The Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) is conducting an online auction that is live now. What is novel about this on-lineauction is that the lot viewing will be available at various coin shows up to the auction's ending at 6:00pm May 6th at the PAN Spring Coin Show.

The Central States Numismatic Society Convention April 25th - May 1st in Schaumburg IL will be the next location where the PAN Auction Lots will be displayed. PAN will have a table at the K-L club section.

CoinZip.com is running the mechanics of the auction and donating their time to PAN. The 10% buyer's fee will all go directly to PAN. There is no seller's fee. The interest has been active with a lot of collectors curious about the idea. All of the lots are affordable collector type of numismatic items. The lots include a wide variety that will have a broad appeal. New lots are placed weekly. Auction lots can be accessed from the PAN website Auction Page or on the CoinZip.com website. Click the PANAuctions Icon.

PAN invites you to have a look and bid or place some items in the auction. Lots will be set up for viewing at the PAN May 5 th - 7 th Spring Coin Show. The bidding ends at 6:00pm Friday. Winning lot pick up will be available on Saturday for those that do not want to pay for postage.

Some of the interesting lots include:

Conder Token: 1794 Glorious First of June Farthing

1794 1 farthing

Obverse

Hampshire, England

Admiral Earl Howe portrait facing right

NOTE: many different varieties exist.
DH#102A Lettering: .ADML. EARL HOWE.

Reverse Sail Ship
Lettering:
GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE·1794·
FARTHING Edge: plain

To read the complete lot description, see:
http://www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/876788/1794-Farthing-England

Joseph Horne Company Charge Coin

Joseph Horne Company Charge Coin

Before plastic credit cards, fine department stores would extend credit on account and issue coins designed to fit on a key chain or to be tucked away in a women's purse so that she could go shopping without cash. The charge coins were issued by upscale establishments through the 1940s until charge-a-plates and credit cards took over.

It was often referred to simply as Joseph Horne's or Horne's, was an iconic, regional department store chain based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store was one of the oldest in the country being founded on February 22, 1849, but was often overlooked as it maintained only a regional presence. The chain ceased operations in 1994 after being merged with the Lazarus division of Federated Department Stores.

This charge coin would make a lovely Mother's Day gift for Grand Mom. You can buy a nice chain and place in a box. The auction ends on Friday with pick-up on Saturday ready for delivery on Sunday, Mother's Day.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Joseph Horne Company Charge Coin (www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/876442/Joseph-Horne-Company-Charge-Coin)

WALTER BREENS COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Signed Copy - WALTER BREEN'S COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. AND COLONIAL COINS

Published by FCI/Doubleday, New York, 1988

754 pages over 4,000 black-and-white photographs of coins with accompanying descriptive captions/passages.

Walter Breen was one of the most brilliant and accomplished numismatists of his time. His life also had a very dark and controversial side at the other end of the spectrum. For those that may not know he spent his final days in prison convicted of child molestation and eventually dying of cancer. His life has reemerged lately through a recent CoinWeek article "Confronting Breen" by Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker. Walter again has come up in digital conversations in The E-Sylum.

This auction lot includes his most well known reference book. It is signed by Walter Breen to the 1989 ANA Convention Chairman Sam Deep.

This auction lot also includes 3 interesting Walter Breen cancelled checks. The first is a September 1968 check to his wife and science fiction writer, Marion Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 - September 25, 1999).

The second check is made out to Volunteers of America on September 19, 1968.

The last check may be numismatic related made out to Collectors Gallery ??? More research would need to be done on this one.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Signed Copy - WALTER BREENS COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA (www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/172714/Signed-Copy-WALTER-BREENS-COMPLETE-ENCYCLOPEDIA)

1837 Store Scrip, Marietta, Pennsylvania

50 Cent Store Scrip, Marietta, Pennsylvania

A piece of Marietta, Pennsylvania 1837 Store Scrip redeemable in current Bank Notes

July 1837

To read the complete lot description, see:
50 Cent 1837 Store Scrip, Marietta, Pennsylvania (www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/172750/50-Cent-1837-Store-Scrip-Marietta-Pennsylvania)

1923 Large German Porcelain Medallion

1923 Large German Porcelain Medallion Goethe Gedenkfeier Pössneck Goldner Löwe

Material: Brown Porcelain with Gold decoration Diameter: approx. 51 mm Produced by: Meissen

Obverse: Goethe Memorial, Goldner Lion 1823 - 1923 Goethe gedenkfeier possneck goldner lowe, Goethe Commemoration possneck Goldner Lowe

Reverse: Einig unveruckt zusammen wandernd leuchten ewig sie herab die sterne. Rough Translation: Agree unpublished moves along migratory lights shine forever down the stars.

To read the complete lot description, see:
1923 Large German Porcelain Madallion (www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/172795/1923-Large-German-Porcelain-Madallion)

1826 O-118 Capped Bust Half Dollar

To read the complete lot description, see:
1826 O-118 Capped Bust Half Dollar (www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/172696/1826-O118-Capped-Bust-Half-Dollar)

Thomas Elder Auction Catalog, 1927

Thomas Elder Public Auction Sale

Haintz, Williams, and other collections

February 9, 10, 11, 12, 1927

Very nice copy with a few prices noted. This lot also includes Thomas Elder's pamphlet "The Collectors Notes" Vol. 2, No. 2, Jan. 1927. It is 7 pages and in very good condition with no tears and slight foxing.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Thomas Elder Auction Catalog, 1927 (www.go2coinauctions.com/Listing/Details/497403/Thomas-Elder-Auction-Catalog-1927)

To view the complete auction listing, see:
http://www.go2coinauctions.com/Browse?Seller=PAN-Auctions