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Larry Stevens, 87, was a pioneering Coin Photographer
Washington Post
Larry Stevens spent his early years as a professional photographer covering celebrities in Hollywood and Washington. He was a member of the White House press corps and took photos for some of the most popular magazines of the era: Time, Life, Parade and the old Saturday Evening Post.
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MORE ON LARRY STACK’S DEPARTURE FROM STACK’S RARE COINS
E-Sylum
Last week’s departure of Larry Stack from Stack’s has been reflected on the firm’s web site with the disappearance of his picture and biography, but the company hasn’t issued a statement – there’s nothing new on the Current News section. E-Sylum readers from the firm haven’t commented either, which leaves only speculation. Below are some of the comments that appeared on the Collector’s Universe forum this week: – Esylum Editor
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Later Commemoratives Made for Collectors
By Neil Shafer, Bank Note Reporter
Post-World War II Issues – In 1946 France produced an attractive 50-franc note for the centennial of the discovery of Neptune, an event made possible because of mathematical calculations by Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877). The issue consists of notes of the same design but with different dates from 1946-1951.
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CA Mint’s newest coloured 25 cent honours famous Quebec landmark
Canadian Coin News
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a non-circulating legal tender 25-cent coin depicting Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay, Our Lady of the Fiord. The famous statue, measuring more than 10 metres in height, is located in the Saguenay Fiord. It was designed in 1881 by Louis Jobin. The statue towers more than 300 metres above sea level and has become a symbol of the area. It has become traditional for visitors and cruise ships to stop near the base of the statue and sing “Ave Maria.”
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‘S’ Mint Memories, Part One
By David Lange – NGC
This month, David W. Lange takes us through the first part of his comprehensive look at a personal favorite of his — issues of the San Francisco Mint. I’ve had a lifelong love affair with the San Francisco Mint, both its coins and its facilities having played significant roles in my numismatic life. I was born in the year that the mint was downgraded to mere assay office status, and the recent 50th anniversaries of both events provided the occasion for a bit of reflection.
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PCGS Price Guide Provides New Feature – 2-Year Pricing History
PCGS
Which coin has performed the best or worst in the past two years? The best coin performer between May 2007 and May 2009 is an 1896-O Morgan dollar, graded PCGS MS61 Deep Mirror Prooflike (DMPL). Check your closet to make sure you don’t have one lying around! The bad news is there are only three coins graded MS61 DMPL by PCGS. Not to mention, Morgan dollar collectors are known to be some of the most dedicated collectors, so sales of such coins are few and far between.
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Discovery ancient brings $450,000 at Goldberg auction
Coin Values
The ancient coin – at 66 millimeters, the largest known silver coin of the Roman Empire – was among the 85 percent of lots sold in the May 24 to 26 auction. The auction generated total prices realized of $15,573,743. The coin graded Extremely Fine but with “light porosity and displaying stray marks.” Larry Goldberg said bidding activity was especially strong for ancient and foreign coins, which were offered without reserves. The lots included an extensive run of Byzantine gold coins. He said the bidding for ancient and foreign issues was the strongest he had seen at public auction in more than 30 years.
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Hackerbot Labs Resizes Quarters into Dimes
Wired
It’s true your money doesn’t go as far as it used to. Seattle-based Hackerbots Labs can take a coin and shrink it down such that quarters appear the size of dimes and dimes become little more than little molten balls of metal. What’s amazing is that through this process, the identity and value of the coin remain almost intact.
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Half-million-dollar Carson City coin returns to Nevada
Nevada Appeal
A rare 20 cent silver coin minted in Carson City was recently purchased by Reno coin dealer Rusty Goe for $500,000. The Carson City Mint struck 10,000 of these 1876-CC 20-cent pieces, but workers melted all but 18 or 20 of them. The mint released the first 20 cent pieces, each containing less than a sixth of an ounce of pure silver, in 1875. The following year, the Treasury Department discontinued the denomination, making it the shortest-lived series in U.S. coin history.
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