Queensland, Australia. The Rare Coin Company is poised to set yet another world record when it bids to acquire the very first Australian Commonwealth Banknote ever printed, the 1913 Ten Shilling note.

Rob Jackman, the Company’s founder will attend the International Auction Galleries auction at the Sofitel Hotel Gold Coast in Queensland on Sunday 9th of March 2008 from 3pm. It is estimated that the banknote is valued at $1.3 to $1.4 million dollars and that the auction will attract a number of major coin dealers and private collectors.

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Dallas, TX. A third selection of Early Seated Proof Sets from Phil Kaufman’s superlative multi-million dollar collection (1839-1858) is being auctioned by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries in their Platinum Night Auction at the April 16-19 CSNS convention in Chicago.

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The trend of a busy opening day continued at the February 14 – 16, 2008 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo.  Total attendance for the three-day show, including dealers and the general public, was 5,206, according to Ronald J. Gillio, Expo General Chairman.

“We’ve seen this developing trend the past few years with strong attendance on Thursdays when the show opens to the public.  There are serious collectors who apparently don’t want to miss anything,” said Gillio.

Highlights of the February Long Beach Expo included a $25 million auction conducted by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas, with international news coverage of the $10.7 million portion of the Walter J. Husak collection of early American large cents.

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Register today to learn more about Arizona’s rich numismatic heritage with Collecting United States National Bank Notes, with an Emphasis on Arizona Notes and Arizona Mining Stocks, Ingots and Pioneer Minor Coinage. These are just two ANA School of Numismatics courses available before and during the Phoenix National Money Show™, March 7-9.

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A SIMCO Numismatics customer was burglarized for over $2,000,000 in coins and other personal property several days before Christmas. The Central Ohio owner used a large in-house safe, but it was brazenly taken from the home intact.

The owner, who would like to remain anonymous, is offering a substantial reward for information or assistance in recovering the property.

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CoinNews draws a large audience of new collectors who are Internet-savvy, and who have never or rarely picked up a coin or numismatic print publication.

According to CoinNews web logs, tens of hundreds of visitors come to CoinNews each day for their first time. Based on questions and search terms, many readers are just starting down the path to the extremely rewarding hobby of coin collecting.

For some of us, the first or top source of information is the Internet. While the print media for coin news and articles is usually written more from an older and experienced collector or coin dealer perspective, it’s worth the time to gravitate toward print as another source of collector information. They’ve been around and have solid inside resources with great articles. It just takes a little time to get used to their style.

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(Irvine, California) — Hundreds of silver and gold coins, silver bars and specially-made gold $1 and $5 denomination gaming tokens that were stored for decades in the vault of a well-known downtown Las Vegas casino have been purchased by Spectrum Numismatics International of Irvine, California.

“These items are from the El Cortez Hotel and Casino that was built on Fremont Street in 1941 and are from the personal collection of well-known Vegas gaming pioneer, Jackie Gaughan, who has owned the historic hotel since 1963,” said Ronald J. Gillio, Numismatic Acquisition Coordinator for Spectrum who arranged the purchase.

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"One of the Most Popular of all Registry Sets"

(Santa Ana, California) — The PCGS Set Registry all-time number one finest set of modern U.S. proof coins from 1968 to the present will be exhibited by Professional Coin Grading Service during the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) convention (booth #138) in Orlando, January 10 – 13, 2008.

“The 361-coin set carries an incredible weighted grade point average of 70.22 out of a possible 70.28, and has been ranked the top set of its kind the past three years,” said BJ Searls, PCGS Set Registry Manager.

Known as the Erasmus Hall Collection, it was assembled by New York City physician and medical school professor, Dr. Lawrence S. Brown Jr., who says he owes his coin collecting passion to his love of history.

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Whether 15-year old Deviprasad Mangaraj lands a Guinness World Record or not is almost beside the point.

He’s already landed a huge achievement building a coin collection with over 40,000 coins and from 120 different countries.

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