by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
Michele Coiron is director of sales for the fund-raising affiliate of the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, known as Star-Spangled 200, Inc. She recently spoke with me about her efforts to promote sales... read more »
May 7, 2012 8:24 AM / no comments
By Steve Roach – www.steveroachonline.com
First published in the May 14, 2012, issue of Coin World
The just-completed Central States Numismatic Society convention represented a busy week for the rare coin market. On April 17 at the show,... read more »
May 7, 2012 6:34 AM / no comments
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 Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com
Last Sunday, a new study was released. Titled “Dr. Zijlstra’s Final Settlement: Gold as the Monetary Cosmos’ Sun,” it was written by Dutch economist Jaco... read more »
May 4, 2012 6:18 AM / 6 comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
There is a consensus among coin collectors and numismatists that it is important that e-Bay have policies designed to protect buyers from overgraded, counterfeit and otherwise problematic coins. Sales of such coins... read more »
May 3, 2012 7:56 AM / 8 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 Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com
What do you do with my commentaries? I have been writing them since 1995, gaining a wider audience as time goes on.
Do you merely read them for entertainment? If... read more »
April 30, 2012 8:23 AM / 8 comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
The U.S. Mint has announced that it will honor the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco branch of the U.S. Mint with a special two-coin American silver eagle proof set.
The set will include two proof silver eagles... read more »
April 30, 2012 6:55 AM / 6 comments
by Al Doyle for CoinWeek
Please click here to read Part One of this Article
Collectors with a hard money mentality who want to go beyond familiar series such as the American silver Eagle and Canadian Maple Leaf have a growing number of options... read more »
April 30, 2012 6:31 AM / 1 comment
By Patrick A. Heller
Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com
On March 17, through pressure from the US government and some European nations, Iran was cut off from access to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications... read more »
April 27, 2012 7:29 AM / 1 comment