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COIN MARKET INSIDER's REPORT takes the pulse of the numismatic marketplace and talks about the buys, the sells, and the trades that all collectors and investors are interested in.
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COIN MARKET INSIDER'S REPORT is the award-winning column that has run in COINage Magazine monthly since 1974. Its author is David L. Ganz, a New York City lawyer, who for more than 35 years has covered the numismatic marketplace. Besides practicing law, he is a past present of The American Numismatic Association, and served for a dozen years as general counsel to the Professional Numismatists Guild. Appointed by President Nixon to the 1974 Annual Assay Commission, he served (1993-1996) as a Clinton appointee on the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee. His latest book, "The Official Guide to America's State Quarters" is a Random House mass market paperback, due out this fall.
The column began with a premise that it could report, telegraph style, about what was going on in the numismatic marketplace and talk about the buys, the sells, and the trades that investors and collectors are interested in. It now includes the internet, and http:// addresses you can hyperlink to, easily. This is an expanded version of the column as it appears in COINage Magazine. The author can be reached at: davidlganz@ganzhollinger.com.
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Insider's Report
February 2001
by David L. Ganz
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Scott Travers was interviewed on WNBC-TV, New York, on rare coin pocket change... "Your loose change could add up to big bucks, so watch Asa Aarons' interviews with coin experts and learn about some of the rare coins you should be looking for...." That was the TV lead-in....Donn Pearlman of Chicago's Minkus & Dunn reports that PNG prez Fred Weinberg made contributions to the NBC television presentation and web site www.wnbc.com ....
Ivy Press, an affiliate of Heritage Rare Coin Galleries and Heritage Numismatic Auctions, announced that it has sold over 5,000 copies of The Rare Coin Estate Handbook during the book's first 75 days of publication.... Halperin relates it took two years for his grading guide to have comparable sales.... Not so for his "Truth Machine" novel which was a mass-market best seller....
The ANS is pleased to announce that Professor Kenneth Harl of Tulane University will be the Visiting Professor at the 2001 ANS Graduate Seminar. ... Dr. Harl is the author of "Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East, AD 180-275" (Berkeley, 1987)... Another book: "Coinage in the Roman economy, 300 BC to AD 700" (Baltimore, 1996) ....He received his Ph.D. from Yale and is himself a graduate of the Seminar and long-time friend of the Society.... The 2001 Seminar will run from June 18th to July 27th in New York and applications are due March 1st.... Further information is available at http://www.amnumsoc.org/about/gradsem.html.
India has announced release of 2 Rupees and 5 Rupees coins commemorating the 52nd Republic Day, on 26th January 2001.... The ANS is in the process of upgrading its network access at 155th street.... A T1 line is on order but will not be installed until mid-March at the earliest.... This will be a major improvement...
American Numismatic Association's (ANA) National Money Show 2001 convenes at Salt Lake City March 8-10... National Gold Exchange Inc., of Tampa, Florida, is sponsoring a dinner for dealers with bourse tables at the American Numismatic Association's (ANA) National Money Show... The dinner honors Gerald Bauman, formerly of MTB...
Work on the American Numismatic Association's (ANA) $3 million remodeling project continues at a rapid rate... one room is already completed: a storage area for the more than 1.4 million photographic negatives and pictures of coins, paper money, tokens and medals....
The U.S. Mint announced that a limited edition of 100,000 New York Official First Day Coin Covers will be available online at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog/default.htm at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on February 12, 2001.... The Official First Day Coin Covers feature two New York quarters from the first day of mintage-December 11, 2000.... Priced at $19.95, the Official First Day Coin Cover includes quarters from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints on a handsome display card with the 34-cent Statue of Liberty postage stamp.....
The State of Illinois is proud to announce that the design phase of the quarter program is now underway... Michigan's governor has also announced that he is forming a committee to deal with designs...I was interviewed by Charlie Langdon on WWJ Detroit 950 on the radio dial... subject: my new state quarter book from Random House.... Also did Channel 12 Cable in New Jersey....
New chair of the House coinage subcommittee: Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.... New chair of the house Banking Committee (now called Financial Services): Michael Oxley, R-Oh....
U.S. Mint's new partner in the marketing of the Sacagawea dollar is none other than Safeway food stores....
Minute book review: Paper Money of the U.S., 16th ed., by Arthur Friedberg and Friedberg... First published in 1953 by the late Robert Friedberg, this classic has now grown to 340 pages... The rear has 20 pages of plates (OVER 200 NOTES) IN FULL COLOR FROM THE ANA MUSEUM COLLECTION... The Friedberg numbering system is a must for the currency collector... This is a book that belongs in every serious library covering numismatic topics...
Just published: 4th edition of Scott Travers "The Coin Collector's Survival Manual", 267 pages, $18.95 (Bonus Books).... Buying coins by mail (from the first edition) has been expanded to include buying over the Internet.... A worthy read and addition to any library....
Merger: Wall Street Rarities and Jefferson Financial... Paul Montgomery becomes the new CEO...
ICTA working for you: trying to draft a precious metal and rare coin sales tax exemption in New Jersey....
Proposed: gold medal for Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter...
North Carolina's first strike ceremony for its state quarter coin is March 12th at 10AM at the History Museum in Raleigh, NC....
Florida Currency and Coins (Ed Kuzmar) is opening a new retail Coin, Currency and Collectibles Shop, at 2236 North Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 Telephone 561-392-8551 Fax 561-392-8583 ....
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David L. Ganz
