Posted by Scott Schechter, NGC Vice President
Scott Schechter reviews new discoveries and new issues of modern US coinage in 2011.
2011 has been a very significant year for modern US coinage. A handful of new discoveries and new issues make... read more »
December 22, 2011 8:59 AM / no comments
By Steve Roach – www.steveroachonline.com
Reposted on CoinWeek with Permission
First published in the January 2, 2011, Special Edition of Coin World
The auctions associated with the Florida United Numismatists convention, set for Orlando... read more »
December 22, 2011 8:41 AM / no comments
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFrarecoins.com
In my last column I wrote about “early” United States Mint commemorative coins struck between 1892 and 1954. These are legal tender silver half dollars, struck by the U.S. Mint, which... read more »
December 21, 2011 6:45 PM / 2 comments
Possibly the only known “Plain Edge” specimen of this fabled Large Cent; available as part of Heritage Platinum Night FUN Auction, Jan. 5
DALLAS, TX – A possibly unique “Plain Edge” 1795 one cent piece, Fair 2 PCGS, S-79 will be a... read more »
December 19, 2011 2:32 PM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
CoinWeek Content Partner
To my way of thinking, early gold coins (i.e., those struck prior to 1834) and among the most collectible and interesting areas in all of American numismatics.
No, these coins... read more »
December 16, 2011 11:09 AM / no comments
Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo announced today it will enter into a special collaboration with the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission at the Whitman Baltimore Expo in March. Whitman General Manager David Crenshaw said the two... read more »
December 14, 2011 4:10 PM / no comments
News and Analysis on scarce coins, markets, and the collecting community #85
A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek
If Dr. Steven Duckor currently owned a 1927-D Saint, he may have the all-time best set of business strike Saint Gaudens... read more »
December 14, 2011 12:59 PM / 1 comment
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
On December 13 Vice President Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the presidential dollar coin program will be suspended immediately, which they claim will result in a savings of $50 million... read more »
December 14, 2011 8:56 AM / 1 comment
The annual Money Show, held in Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center was held last week, the second week of the Holiday season. And while I didn’t really meet any people there that were looking for Holiday gifts, it... read more »
December 13, 2011 9:07 AM / no comments
Jan. 3-8 events taking place during Orlando 2012 FUN Convention; Heritage announces Platinum Night across two evenings for the first time; The Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Duckor Collection, Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr. Collection headline important collections... read more »
December 13, 2011 8:55 AM / no comments