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Reader’s Showcase: IA-Macksburg

by Peter Huntoon I’ve had reason to look into the smallest Series of 1929 issuances from Iowa lately and found that the four smallest were Montezuma (charter 2961) at 125 notes total, Keokuk (14309) at 135, Malvern (8057) at 228 and Macksburg (6852) at 336. I then checked the National Currency Foundation census to see if any survived. I hit goose eggs as I worked through this short list—not a big surprise—until I got to Macksburg. Then I found exactly one entry, the note illustrated here. Just what is the probability that the lone survivor from the 56 sheets of $10s issued by the bank would be an evenly circulated A000001A note? This was no banker-saved souvenir. It somehow was plucked from circulation and saved quite some time after it left the bank! I find this type of find far more interesting and thrilling than an uncirculated number 1 note. I talked to a couple of my Iowa buddies and, of course, they all knew of it because its discovery sent a bit of a shockwave through their r...

Federal Prosecutors Signed a Non-Prosecution Agreement in June with Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (MLCI) and Bank of America for Rigging the Precious Metals Markets

Like Jeffrey Epstein, Bullion Banks Get Sweet Deals from the Justice Department https://t.co/gRKxP5ohEw — Money Metals (@MoneyMetals) July 30, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Like Jeffrey Epstein, Bullion Banks Get Sweet Deals from the Justice Department The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) found gold and silver traders working at Merrill Lynch had “schemed to deceive other market participants by injecting materially false and misleading information into the precious metals futures market.” Find Out More: https://t.co/cs07AEAmSn from Precious Metals News from Gold Eagle Price – Price of Silver Oz

The Coins Are Strikingly Large and the Artwork is Beautiful

The Vicksburg National Military Park ATB #Silver #Coin is the 9th in the Popular Coin Series https://t.co/JsbNrDPfei — Money Metals (@MoneyMetals) July 30, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The Vicksburg National Military Park ATB Silver Coin is the 9th in the Popular Coin Series Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States during the Civil War, considered Vicksburg Mississippi as absolutely essential to hold. He described the vital location to be the “nailhead that holds the South’s two halves together.” Abraham Lincoln agreed, declaring “Vicksburg is the key” to winning the war. The Mississippi River was indispensable as a waterway for moving cargo and people. Given the strategic value of the city, the battle fought there was among the most fierce and protracted of the entire war. The Union’s siege of Vicksburg lasted 47 days before the Confederate forces finally surrendered on July 4, 1863. The loss of that important supply line did in fact represent a ke...

There are Several Types of Precious Metals You Can Invest In

Royalmintcoins “There are Several Types of Precious Metals You Can Invest In” https://t.co/B4lLTKdyoT — Alex Winter (@alexdwintertx) July 30, 2019 #Economy to Die a Traditional Death #Inflation Is Going to Move Higher https://t.co/S8Lb61KETK — Alex Winter (@alexdwintertx) July 30, 2019 Each #Coin , Issued by the Royal Canadian Mint, has a Face Value of $2 (CAD) https://t.co/U9LAsYxw57 — Alex Winter (@alexdwintertx) July 30, 2019 #PreciousMetals Supply Pipeline "Getting Harder and Harder to Fill" https://t.co/ni6KTTgIKe — Alex Winter (@alexdwintertx) July 30, 2019 from Precious Metals News from Gold Eagle Price – Price of Silver Oz

Poland Recalls Historic Silver Szóstak

On July 10 Narodowy Bank Polski [National Bank of Poland] issued a further 20 zł in its series celebrating historic Polish coins. The new 38.71 mm, 28.28 g .925 fine silver proof celebrates the six grosz szóstak of John III Sobieski (1674−1696).   Obverse and reverse of the new Polish silver 20 zł proof comemmorating the historic 17th century szóstak of six grosz of John III Sobieski. Images courtesy Narodowy Bank Polski.   During this monarch’s reign both the Bydgoszcz and Kraków mints became operational with coins being struck at both for eight years prior to the mints’ closure. The main coins struck were in silver: the trojak of three grosz, the szóstak of six grosz and the ort of 18 grosz. Of these the szóstak was the most popular and involved two versions (cf. KM-122; -128). On the second issue of this coin (KM-128) the obverse the bust of the king shows him as Caesar – laureate and clad in a toga. The surrounding legend reads IOAN[nes] III. D[ei].G[ratia] REX POL...

2019 American Liberty Gold Coin and Silver Medal Images

The United States Mint unveiled images of its high reliefs American Liberty 1-ounce gold coin and 2.5-ounce silver medal. The 2019-dated collectibles are scheduled to launch Aug. 15 at yet to be... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New Bowers-Manley Book Makes Way

Impressive book provides previously undisclosed information about fabulous Gold Rush sunken treasure of fabled “Ship of Gold” The news release and accompanying image of the book cover are distributed on behalf of the California Gold Marketing Group.   (July 29, 2019) — Never before revealed information about the greatest American treasure ever found, the tons of California Gold Rush-era coins, ingots and gold dust recovered from the 1857 sinking of the S.S. Central America , the fabled “Ship of Gold,” are revealed in an exciting new reference book written by acclaimed, award-winning rare coins researcher and writer Q. David Bowers with well-known numismatist Dwight Manley. The new book, “America’s Greatest Treasure Ship: the S.S. Central America – the Second Treasure-Finding Journey,” publicly presents for the first time a useful and intriguing complete inventory of the more than 15,000 U.S. and world coins and 45 historic assayers’ ingots retrieved from the Atlantic Oc...