Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Cardinal Collection Results, Part 1: 1792 to 1794

A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #151 ….. On Thursday, Jan. 24, Stack’s-Bowers auctioned the Cardinal set of large cents, along with an NGC... read more »

February 1, 2013 4:48 PM / 2 comments

Carvin Goodridge Collection of Half Cents Sold by McCawley Grellman Auctions

Chris McCawley, President, McCawley Grellman Auctions Interviewer: David Lisot A well known collection of half cents has been sold at auction that included some rare examples of early American numismatics. Chris McCawley shares how the Goodridge... read more »

September 27, 2012 1:57 PM / no comments

Important 1776 New Hampshire Copper Rarity to be offered by Stacks Bowers in Baltimore

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

Husak Large Cents Soar Past $10.7 Million At Heritage’s $25 Million Long Beach Signature Auction

Dallas, TX: The auction room was jammed with hundreds of bidders before the first lot of the Large Cent Collection of Walter Husak was offered at Heritage’s Official Auction at the February 14-16, 2008 Long Beach Coin Expo. When the last... read more »

February 17, 2008 10:06 PM / no comments