by Ron Iovino | Jun 5, 2013 | Blog
At one point or another, someone – often a favorite aunt or a grandparent – gave you a $2 bill for the holidays or your birthday. They probably told you to hang on to it because it’s rare and soon to be a collector’s item. Being eight, maybe 10 years old at the time,...
by Ron Iovino | Jun 3, 2013 | Blog
If you are an old money collector, you have likely encountered a wealth of different legal tenders. It is interesting to see how currency has developed and changed in this country over the course of its history, particularly due to the fact that in the early days of...
by Ron Iovino | May 24, 2013 | Blog
Following the issuance of the 1914 red seal Federal Reserve notes, the United States government printed 1914 blue seal notes. The blue seals are the same as the red seal bills except for the seal color. Blue seals are far more easily available than the earlier red...
by Ron Iovino | May 23, 2013 | Blog
There has been a lot of press lately, even outside of currency dealer circles, about a man who brought a $1,000 bill from 1918 into the Gold & Silver Pawnshop featured on the hit History Channel TV series Pawn Stars. The customer said he had been given the bill by...
by Ron Iovino | May 15, 2013 | Blog
In the past week we have seen an alarming number of counterfeits made in the 1860s. It is important to understand the difference between a reproduction and a counterfeit. We have a guide to reproductions. Reproductions are cheesy copies that won’t come close...
by Ron Iovino | May 1, 2013 | Blog
The Advantages of Selling to a Dealer Before making a pitch, let’s make two things clear: 1) A dealer can’t make any money if you don’t sell to him 2) An auction house can’t make any money if you don’t consign with them The ultimate...
