Freeman’s | Hindman’s Coins, Medals and Banknotes department handles coins, currency, and stamps, including American and world coins, rare currency, paper money, and exonumia. Coins and paper money are sold in dedicated sales throughout the year.

Highlights of previous sales within the department include the single- owner sale from the estate of Scott E. Strahan which achieved over a million dollars for the collection and included a high-grade 1907 Saint Gaudens High-Relief: Wire Edge $20 Gold Coin among other rarities of American $20 Gold Coins. The regularly scheduled various-owner sales foster competitive bidding and strong results including a low-mintage 1908-S Indian Head $5 Gold Coin that sold for over $9,000. Stamps also feature prominently within the department including a single-owner sale of philatelic rarities that included the previously unaccounted for Position #79 of the famous 1928 24-Cent Airmail Inverted Jenny stamp which achieved a price of $301,000.
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Nick Coombs
Senior Specialist, Coins, Medals & Banknotes
Nick Coombs is a senior specialist in the Coins, Medals & Banknotes department at Freeman's | Hindman.
Prior to joining Freeman's | Hindman in 2014, Mr. Coombs worked for PCGS Currency in Peoria, Illinois, where he was responsible for the grading and authentication of paper money. This enabled him to travel to dozens of coin and currency shows a year and develop a lifelong passion for numismatics. In addition to heading the Coins, Medals & Banknotes department at Freeman's | Hindman, Mr. Coombs works closely with the Furniture & Decorative Arts departments and has directed auctions for philatelics, memorabilia, scientific instruments and fountain pens. He received a BA in art history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a master of letters in art and art world practice from the University of Glasgow.

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