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Brief History of the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection
Posted by Jeff Garrett on the NGC Weekly Market Report ….. My first encounter with the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection occurred nearly three decades ago. While in the Washington D.C. area I planned a visit to the Smithsonian... read more »
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Half Dollars of 1811, with emphasis upon two ‘in the news’!
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #169 ….. Though more than two hundred years old, Capped Bust Half Dollars of 1811 are or recently have been... read more »
Stack’s Bowers Offers Gold Coin Collection that Embodies 700 years of British History
One of the most impressive and historical collections of British gold coinage auctioned in the United States will fall under the gavel at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money — the largest national... read more »
Coin pricing: Always a mystery
By C. Logan McKechnie : VamsandMore.com [The View Vol. 2 - Issue 8] …….. When it comes to confusing coin pricing, April was in like a lion and out like a lamb. It was a month that produced the good, the bad and the downright ugly. Perhaps... read more »
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Denver Mint Barber Half Dollars of 1907, with comments on condition rankings
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #163 ….. Barber Half Dollars were minted from 1892 to 1915. They were not struck at the Denver Mint until 1906.... read more »
Precious Metals Prices: THE BATTLE OF THEORY AND REALITY
by Al Doyle for CoinWeek …… Anyone with even a marginal interest in precious metals is aware of the brutal beatdown in gold and silver spot prices over the past four days. From its April 12 London close of $1535.50, gold fell off the cliff... read more »
NGC US Coin Price Guide Adds Values for Plus (+) Grades
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has announced that its free online NGC US Coin Price Guide now features values for plus (+) grades. The NGC US Coin Price Guide is the most comprehensive and accurate online coin value guide with nearly... read more »
A Brief History of the Money Museum and Upcoming Fundraising Coin Auction
PANTA RHEI – “everything flows.” This quote from the work of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus perfectly encapsulates everything the Money Museum strives to be – always changing, never resting on the laurels of its past, and always... read more »
Exploring US Proof Coinage with Jeff Garrett
Posted by Jeff Garrett on the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Weekly Market Report ….. The US Mint has been striking what are universally considered Proof coins since at least 1817. As most of you know, Proof coins are made for collectors... read more »
A Guide to Ancient Coin Collecting
By Russell A. Augustin – AU Capital Management ………. Amassing a collection of ancient coins can seem like a daunting task: the US mint has existed for little more than two hundred years, but the Classical world spans... read more »
From the Herb Hicks Files: The Illegal Ban on Gold Certificates
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ………. In 1963, Coin World columnist and former ANA librarian Ted Hammer wrote about a coin dealer in Texas arrested for trying to sell a gold certificate. The dealer had run afoul of federal... read more »
Coin Values: Story of Success of Muenzen Revue. VIDEO: 2:24.
Albert Beck, World Money Fair Honorary President and founder and publisher of Muenzen Revue Interviewer: David Lisot – CoinWeek. Herr Beck is the founder and publisher of Muenzen Revue, one of Europe’s oldest price and information... read more »
Price Discovery & Transparency in Precious Metals
by Miguel Perez-Santalla – BullionVault ……. The price someone is willing to sell to you is not necessarily the value that you’d get for selling the same thing back… IT’S INTERESTING how people become accustomed... read more »
Some Thoughts on Rare Coin Pricing
By Doug Winter - RareGoldcoins.com CoinWeek Content Partner ……… I have been working on a few coin-related projects lately and one component which has made me stop and collect my thoughts on many occasions involves pricing. And then it... read more »
Numismatic Research and Pricing in Today’s World
Posted by Jeff Garrett on the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Weekly Market Report ….. A generation ago, basic numismatic research for most serious collectors consisted of checking prices in the latest edition of the Guide Book of United... read more »
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