By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner
Collector K.U. recently asked me to help him construct a compact, meaningful list of San Francisco gold coins to form the basis of his collection. The parameters were as follows:... read more »
May 4, 2012 7:41 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
After 4 years of being traded on the open market, I think few collectors and dealers would argue the statement that CAC stickering has added considerable value and liquidity to many types of United States... read more »
April 28, 2012 7:44 AM / 3 comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
A CoinWeek Content Partner
The phone rang early Saturday morning. It was a collector calling. The conversation went something like this:
“Hi Doug, this is “collector X” (the names have been changed... read more »
April 27, 2012 6:56 AM / 2 comments
By Doug Winter – Raregoldcoins.com
My take on the first quarter of 2012 was if you ask ten different coin dealers how their business was, you’d get ten different answers. “Isn’t this always the case,” you ask? “Not really,” I’d... read more »
April 16, 2012 9:03 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner and Contributor
In the third installment of this multi-part article, I’m going to delve into a series that has its share of issues that are not often seen with good eye appeal:... read more »
April 5, 2012 6:30 AM / 1 comment
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner and Contributor
As I was getting ready to post a coin that will be for sale in today’s DWN E-Special (an 1846-D/D half eagle in PCGS VG8), it dawned on me that this piece... read more »
March 23, 2012 8:13 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner
The combination of history and numismatic significance makes the United Sates gold coins struck during the Civil War era (1861 to 1865) a fascinating possible collecting area... read more »
March 14, 2012 11:49 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
Coinweek Content Partner
If you are a collector of rare date gold, you have probably noticed that there are distinct patterns of availability. In other words, certain coins may go from very unavailable... read more »
March 12, 2012 6:54 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner
In the recent Schuyler Rumsey coin auction, there were a number of coins that I would define as “really special.” After the sale was over, I thought about the prices they brought... read more »
February 28, 2012 9:40 PM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner
Around four or five months ago, I got wind of a soon-to-be-conducted rare gold coin auction in San Francisco (The Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Collection) that sounded interesting,... read more »
February 24, 2012 10:50 AM / no comments