Custodial care
- January 1, 2007
What’s next? Steven L. Contursi admits he’s not sure if
there’s another historical rarity that fits his quest or
if he’s at the apex of a highly specialized pursuit.
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Looking is free
- August 13, 2006
Check these out: a Brasher doubloon struck nearly 220 years
ago; 10 1933 Double Eagles; a silver dollar struck 212
years ago; and the first public unveiling of a rare
gold coin owned by the Denver Mint.
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U.S. Treasury Brings $1 Billion Display To Atlanta
- March 21, 2006
It won't cost a cent to see a billion bucks -- including $100,000
bills -- at the American Numismatic Associations' National Money
Show in Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Centre, April 7 - 9, 2006.
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I left my heart and a billion dollars in San Francisco
- August 8, 2005
I don't get to the City by the Bay often enough. My last time here was eight years
ago. It wasn't for long. We were flying back from a Hawaiian honeymoon,
and our plane lost an engine somewhere over the Pacific. We diverted to San
Francisco for an emergency landing around 1 a.m. My trip here for the World's Fair
of Money was much better.
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World's fair that follows the money
- July 27, 2005
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.
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America's First Silver Dollar on Tour in 2005
- January 5, 2005
For America's first silver dollar, the buck stops here: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kansas
City, Missouri; and San Francisco, California.
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Researcher gets opportunity with 1794 $1
- October 18, 2004
During the American Numismatic Association convention in August in Pittsburgh, I had the
privilege to visit with an elderly woman of distinction.
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More Support for First $1
- September 7, 2004
Kenneth Bressett, John W. Dannreuther and Martin A. Logies were featured speakers Aug. 21 at
an American Numismatic Association convention Numismatic Theatre event.
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More Experts Count Silver Dollar As First
- September 6, 2004
Any 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar – even a well-worn example – is a special coin. One piece
stands far above the rest in this elite company.
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Show me the numismatics!
- Austust 18, 2004
A silver dollar insured for $10 million and nickels worth as much
as $3 million each are among the $1 billion in coins on display
at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money.
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Treasure Hunters report on the Contursi Dollar
- March 16, 2004
Coin collecting experts say they have identified a 210-year-old silver dollar that is likely
the first one coined by the United States Mint.
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Silver dollar with a lot of history discovered
- March 14, 2004
Currency experts say they have identified a 210-year-old silver dollar that could be the
first one coined by the United States Mint.
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Silver Piece, Golden Potential
- August 2, 2003
In March, Steve Contursi paid millions for one 1794 silver dollar and more for the collection
it was in. But he thought the expensive and surprisingly shiny coin, 40 millimeters in
diameter, might be something even better, something no one realized still existed.
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