by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
Cook Islands – 80 Years of Television – $1 – 2006 -This Brilliant Uncirculated Crown replicates the very first images transmitted to a television receiver in 1926. John Logie Baird demonstrates the world’s first television system to transmit...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
The coin just issued by authority of the Government of the West African Republic of Benin is bound to create quite a stir among collectors and non-collectors alike. As the first in a series of “Famous Plants of the World”, the 100 Central African Franc denominated...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | Numismatics, History
Phenomenal John T. Waterhouse Token Rarity Undated (ca. 1855-1860) Hawaii Plantation Token. John T. Waterhouse. Medcalf-Russell 2TE-1 PCGS AU55 This token offers almost unheard of quality for an elusive Hawaii issue that can be challenging to locate in...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
1901 Niagara Falls Pan-American Exposition Medal MS61 NGC. Aluminum, 31.7 mm. In 1901, Buffalo, New York was one of America’s preeminent cities. Its growth and stature were largely a result of its geography. Located on the shore of Lake Erie, Buffalo...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
1799 New York NY R E NY 622 NY Associate Church NGC XF40 1799 Associate Church Token, XF40 Rulau E-NY-622, New York, New York R7 White metal, plain edge. A major rarity that Robert Vlack calls “the earliest dated American communion...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
1945 Saudi Arabia 1P NGC MS62 ARAMCO These pieces have an extremely interesting history. While not technically considered coins, they were struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in order to satisfy the debts owed to Saudi Arabia’s Arabian American Oil Company,...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM COIN NEWS TODAY SEPTEMBER 15TH 2006 Coin collectors have always loved collecting error coins, such as the famous 1937 D three legged buffalo nickel and more recently the Wisconsin Extra Leaf State Quarter. However what may...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | Numismatics, History
1943 PCGS MS61 1c Stuck on Silver 10c Blank We are sure that you have heard of the 1943 Cents that accidently were stuck on copper planchets or blanks and have sold for a million dollars… for those of you in search of something just as cool…. We present...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
1759 (Circa 1985) Martha Washington Five Cent Test Piece, Judd-2182, Pollock-Unlisted, R.7 PCGS AU58. 77.08 gn, virtually equal to the 5.0 gm statutory weight of a Jefferson nickel. Struck in nickel with a plain edge. Unlisted in Pollock, who describes only dime,...
by Scarsdale Coin | Feb 4, 2024 | History, Numismatics
1871 J-1096 PCGS PR66+ CAM CAC Here is this coins recent auction description… we could not have said it better! “A truly magnificent example of Longacre’s Seated Indian Princess design, the FINEST known of this Rarity-7- pattern quarter (7-12...