The 1792 Half Disme Donated by Steven Contursi, valued at $250,000, was on display at the ANA Money Show Atlanta. In December 2011, Steven Contursi donated the coin to the ANA museum as his way of giving back to an association that he has always believed in. The ANA’s collection originally featured a 1792 half disme, graded extremely fine, but the coin was stolen from the collection. Steve Contursi donated his 1792 half disme, graded AU58, which was featured at the Atlanta Money Show.
At $5 billion a year, the rare-coin market is so big that when the government lays claim to some marquee pieces in private hands, the decision makes national headlines.
ANA Money Museum Donation
The American Numismatic Association's Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo., once again has a 1792 silver half disme in its numismatic collection.
The Edward C. Rochette Money Museum collection now contains a 1792 Half Disme, thanks to the generosity of a California coin dealer.
Historically significant coin valued at more than $220,000.
What may be America's oldest silver dollar has become the world's most expensive coin, with its owner saying it changed hands in a private transaction between coin collectors for nearly $8 million.
More than 3,600 pieces of historic U.S. and Italian paper money recovered from a safe onboard the submerged Italian ocean liner, Andrea Doria, are being offered for sale to the public by Rare Coin Wholesalers (www.rcw1.com) of Dana Point, California.
Bay Area residents can see legal tender taken to a whole new level this week, as coin and currency collectors from around the globe gather at San Francisco's Moscone Center for the World's Fair of Money.
