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
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #106
Among Quarter Eagles ($2½ gold coins), the 1841, the 1854-S and the 1863 are recognized Great Rarities.... read more »
May 2, 2012 11:58 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
Issued in 1860, it is among the finest known.
April 25, 2012, Irvine, Calif. – GreatCollections is offering a selection of rare certified coins in their auctions ending April 29, 2012. The group has been consigned by several consignors and... read more »
April 25, 2012 3:05 PM / 1 comment
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #105
Last week, I covered the Silver Center Copper Cent pattern of 1792 that sold for $1.15 million in Heritage’s... read more »
April 25, 2012 10:35 AM / no comments
Michael Sadler, Heritage Auctioneer, Todd Imhof, Heritage VP
David Lisot, Interviewer.
Another landmark coin has been sold by Heritage Auctions. The 1792 cent is an experimental issue that had a small plug of silver in the middle of the coin.... read more »
April 20, 2012 4:39 PM / no comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
There has been some interesting discussion on this web site recently about the need for more accurate pricing information about U.S. coins. For example, Vic Bozarth recently wrote about the Coin Dealer Newsletter... read more »
April 20, 2012 9:30 AM / 8 comments
By Charles Morgan with Hubert Walker
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about Eisenhower dollars and the way they’re treated in the Redbook. The column made the rounds of the editorial boards of several coin magazines, Whitman Publishing... read more »
April 20, 2012 8:53 AM / no comments
(Schaumburg, Illinois) — Members of the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com) attending the organization’s general membership meeting on April 17, 2012 overwhelmingly approved a three-point definition of so-called... read more »
April 18, 2012 6:59 AM / 1 comment
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #104 – Updated on April 25, 2012
Among the most famous of all patterns is the ‘Silver Center Cent’... read more »
April 18, 2012 6:34 AM / 1 comment