Laura Sperber

Laura Sperber is one of the owners of Legend Numismatics. She is a passionate and outspoken dealer who says what she believes and is a strong proponent of numismatic standards. Since 1987, Legend Numismatics has built an unequaled reputation among casual collectors and avid investors alike by locating and procuring top-quality rare coins.
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Legend Coin Market Report: New Top Set Builder Emerges

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ...... THE BIG WEEK We just saw a sales report for the first three weeks of September. Somehow, we have done $2,000,000.00 in sales to...

Legend Numismatics Hot Topics – Lehigh Valley Historical Society

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics ....... Journal entries from the founder of Legend Numismatics, Laura Sperber, help you stay current with the real happenings...

Legend Numismatics Hot Topics – Buyer Beware

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics ....... AUCTION BUYING I want to make it clear - this is not a self serving Hot Topics. I am...

Legend Numismatics Hot Topics – True Quality, a Good Dealer & Freshness DO Make...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   If you think this Hot Topics sounds like a broken record... yes, it does. I can never say...

Legend Numismatics Hot Topics – A Bad Culture

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   REALLY? For years now coin doctoring and gradeflation have been two of if not the biggest problems with the...

The Coin Market Report – The Dallas ANA Mid Winter Coin Show

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ..... SORT OF TYPICAL FOR A MID WINTER SHOW While the ANA works hard to put on a good show,...

Legend Numismatics Pre-Gardner Auction Market Report

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics.... Unusual Activity We can only make observations and report on what Legend did. Last week featured extra ordinary activity in the beginning....
Central States Honors Beth Deisher with 2022 Q. David Bowers Award

The CSNS Show: Jekyll and Hyde

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics....   This was certainly not the booming CSNS Shows we remember attending years ago in Indy or St Louis. It's...

Legend Numismatics Hot Topics – Coin Auction Buying And Coin Prices

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   I'M READY TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN!  Why will people pay crazy money in auction-when I can sell...

Legend Market Report: You Can Lead a Horse to Water, but…

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ……. We've all heard that phrase. What does it have to do with Long Beach? The show had decent attendence (even with...

A Candid 2015 “Hot Topics” on the Coin Market by Laura Sperber

2014 WAS THE YEAR FROM HELL Can't say 2014 was a good year for myself or The Legend companies. We would have our good months,...

Laura Sperber’s Legend Numismatics Market Report: Early November 2014

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics.... LOVE THE NEW LEVELS We're not going to fluff things. The market clearly is soft-in certain areas. Not good to...

AN UPDATE ON THE ANA

By ANA Board Member Laura Sperber ........ NO COMPLAINTS FROM ME Now that I am a year into being on the board, I am sad to...

Laura Sperber’s Hot Topics: Fools Gold – The JFK Coin

WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS BLOG ARE THE SOLE OPINIONS OF THE AUTHOR. DISGRACEFUL There is free enterpirse then there is the garbage that went on...

Hot Topics: Wow! Eliasberg + Pogue Rare Coin Collection in my Lifetime… Some Thoughts

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics Hot Topics Since hearing the news they are selling all I can do is think about the Pogue Rare Coin Collection -...

Hot Topics: Chatrooms Must Change

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics Hot Topics THE OPINIONS AND COMMENTS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE WRITER ALONE  AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS...

Laura Sperber Hot Topics – Coin Doctoring – The Puttied Stella

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics Hot Topics DID WE WIN ANY WARS IN 2013? Sadly NO! While I thought we were making progress with coin...

Hot Topics with Laura Sperber: LIFE AT THE ANA

A MINDBLOWING CRAWL! First I will say the experience so far has been far WORSE then anything I expected. Yeah, I know many people told me so,...

Laura Sperber’s HOT TOPICS: THE ANA GANG

Comments by ANA Board of Govenors Laura Sperber on her Websites HOT TOPICS Blog ......... NOT HORRIFIC So far I have not seen a complete train...

Critical Steps That Need To Be Taken By The ANA

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ………….. In light of all this monkey business, thefts, employee problems, etc the ANA has its self one nasty...

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