In 1896, the United States released the Educational Series, an artistically inclined series of currency depicting three allegorical motifs that would become some of the most highly revered notes ever produced by our government. For years, the silver certificate was a dull rendition of black ink featured on the obverse and green on the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2016
BASEBALL’S “MAGNA CARTA” SELLS FOR $3.3 MILLION
For nearly two weeks the documents that have been nicknamed the “Magna Carta” of baseball were the focus of a major bid war. SCP auctions in Southern California closed the sale of the documents on Sunday, April 24, to an anonymous buyer for a whopping $3.3 million. Prior to placing the “Laws of Base… Read more »