By Stewart Huckaby – Re-posted with Permission by Heritage Auctions
About a year ago, I wrote an article in this space about Type Sets, and some of the considerations involved in putting them together. At a recent coin club meeting, I... read more »
May 21, 2012 7:20 AM / no comments
An outstanding selection of rare twenty dollar gold coins highlights Heritage’s upcoming US Coins Signature Auction, to take place May 30-June 3 at the Long Beach Coin and Collectibles Expo.
The most prominent among the double eagle offerings... read more »
May 14, 2012 6:56 AM / no 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
Auctioneer: Bob Merrill
Platinum Night Sales by Heritage Auctions feature some of the most rare and desirable United States coins.
At this year’s Platinum Night Sale held at the Central States Numismatic Society Convention in Schaumburg,... read more »
May 2, 2012 7:25 AM / no comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
There has been some interesting discussion on this web site recently about the need for more accurate pricing information about U.S. coins. For example, Vic Bozarth recently wrote about the Coin Dealer Newsletter... read more »
April 20, 2012 9:30 AM / 8 comments
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #104 – Updated on April 25, 2012
Among the most famous of all patterns is the ‘Silver Center Cent’... read more »
April 18, 2012 6:34 AM / 1 comment
The 1863 quarter eagle is a classic American coin issue that is familiar to many collectors, even those who specialize outside the rarefied atmosphere of 19th century proof gold coinage. As a proof-only production in the long-running Liberty... read more »
April 7, 2012 8:59 AM / no comments
In Heritage’s upcoming CICF World and Ancient Coins auction, to take place in Chicago April 26-30, there is an an example of the rare and popular Oxford Trple Unite. Dated 1643, this Choice VF specimen possesses a lot more eye-appeal... read more »
April 1, 2012 1:51 AM / no comments
By Steve Roach – www.steveroachonline.com
First published in the April 9 issue of Coin World
Buyer’s fees are a fact of life when buying at auction. While a seller typically pays a fee to an auctioneer for including a coin in an auction,... read more »
March 26, 2012 12:09 PM / no comments
By Heritage Auctions
An extraordinary 1822R Brazilian Pedro I gold Coronation 6,400 Reis, just one of 64 minted, provides a historic and emotional anchor to our 5,300+-lot Heritage Auctions World & Ancient Coins CICF Signature Auction, April... read more »
March 26, 2012 7:19 AM / no comments