Ex: Stickney, Ellsworth, Garrett The Guide Book Plate Coin
The history of this rare copper New Hampshire coinage is fairly well documented in the literature, especially in Sylvester S. Crosby’s Early Coins of America (1875), which reproduces... read more »
March 19, 2012 7:42 AM / no comments
All proof U.S. gold coins from the 1830s are very rare, and only six specimens of the 1836 Classic Head quarter eagle are known in proof format. No record was kept of proof mintages in this era, as the coins were only struck at the behest... read more »
March 19, 2012 7:19 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
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The combination of history and numismatic significance makes the United Sates gold coins struck during the Civil War era (1861 to 1865) a fascinating possible collecting area... read more »
March 14, 2012 11:49 AM / no comments
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis on scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #99
Although I very much prefer to write about scarce or rare coins, rather than common coins, generic U.S. gold coins... read more »
March 14, 2012 7:36 AM / 3 comments
Includes superb MS-67 $20 High Relief and both $50 Panama-Pacific Commemoratives
GreatCollections is proud to auction a group of U.S. coins called the Turino Collection. While the collection contains coins of all price ranges, the highlights... read more »
March 13, 2012 11:00 AM / no comments
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
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If you are a collector of rare date gold, you have probably noticed that there are distinct patterns of availability. In other words, certain coins may go from very unavailable... read more »
March 12, 2012 6:54 AM / no comments
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
Coin Investors: Do you want to buy when coin prices are already going up…or do you want to buy when coin prices are soft…before they begin rising?!
One area of the rare coin market that’s... read more »
March 12, 2012 6:44 AM / no comments
Turn-of-the-Century Pennies Ranked as World’s Fourth All-Time Finest Collection in Its Category
eBay and David Lawrence Rare Coins today announced plans to auction one of the world’s largest – and rarest – Lincoln penny collections.... read more »
March 6, 2012 7:19 AM / 1 comment
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
Spot prices on the futures markets for precious metals have always been volatile, especially for silver.
But since last year’s roller coaster ride, in which gold and silver reached previous or new nominal highs... read more »
March 5, 2012 9:02 AM / 3 comments
News and Analysis of scarce coins, markets, and the collecting community #97
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
I was astonished that a stamp auction company in San Francisco offered a very extensive collection of U.S. gold coins that... read more »
February 29, 2012 9:26 AM / 1 comment