By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker ………..
O summer, you warmest of seasons!
Now that the Fourth of July is just around the corner, it’s time for another round of Numismatic Housekeeping. In this edition, Hubert and I weigh in on the... read more »
June 17, 2013 8:45 AM / no comments
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker ………..
Your kids might know more about numismatics than you think.
People often talk about the importance of getting young people interested in coin collecting, but how do we do that?
Some... read more »
June 10, 2013 7:15 AM / 1 comment
By Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com …..
As I have said before, the price of gold represents a report card on the US government, economy, and dollar. If the price of gold is stable, that is probably... read more »
June 4, 2013 9:52 PM / 6 comments
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker ……….
Hubert and I like to use our position as writers for Coin Week to advocate for everyday collectors. We believe that one way to grow the hobby is by focusing on areas that have traditionally... read more »
June 4, 2013 8:34 AM / 14 comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek ………
Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker, in their recent “Open Letter to Wayne Homren ,” drew attention to wildly inflated predictions of future prices of classic U.S. commemoratives by Anthony Swiatek... read more »
May 13, 2013 10:59 AM / 8 comments
Commentary by: Larry Shepherd …………..
It’s time to vote in another ANA election, and unlike the last election when the number of candidates was just large enough to fill the number of vacancies, this year’s large... read more »
May 13, 2013 9:25 AM / 1 comment
by Adam Crum - Monaco Rare Coins ……..
This past couple weeks has caused gold bugs a great deal of concern. It’s the worst drop in percentage terms in 30 years. You have to go back to the 1983 drop during the Reagan era to... read more »
May 8, 2013 10:42 AM / 2 comments
By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ……..
Even though our show was unexpectedly cut short on the most critical day (Thursday) due to illness, we had an all time record selling CSNS Show! This was completely unexpected. The... read more »
April 29, 2013 12:56 PM / no comments
By Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com …..
One of the circulating rumors is that the reason for the major gold and silver price suppression over the past 11 days was to prevent a major default of London... read more »
April 25, 2013 7:37 AM / 3 comments
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ……
*For those of you who don’t know, Wayne Homren is the editor of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society’s weekly e-publication, the E-Sylum, which is always chock-full of fascinating information... read more »
April 11, 2013 5:10 PM / 5 comments
By Peter Mosiondz, Jr.
One of the most frequently asked questions that appear in my mailbox is “What makes a coin valuable?”
There are several factors contributing to the market value of a coin. The simple answer is that any coin is worth... read more »
April 8, 2013 11:52 AM / 1 comment
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ……
The Travers Article That Wasn’t
In November of last year, Scott Travers and House of Collectibles published the 20th edition of The Insider’s Guide to U.S. Coin Values. We picked... read more »
April 2, 2013 1:45 PM / no comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek ………
At first blush Texas might not seem to share much in common with Germany.
But in addition to being the largest states in their respective unions, Texas, like Germany, now wants to take physical possession... read more »
April 2, 2013 8:58 AM / 44 comments
By Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com …..
The implications of the twists and turns in the Cyprus bailout fiasco are reverberating worldwide. One of the lessons that Americans should learn from this... read more »
March 27, 2013 10:09 AM / 7 comments
By Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com …..
Over the next several weeks, the US government is facing a series of critical financial problems of its own making.
Unless there is a last-minute agreement,... read more »
February 27, 2013 9:38 PM / 21 comments