White hot market for rarest coins, great American rarity tops U.S. auction Dallas, Texas (January 13, 2019) — The finest-known 1885 Trade dollar, among the rarest and most enigmatic issues in all of American coinage, sold for $3,960,000 million through Heritage Auctions Thursday evening, January 10, following a winning bid cast by collector Dell Loy Hansen […]
Whitman Publishing releases new third edition of A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents
(Pelham, Alabama)—Whitman Publishing has released an updated and revised third edition of its best-selling Guide Book of Lincoln Cents. It continues in the popular tradition of the Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars and other Bowers Series numismatic guides, which number more than two dozen volumes. The 320-page full-color book is available now, in January 2019, online and […]
PCGS Set Registry is now both fun and games
(Santa Ana, California) January 16, 2019 — The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has added an intriguing and exciting new element of competition and additional awards to its popular PCGS Set Registry. “It’s called the PCGS Set Registry Achievement Program, and it challenges current and new PCGS Set Registry members to earn points and accumulate […]
NGC-certified gold rarity from Switzerland excels at auction
NGC-graded coins were featured prominently at Stack’s Bowers auctions in New York. NGC-certified gold rarities from 18th century Europe were among the highlights in a pair of coin auctions by Stack’s Bowers held in New York on January 11 and 12. A 1745 Switzerland medallic 20-ducat, graded NGC AU-58, realized $84,000, well above its pre-auction estimate […]
Bowers on collecting: Get ready for two new books!
For much of the past year, going into overdrive in late autumn, the Whitman staff has been working on two new standard references—the 2020 editions of A Guide Book of United States Coins and Mega-Red No. 5, the 1,500+ page, six-pound volume also known as the Deluxe Guide Book. Both books are collectible in their own right. The first edition […]
Sealand: Unveiled commemorative coin remembers the late Princess Joan, co-sovereign of micro-nation
The treasury of the Principality of Sealand has unveiled (14th January) memorial coins which pay tribute to Sovereign Princess Joan who passed away on the 10th March 2016, at the age of 86. She co-founded the Principality of Sealand, a micro-nation which lies just six miles off the southeast coast of the UK along with […]
Finest-known 1885 Trade dollar now in PCGS holder
(Santa Ana, California) January 15, 2019 — The finest-known 1885 U.S. Trade dollar that recently sold for a record $3.96 million has been crossed over and now is in a Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) holder. Within a few hours after placing the winning bid during the Heritage Auctions Platinum Night auction at the Florida […]
Staying healthy on the bourse: The connection between health and wealth
Before I begin, let me preface this by stating that I am not a medical professional, so you may take any commentary that I contribute in this article to the topic of health with a hearty grain of salt (which, in high doses, is probably not good for your health). It has virtually become a […]
Q&A: What is a specie?
The following is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers: Q: Jefferson and Hamilton favored the copper half cent as a coin useful to the poor. Who argued for the inclusion of a silver half dime among the early coinage denominations, and what was his argument? A: On September 28, 1790, Thomas Paine, political theorist […]
Canada: New silver and colour coin highlights Niagara Falls winter lights and launches new series
The Royal Canadian Mint has launched (8th January) new celebratory coins which not only highlights one of Canada’s most world-renowned landmarks, but they launch a new 12-coin series entitled “Celebrating Canadian Fun and Festivities.” Canada’s foremost illumination festival in Niagara Falls began in 1925, the annual Winter Festival of Lights celebrations transforms Niagara Falls into a […]
