(F)antastic (U)nusual (N)umismatic Tell Us What You Have AT YOUR Booth!
(F)antastic (U)nusual (N)umismatic
Tell Us What You Have AT YOUR Booth!
(F)antastic (U)nusual (N)umismatic
Tell Us What You Have AT YOUR Booth!
Fantastic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wonderful, excellent
Synonyms: A-1, awesome, best, best ever, cat's meow, delicious, far out, first-class, first-rate, great, like wow, marvelous, out of sight, out of this world, primo, sensational, superb, unreal*
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Favorite
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: preferred
Synonyms: admired, adored, beloved, best-loved, cherished, choice, desired, especial, esteemed, favored, liked, main, number one, popular, precious, prized, revered, treasured
Unusual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: different
Synonyms: abnormal, amazing, astonishing, atypical, awe-inspiring, awesome, bizarre, conspicuous, curious, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary, far-out, inconceivable, incredible, memorable, noteworthy, odd, out of the ordinary, outstanding, phenomenal, prodigious, prominent, queer, rare, refreshing, remarkable, significant, singular, something else, special, strange, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unfamiliar, unique, unparalleled, unwonted, weird*
Numismatic
NOUN: Of or relating to coins or currency. Of or relating to The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.
The study of the physical embodiment of various payment media (i.e. currencies). The study of numismatics as it applies to coins, is often in the research of the production and use of the coins to determine their rarity. Numismatics has many subfields, including but not limited to:
Exonumia the study of coin-like objects such as token coins and medals, and other items used in place of legal currency or for commemoration. This includes elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, badges, counterstamped coins, wooden nickels, credit cards, and other similar items. It is related to numismatics proper (concerned with coins which have been legal tender), and many coin collectors are also exonumists.
Notaphily the study of paper money or banknotes. It is believed that people have been collecting paper money for as long as it has been in use. However, people only started collecting paper money systematically in Germany in the 1920s, particularly the Serienscheine (Series notes) Notgeld. The turning point occurred in the 1970s, when notaphily was established as a separate area by collectors. At the same time, some developed countries such as the USA, Germany and France began publishing their respective national catalogues of paper money, which represented major points of reference literature.
Scripophily the study and collection of stocks and Bonds. It is an interesting area of collecting due to both the inherent beauty of some historical documents as well as the interesting historical context of each document. Some stock certificates are excellent examples of engraving. Occasionally, an old stock document will be found that still has value as a stock in a successor company.
Your Mission
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Your Mission If You Choose To Accept It FUN Dealers is to tell FUN Convention guests what you have at your booth that most reflects the acronym noted above. Basically, we want to know what the most Fabulous FUN Find you'll have on display at your booth.
Rules Provide the following:
FUN Member Dealer Name:
Booth Number Or Location:
Description of your Most Fabulous (Favorite) FUN Find:
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Treasures Being Showcased
During The 2014 F.U.N Show
NGC To Exhibit Rare Coins AT 2014 F.U.N Show
FUN Member Dealer Name: NGC
NUMISMATIC GUARANTY CORP.
SARASOTA, FL
Booth Number Or Location: TABLES #1400,1401,1500,1501 & 1502
Description of your Most Fabulous (Favorite) FUN Find: No. 1 Set of Proof Seated Liberty Dimes The 49er Collection, the No. 1 NGC Registry set of Proof Seated Liberty Dimes, will be displayed at the FUN Show in January.
NGC To Exhibit An Incredible Group of Nine Panama-Pacific Exposition Pattern Dollars at FUN 2014 The group of nine coins on display at the NGC booth in Orlando represents the entire certified population of pattern Panama-Pacific dollars.
PCGS Offers Coronet Collection
Of Finest Morgan Dollars
FUN Member Dealer Name: PCGS
PROFESSIONAL COIN GRADING SERVICE
NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Booth Number Or Location: TABLES #'s 500, 501, 502,600 & 601
Description of your Most Fabulous (Favorite) FUN Find: Professional Coin Grading Service will host the first East Coast public display of the superb, multi-million dollar Coronet Collection, the finest current Morgan Dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921), in the PCGS Set Registry
The entire collection of 97 coins with a weighted grade point average of 66.38 will be exhibited at the Florida United Numismatists Convention in Orlando during the first three days of the show, January 9 - 11, 2014. A full listing of the set is available online from the PCGS Set Registry here
Heritage Auctions At 2014 F.U.N Show
FUN Member Dealer Name: Heritage Auctions
Booth Number Or Location: 805,807,904,906 & 908
Click To Visit Complete Auction Schedule Of Events For Heritage Auctions F.U.N Signature U.S. Coins, US Currency & World Currency Auctions
Description of your Most Fabulous (Favorite) FUN Find:
$500 1882 Gold Certificate may bring $2 million at Heritage Auctions’ FUN Currency Signature event
$1,000 1890 Small Seal Grand Watermelon Note may bring $2 million as two other lots may break $1 million each Jan. 8-10 & Jan. 13 in Orlando
Direct From Heritage Email Newsletter DALLAS The only Fr. 1215d $500 1882 Federal Reserve Gold Certificate known to exist other than a specimen in the public collection at the Smithsonian Institution is expected to bring $2+ million in Heritage Auctions’ Florida United Numismatists Currency Signature® Auction Jan. 8-10 and Jan. 13 in Orlando, Fla. It comes from the estate of a turn of the century banker and includes three other incredible Gold Certificate rarities. The auction includes some of the rarest notes in private hands, including the precious Fr. 379b $1,000 1890 Treasure Note, popularly referred to as the Small Seal Grand Watermelon note, which is also expected to change hands for $2+ million.
“I can speak for our staff when I say that preparing the January FUN auction has been a true career highlight,” said Dustin Johnston, Director of Currency Auctions at Heritage. “Just when we think we’ve seen it all, we turn up new notes. This auction surprised us with items that we assumed would never turn up in our lifetime or in the future. The odds of survival made their discovery highly unlikely.”
The 2014 FUN auction comes nine months after a Heritage set a world record for a U.S. banknote as a $1,000 1891 Treasury Note brought a record $2.58+ million in April in Schaumburg, Ill. This year’s event kicks off with a 200-lot Platinum Night Auction presenting some of the world’s rarest notes, including a Fr. 1218d $1,000 1882 Gold Certificate. Referred to as a Large Brown Spiked Seal note, the specimen is one of four known, with two in private hands. Prior to the discovery, only three examples were known to exist and as such the rare note has been estimated to sell for $1+ million.
A second 1882 Gold Certificate, a Fr. 1218e $1,000 note, is one of four known and likely unique in private hands. The appearance of the note raises the census from three to four with two of the three previously known notes residing in the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and in the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The piece offers bright white paper and fresh ink colors on both sides, which has set its pre-auction estimate at $1+ million.
A stunning Fr. 1202a $100 1882 Gold Certificate is a unique discovery and likely the only one of its kind in collectors’ hands. The unique, small brown seal, triple signature $100 has the appearance, color, and eye appeal of a high end extra fine note and as such is expected to sell for $700,000+.
A unique Fr. 11a $20 1861 Demand Note dates to a period when such notes were hand-signed by Treasury clerks. Clerks once added the words “for the” following their signatures and finds such as these are scarce additions to Demand Note collections. The ‘irreplaceable’ note is estimated to sell for $600,000+.
Among the most highly anticipated lots is a Fr. 377 $100 1890 Treasury Note, popularly referred to as a “Baby Watermelon Note.” This coveted specimen is one of just 35 examples known to exist with a great majority of examples in much lower condition and is expected to break $250,000+.
Platinum night is not just anchored by epic Large Size rarities. Included is a Solid Serial Number Zero $1 Federal Reserve Note. The note tells a story of how these pieces were numbered at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, but in this case, it may be the only known example to feature the solid zero serial number to appear at auction. The $60,000 to $90,000 estimate is simply an educated guess. We also expect some enthusiastic bidding for a new to the census and wholly original 1934 Dallas $5000 which is estimated at $80,000 to $100,000.
Spectacular National Bank Note discoveries are also a part of this incredible event. The rarities span rare locales across the United States from Zillah, Washington to Key West, Florida. A Series 1902 note from South San Francisco turned up. It’s the first time California collectors have seen a note from this locale, one of the last highly coveted and previously unknown locations from the state. It carries a pre-auction estimate of $25,000-$35,000. From Mississippi, a Serial Number 1 Red Seal from Clarksdale is another unlikely survivor from a previously unknown bank. To date, just one other Serial Number Red Seal has been offered at auction from the state, making it a rarity that will appeal to more than just Mississippi collectors. It would not be a surprise to see a realization above its $30,000-$50,000 estimate range.
Heritage Auctions is the largest auction house founded in the United States and the world’s third largest, with annual sales of more than $800 million, and 800,000+ online bidder members. For more information about Heritage Auctions, and to join and receive access to a complete record of prices realized, with full-color, enlargeable photos of each lot, please visit HA.com.
Numismatic Magazines Weigh In
Rare 1882 Gold Certificates Surface Continue Reading at the source Numismaster
Designer-Signed FRN Notes to Cross Block A group of $20, $50 and $100 Federal Reserve Notes signed by principal designers, ranging from the portrait engraver to the letter/script engraver, is expected to sell for more than $4,000 as they lead the offering of former Bureau of Engraving and Printing chief bank note designer Jack Ruther’s private collection crossing the auction block during Heritage Auctions’ Florida United Numismatists Currency Signature Auction, Jan. 8-10, and Jan. 13 in Orlando, Fla.
“It’s certainly one of the most unique and historically important collections we’ve ever handled,” said Dustin Johnston, director of currency auctions at Heritage. “Mr. Ruther trusts us with a very important keepsake for future generations and we fully expect collectors will appreciate this opportunity.” Continue Reading at the source Numismaster
Akers rare gold half eagle in Heritage auction The finest known example of only three 1826 Capped Head, Small Letters gold $5 half eagles will cross the auction block Jan. 9 in Orlando, Fla. Continue Reading at the source Coin World
Rare 1913 Nickel for Sale A legendary rare nickel that was made under mysterious circumstances and was unknown to even exist for many years is coming back in the spotlight. The Olsen specimen 1913 Liberty Head nickel, sometimes known as the “Hawaii Five-O” specimen because of its featured appearance in an episode of that popular television program, will be offered in the Heritage Auctions U.S. Signature Coin Auction at the Florida United Numismatists Convention in Orlando, Jan. 8-12, 2014. Even though Heritage has not yet issued any formal news release about its upcoming auction, collectors already are inquiring about this internationally famous coin. Continue Reading at the source Numismaster
Olsen 1913 Liberty 5-cent coin returns to auction Once appearing in an episode of the 1970s television drama Hawaii Five-O, the Fred Olsen example of the 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin will cross the auction block in January for the second time in four years. The Olsen 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin was last offered Jan. 7, 2010, in Orlando, Fla., in conjunction with the Florida United Numismatists convention. The coin sold in that sale for $3,737,500. The coin is now part of The Greensboro Collection.
The coin is certified Proof 64 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. and considered the second finest of five examples known. The Olsen coin will make a return visit to the auction block at FUN during the Jan. 9, 2014, Platinum Night session at the Orange County Convention Center.
Continue Reading at the source Coin World
ANA Road Show
Coming To The 59th Annual FUN Show
Rarities worth millions of dollars from the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum will be on display in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 9-11, 2014, when the American Numismatic Association Road Show makes its debut at the annual FUN Show.
“The ANA’s Museum Showcase is a wonderful addition to our event,” said FUN Convention Coordinator Cindy Wibker. “FUN is a proud ANA member organization, and we’re thrilled to add these amazing exhibits to our bourse.”
FUN donated $5,000 to the ANA Road Show in support of its educational mission.
“We’d like to thank Florida United Numismatists for their generous contribution to our educational mission,” said ANA Executive Director Kimberly Kiick. “The FUN Show will be a fantastic opportunity for collectors to see some of the ANA’s most priceless specimens.”
On display at the 59th annual FUN Show are some of the ANA’s most well-known numismatic treasures: the 1913 Liberty Head nickel, the 1804 Silver Dollar and the Bebee Silver Certificates. The exhibit will also include the ever-popular Famous Errors collection. The ANA Road Show can be found at booth 221.
“The Money Museum is excited to bring the 1804 Dollar and 1913 Nickel to the FUN show for the first time,” said Douglas Mudd, the curator for the Money Museum. “With the selection of rare silver certificates from the Bebee collection as well as the exhibit on Famous Errors, we should have something that every collector can enjoy.”
Click to view photos & moreANA Road Show At The 59th Annual FUN Show
What Do You Have At YOUR Booth
That We Need To See?
Tell us about your treasures
Treasure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prized possession or entity
Synonyms: abundance, apple of one's eye, cache, capital, cash, find, fortune, funds, gem, gold, hoard, jewel, money, nest egg, nonpareil, paragon, pearl, pride and joy, prize, riches, treasure trove, valuable, wealth
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2014 F.U.N. Convention Dealer Table Listing
Heritage Auctions F.U.N Signature U.S. Coins, US Currency & World Currency Auctions
Coin & Currency Grading Services Available At The 59th Annual FUN Show
2014 FUN Member Clubs Scheduled To Meet In January 2014
ANA Road Show Coming
To The 59th Annual FUN Show
2014 F.U.N Free Educational Seminar Listing
How To Enter Your Exhibiting At The 2014 F.U.N. Convention
2014 F.U.N. Young Numismatists Meeting
2014 Florida United Numismatists Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic
Numismatic Crime Investigation Seminar At The 2014 F.U.N Show
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Meet David Chaltas, General Robert E. Lee Impersonator
Meet President Lincoln
2014 F.U.N Show Welcomes Michael Bean's Spider Press Demonstration & Raffle
Disney Theme Park Discounts For 2014 F.U.N. Conventioneers
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Mark Your Calendars
Be sure to mark your calendar and come see us at the FUN Show!
59th Annual FUN Convention: January 9-12, 2014
Orange County Convention Center West Building Hall WE, Orlando, Florida
8th Annual Summer FUN Convention: July 10-12, 2014
Orange County Convention Center West Building, Hall WA1, Orlando, Florida
60th Annual FUN Convention: January 8-11, 2015
Orange County Convention West Building, Hall WD, Orlando, Florida
9th Annual Summer FUN Convention: July 9-11, 2015
Orange County Convention West Building, Hall WA2, Orlando, Florida
61st Annual FUN Convention: January 7-10, 2016 Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida
62nd Annual FUN Convention: January 5-8, 2017 Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida
63rd Annual FUN Convention: January 4-7, 2018 Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida
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