Coin Collecting

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Dealers

Ancient Coins - Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.
Specializing in the sale of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and early medieval coins.

Larry Whitlow Ltd. - Professional Numismatic Services
Dealer in high grade PCGS and NGC certified rare coins.

Quadriga Ancients - Affordable Ancient Roman Coins
Deals in affordable ancient Roman coins for beginning and advanced collectors. Site provides information on collecting and grading ancient coins, plus an online sale catalog.

Silvertowne
Rare coin and precious metals dealer.

Stack's
Since 1935, Stack's has held first position in the American numismatic auction scene in terms of longevity, number of sales conducted, lots sold and great rarities handled.

The Working Man's Rare Coins - U.S. Silver Coins
Hundreds of coins listed with images - show schedule - numismatic information - find your coin here.

VCoins - The Online Coin Show for Ancient Coins, US Coins, and World Coins
The largest site on the net for Ancient Coins, Roman Coins, Greek Coins, Byzantine Coins, and Biblical Coins. Books, supplies, and resources for ancient coin collectors.


U.S. Rare Coin Investments
Rare Coins - U.S. Rare Coin Investments Educational and in depth information for investors and collectors of rare coin, gold coins and silver coins.

General

WildWinds Ancient Coin DataBank
Ancient Coins: Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Celtic numismatic reference for attribution and valuation.

The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University
The central theme of the exhibition and its catalogue is that the coins were circulated not only as means of exchange, but also as significant bearers of meaning.

Getting Started With Ancient Coins
A small page with good information for the beginner and a wealth of links to other resources. A great jumping off point for all ancient coins including Rome, Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor, and Egypt.

Napoleonic Medals
Napoleonic Era Medals, Coins, Paper Money and Emphemera.

Coin Forum, Numismatic Education, and Collecting Information | Coin Community
This site was created to help educate collectors to make the hobby of coin collecting as safe as possible. This is our main purpose. Our Coin Forum is the main ingredient, although we have plenty more resources and are always adding to the site.

Coin Exchange FAQ
Describes what you need to do in order to exchange coins with other coin collectors worldwide.


Paper Money and Scripophily

Don C. Kelly
US Paper Money for collectors, including national bank notes, silver certificates, gold certificates, fractional currency, colonial currecny, and confederate currency.

Georgia Obsolete Currency
Dedicated to the study and display of Georgia Currency. The goal of this site is to describe and illustrate as many different notes as possible.

Historical American Currency Exhibit at the FRBSF
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's online exhibit of historical American Currency.

Million Dollar Babies - The Banknotes of Hyperinflation
A compilation of Banknote illustrations with a denomination of 1 Million or greater. Includes notgeld and other German inflation scrip.

Tom Chao's Paper Money Gallery
A collection of over 1700 world bank notes from 298 countries. Information on world paper money, who's who on banknotes, banknote galleries.

DepressionScrip.com
Depression scrip was used during the depression era (1930's) as a substitute for government issued currency. Because of the banks closing temporarily and the lack of physical currency, someone had to come up with another form of currency to keep the economy going and a way for trade to continue...

The Society of Paper Money Collectors
The Society of Paper Money Collectors, Inc. was formed in 1961 and has over 1,750 members from around the world. Membership is open to anyone interested in paper money or related areas such as checks, stocks, engravings, and other fiscal ephemera.

Ron Wise's World Paper Money Homepage
Scanned images from private collection and donated images from the general public. There are currently 20,000+ scans (over 10,000 notes - with individual front and back scans.

Mac's Old Paper Money
Mac's Old Paper Money sells and buys collectible currency, including Colonial, Continental, Famous signers, Delaware and American Revolution currency.

German historical Banknotes and Old Paper Money from Germany
Old German paper money and its history. Many Historic banknotes from Germany are shown as quality scans. Historical information provide an essential background for the collector.

Rebel States Currency
Confederate Southern States issued currency, United States Fractional currency and coins.

ATS notes - Paper Money Glossary and Terminology
Dictionary of banknote collecting terminology.

Oklahoma's Emergency Scrip Issues during the Banking Crisis of 1933
Article and timeline with lots of scanned images.

Bi-metallic Coal Company Scrip
From the Bi-Metallic Collectors Club - very cool description and images of old coal company tokens.


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