Numismatic News today announced the launch of an online Business Directory for coin collectors and numismatic professionals.

In a statement, associate publisher of Numismatic News Dean Listle said,

“No matter where you’re located or what services you’re looking for, the Industry Directory will help you find it. We’ve collaborated with our partners across the country to compile a database of information that’s an invaluable tool for our site users.”

The extensive Numismatic Directory, located at http://directory.numismaticnews.net/, provides quick and easy searching capabilities to track down information on numismatic products, services, dealers, events, and clubs. It also includes browsing by major directory sections of:

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Dallas, TX. The entire, renowned Thomas M. Flynn Collection of U.S. and Canadian Currency, including more than 1,000 large size notes encompassing nearly every Friedberg number from one through 1225, will be offered with no reserves by Heritage Auction Galleries.

The collection will be offered as part of the official auction of the Central States Numismatic Society convention April 16 through April 18 in Rosemont, Illinois at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 555 North River Road, a stone’s throw from O’Hare International Airport.

Tom Flynn has been a familiar face to nearly everyone in the currency field for more than four decades. He started collecting United States currency in the mid-1960’s and expanded his collecting focus to include Canadian currency a few years later.

Unlike most collectors of his day, who were content to collect by seal type or signature combination, Tom’s horizons were much wider, as he soon decided his goal would be to own an example of every United States note issued by Friedberg number and every Canadian note issued by Charlton number. While no collection can ever be complete, Tom pursued his dream with passion for more than four decades, with truly marvelous results.

Comprising over one thousand notes encompassing nearly every Friedberg number from 1 through 1225, Tom’s large size note holdings include a plethora of rarities. A listing of highlights would be far too numerous to mention, however, the range of notes is spectacular, from a high grade $100 Watermelon pedigreed to the collection of Amon Carter, Jr., to a $50 National Gold Bank Note, which, by coincidence, was obtained directly from Amon over thirty years ago.

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Some sites are successful by simply aggregating and centralizing news written by other organizations. Their sites become stickier for visitors because of the uniqueness of information in a specialized area, like coin or numismatic content.

Now with the CoinNews RSS feeds, you can add numismatic headlines and excerpts straight into your site and make it more valuable to visitors.

CoinNews is read not only by experienced coin collectors, but by new collectors wanting "down to earth" information. Why not offer the same information on your site from a source who’s readership is growing daily?

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Last week was a robust week for coin news. Before launching into the week’s new cycle of news, it may be worthwhile to take a back glance into last week’s articles and information - just to make sure you didn’t miss anything intriguing.

The left column includes CoinNews headlines. Most of these you’ve likely seen on the CoinNews.net homepage from Dec. 16- Dec. 22.

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It’s evening, you’ve already browsed around the Internet for your daily online fix, nothing’s good on TV and you’re otherwise bored silly but don’t feel like going out. What do you do?

As a collector, there’s something that just feels good about relaxing with a great coin book or magazine in hand. If you’re like me, sometimes you’ll put off a good read to savor it for later.

Last night was that time for me. I had already read the latest issues of a few favorites, like Numismatic News, Numismatist, and Coin Values.

So it was a good thing that I had just recently received the November issue of COINage magazine and had set it aside for later enjoyment. If not, I’d have been in one of those monotonous predicaments.

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A $3 million dollar coin zips through the air with the flip of an anchorman’s hands. Who needs a heart defibrillator to get the pulse going. Talk about shocking!

The Bebee/McDermott specimen 1913 Liberty Head nickel has its own famous history but now another page has been added to it with Mark Concannon, a Milwaukee TV anchorman, seemly casually tossing it into the air.

Thankfully it was somewhat protected with a Cointains coin holder and Mr. Concannon caught it! Nevertheless, the coin is insured for $3 million and the premium may just have to go up with more scares like that…

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