

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The 48th Hong Kong Coin Auction is taking place a little earlier than usual this year, in-line with the Hong Kong International Coin Convention and Antique Watch Fair.

As usual the sale will be held at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile, Kowloon, Hong Kong, at 10:00 AM on the 25th February, and will feature two sessions (868 lots in total) of predominantly Asian coins and banknotes.

The auction opens with lot 1, a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) 1-Kuan banknote. The Baldwin’s — Ma Tak Wo auction group sold a similar piece in their last sale for a record breaking US$19,000 and, although this note isn’t in as good condition, they are hopeful that this piece will attract as much attention. Read the rest of this entry »

IRVINE, Calif. — Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, is preparing another phenomenal sale as the Official Auctioneer of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.

A particularly diverse and important selection of United States currency is on hand for the auction–so many notes, in fact, that the firm will be preparing a separate, stand-alone catalog comprised only of United States paper money. The notes will be auctioned March 2-6, 2010, as part of the Bowers and Merena Official Baltimore Auction offering rare United States and International coins, currency and banknotes. Ponterio & Associates, division of Bowers and Merena, will present the world and ancients auction of coins and currency. Read the rest of this entry »

Official Baltimore Auction Set for March 2-6, 2010, Promises to be Spectacular 

IRVINE, Calif. – Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, is sure to dazzle bidders once again when it brings to auction a diverse and important selection of International Banknotes as part of the Official Auction of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.

The sale, which will feature a wide variety of coins and banknotes, will be conducted March 2-6, 2010, alongside Bowers and Merena’s Official Baltimore Auction offering rare United States coins and currency. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), the government agency responsible for printing US currency, is now offering Series 2006 $1 Uncut Currency Sheets from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank.

Each sheet includes crisp, uncirculated $1 notes of varying quantities that range in price from $15.50 to $55.00.

The notes are "hot off the press are a must-have in any collection and make wonderful gifts for those "hard to buy for" people on your holiday shopping list," the BEP says in promoting the product on its website.

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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has released the first installment in the 2010 $2 Single Note Collection, which in its entirety includes banknotes from each of the 10 available Federal Reserve Banks (excluding Minneapolis and Kansas City Districts).

Collectors can now purchase notes from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond and Atlanta for a price of $7.95 each.

The notes feature a serial number starting with "2010xxxxD" and come within a protective, clear, acid-free polymer sleeve that is enclosed in an illustrated folder identifying the Federal Reserve District represented. Read the rest of this entry »