Two Collectors Splitting $2,000 Prize After Submitting First 2020-W Vermont Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Quarters for Grading by Professional Coin Grading Service (Santa Ana, California — September 29, 2020) — The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) Quarter Quest 2020 recently yielded two more winners with the release of the 2020-W Vermont Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park […]
The Union Shield cent, 2010–2020 and beyond
On April 28, 2009, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee met at United States Mint headquarters on Ninth Street in Washington, D.C., to review coinage designs including more than a dozen candidates for a new Lincoln cent. The coin, which in 2009 celebrated both its 100th anniversary and the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, […]
PCI Silver Eagles versus PCI Morgan dollars
I have been collecting PCGS Silver Eagles for more than six years, marveling at their toning. You can see my PCGS Showcase set by clicking here. These are fabulous coins, often more beautiful than any other kind of toning; the numismatic term, “monster,” applies to these. They come in pastel colors as well as ribbed […]
Bowers on collecting: Some really rare $20 gold coins
A Real 1850 Double Eagle In 1926 numismatists and others were startled when they read this Associated Press dispatch datelined Demopolis, Alabama: Aided by old papers his father left him, Gayus Whitfield, of Middleboro, Ky., has unearthed buried gold valued at more than $200,000 on the Whitfield farm, near here. Discovery of the treasure came […]
NGC certifies more than 250 Morgan dollars from the Atlanta Bank Hoard
The hoard included many rare dates and coins with similar and appealing toning. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently certified more than 250 Morgan silver dollars from a cache amassed at the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank during the 1950s and 1960s. The hoard includes many rare dates and coins with similar and appealing toning. A discovery […]
NGC certifies bag of First Day of Issue 1964-D Kennedy half dollars for Rare Collectibles TV
Sarasota, Florida (April 16, 2020) — Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has certified an extraordinary bag of First Day of Issue 1964-D Kennedy half dollars submitted by Rare Collectibles TV (RCTV). The 2,000 Kennedy half dollars arrived at NGC still sealed in their original Federal Reserve Bank bag dated March 19, 1964 — five days before […]
Rare Georgia Gold Rush coin brings record $480,000 in Atlanta
Historic coin is “coming back home” (Atlanta, Georgia) February 27, 2020 — A small gold coin with a face value of $2.50 when it was struck in northern Georgia in 1830 sold for a record price of $480,000 to an anonymous Georgia collector in an auction in Atlanta Thursday night, February 27, 2020. It is […]
Rare 1856-S/s quarters discovered in amazing S.S. Central America treasure
Nine elusive examples of the large mint mark over small mint mark variety now confirmed from treasure retrieved in 2014 (Brea, California) December 3, 2019 — The fabled S.S. Central America, the famous “Ship of Gold” that sank in 1857 carrying tons of California Gold Rush treasure, continues to surprise and delight the numismatic world. […]
Coin hoards, treasures, and troves: Separating truth from taradiddles!
The second edition of Q. David Bowers’s Lost and Found Coin Hoards and Treasures, one of the most exciting coin-collecting books of recent years, has been released by Whitman Publishing. The 480-page hardcover book is available online and in bookstores and hobby shops nationwide. Here, Bowers discusses his research and writing. Buried treasure! Gold! Pirates! […]
Capturing the excitement of lost and found coin treasures
David Bowers’s Lost and Found Coin Hoards and Treasures, one of the most exciting coin-collecting books of recent years, has been released in a new second edition by Whitman Publishing. The 480-page hardcover book is available online and in bookstores and hobby shops nationwide. Here, Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker recalls how the book came to […]
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