Rare U.S. Coins post $196 million total at Heritage Auctions in 2011

Heritage posts $806+ million 2011 total sales, its best year to date; World Coins posts $39.5 million total; Record totals realized in Comics, Jewelry, Music & Entertainment, Decorative Arts and more DALLAS, TX – U.S. Coins continued to... read more »

January 9, 2012 2:45 PM / no comments

1975 Proof Dine Without S Mintmark to be Auctioned By Stack’s Bowers at the Chicago ANA

(IRVINE, CA – July 9, 2011) With great pleasure Stack’s Bowers Galleries will be offering at the World’s Fair of Money one of the very few United States rarities listed in the Guide Book of United States Coins that has never before sold... read more »

July 12, 2011 9:31 AM / no comments

Heritage and Stack’s Bowers compete to fill Summer ANA coin auctions

By Steve Roach – http://www.steveroachonline.com First published in the July 11, 2011, issue of Coin World As Bowers and Merena merged with Stack’s at the end of 2010, many wondered if the resources of the new Stack’s Bowers Galleries... read more »

July 1, 2011 3:39 PM / no comments

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Collecting Dimes

News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #59 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The U.S. Mint has produced dimes almost every year since 1796. Until 1964, dimes consisted of an alloy of 90% silver... read more »

June 29, 2011 10:35 AM / no comments

8-Pound California Gold Nugget Sells for $460K at Holabird-Kagin Americana Auction

The LARGEST CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH NUGGET left in existence, the 100 troy ounce gold nugget discovered last year in Nevada County, California, was sold at auction by Holabird-Kagin Americana on March 16th in Sacramento for $460,000. Named the... read more »

March 18, 2011 9:01 AM / no comments