Nice Numismatic Site

[jamess]

The collection emphasizes the development of money and medals in the United States. The core of the U.S. collection, consisting of more than 18,000 items, including coins of great rarity, ( - - blocked - - ) to the Smithsonian in 1923 from the United States Mint. Among exceptional rarities in this section are the Brasher half doubloon, the 1849 double eagle (first of the gold 20 dollar pieces), and two 1877 fifty dollar patterns.
Other rarities are the very popular and rare 1913 Liberty head nickel as well as all three types of the 1804 dollar, and two of three known examples of the world's most valuable coin, the 1933 double eagle, the third of which recently sold for 7.6 million dollars. Among recent donations are the unprecedented Josiah K. Lilly holdings, consisting of 6,150 gold coins, including an almost complete US gold coin collection, a very rich Latin American gold section, and many of the great rarities of European gold coins, such as a 20 excelentes de la Granada of Ferdinand and Isabella, and two large and heavy 100 ducats of Austria and Poland.

Another outstanding donation is the Willis H. duPont collection of more than 12,000 ( - - blocked - - ) coins in all metals, including platinum, from the Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich estate. The ancient Greek section has grown through many small donations, notably that of Capt. B. Bennett, to almost 19,000 coins. The recent donation of the "Demareteion" decadrachm of Syracuse and 4 related masterpieces of early Greek numismatic art by John Whitney Walter has tremendously enhanced the importance of the ancient Greek collection. Also of great importance is the large collection of paper money donated by Mortimer Neinken, and the group of checks with presidential signatures from the Chase Manhattan Bank collection.












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[siddarth]

Well I have been earlier to this site, Its nice and good for information.

[jamess]

Yes as its a numismatics site so always contains some usefull information.

[james]

very informative and educational site, thanks