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Coin News for March 3, 2010
New Book on Banknote Printing 1854 To 1943
The E-Sylum
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) unveiled a new book on the history of banknote printing. The historical work follows developments in banknote production at the company from 1854 to 1943. The book has been co-written by Dr. Franziska Jungmann-Stadler, Head of the HypoVereinsbank’s Banknote Collecting Foundation, and Ludwig Devrient, whose ancestors include founding members of the technology group. Dr. Jungmann-Stadler and Ludwig Devrient are both respected banknote experts of many years’ standing.
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‘Short Snorter’ Dollar Bill A Piece of WWII History — and Mystery
Muskegon News
The 1935 one-dollar bill, its edges frayed and its color faded, reads like a World War II history book. Scrawled on the back of the bill is a list of some of the most notable spots in the history of the war. The entries start with the U.S. at Camp Perry, Ohio, and end with the former eastern European nation of Yugoslavia. In between are some of World War II’s most historic spots, including Omaha Beach, France, where thousands of Americans lost their lives in one of the war’s defining periods.
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Small Size Currency Varieties Now Reported in the PMG Population Reports
Paper Money Guaranty
Collectors of US Small Size currency have a new reference available on the PMG Web site. Small Size notes are now listed by their varieties in the PMG Population Report. The Population Report is a free resource that displays the number of examples of each note certified at each grade level by PMG. Varieties of Small Size notes are now listed on their own discrete rows.
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Price Differences for Brown, Red Brown, and Red Coins
Professional Coin Grading Service
One of the reasons that copper coin collectors are considered so aggressive is because they will step up and pay significant premiums for coins that display completely original Red surfaces. This leaves many Red Brown and Brown coins lagging behind in pricing. However, Red Brown and Brown coins should not automatically be dismissed as undesired or non-scarce simply because they are worth much less than fully original Red examples. Before continuing, let’s define a Brown, Red Brown and Red coin.
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Just What Are Those KM Numbers?
Dave Harper’s Buzz
I had a phone call. It was one I had been expecting for several years, but in that time it has hardly happened. The question had to do with the Coin Market Price guide section. What are those KM numbers and what do the letters stand for, I was asked? Ever since my firm started applying the world coin numbering system to U.S. coinage I have been expecting questions.
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New Zealand Coins in ‘Keen’ Demand
New Zealand Herald
A visiting Bulgarian banker and coin expert says New Zealand-made coins are popular in her homeland because they are more vibrant than those made in Europe. Valentina Grigorova-Gencheva, the head of gold and numismatics at Bulgaria’s First Investment Bank, said the bank had been in a partnership with coin maker New Zealand Mint (NZM) since 2007. “The coins are very beautiful and the designs are very modern,” she said. Grigorova-Gencheva said coins produced in European mints were often “very conservative”, while coins produced here incorporated a wide range of colours and designs.
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About the Author
Tim Shuck is a life-long Midwestern resident, and started collecting coins after finding an Indian Head cent on the ground at his childhood farm home. Additional encouragement came from looking through a collection of well-worn late 19th and early 20th century coins kept by his grandfather in an old leather coin purse. Current collecting interests include U.S. types from the Civil War era through the early 1930's, and Colonial and Early American coins.
