Highlighting the first three days of the April Santa Clara, Calif., Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo will be an exhibit of the finest known set of 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition commemorative coins.
The tiny, early American silver coin personally authorized by President George Washington 215 years ago, and purchased for a headline-generating record $1.5 million this past summer by a Sunnyvale educational foundation, will make its first Northern California public appearance.
The finest known 1792 half disme, recently purchased for $1.5 million, will be displayed for three days at the four-day Santa Clara Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo Nov. 1-3.
One of the first Gold Rush-era coins minted in San Francisco, a unique pioneer gold $20 piece minted by John G. Kellogg, will return to the Bay area for just the second time since it was made in 1854.
A set of 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition commemorative coins, valued at $700,000, is returning to California’s Bay area for the first time in 91 years.
Steve Contursi, holds up his rare, 1803 Draped Bust silver dollar, insured for $1 million, at the Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in Santa Clara, Calif.
It’s one of only four known proof 1803 Draped Bust silver dollars, and it’s insured for $1 million.
Two exhibition dates have been added to the tour of the unique 1787 Brasher doubloon with designer's punch mark on the eagle's breast.
The legendary Brasher doubloon, the first gold coin made for the young United States, will be publicly exhibited for the first time in Northern California during the Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, March 31 – April 3, 2005, in the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway.
