The Rollo Fox Collection is Ranked #1 at PCGS (Irvine, California) April 25, 2022 — The #1 PCGS Registry Set of CAC-approved Walking Liberty half dollars formed by noted numismatist Mr. Rollo Fox is being auctioned by GreatCollections. The complete collection of 72 coins dated from 1916 through 1947 is graded by PCGS with CAC […]
Heritage Auctions offers incredible selection of NGC-certified U.S. rarities in May sale
Extraordinary NGC-certified U.S. coins and tokens are part of the May auction. Several rare coins from American history are in the spotlight in a sale presented by Heritage Auctions. Certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC), these rarities include a seldom-seen Colonial-era shilling and a high-grade 19th-century Half Eagle. Online bidding for the Central States U.S. […]
Bowers on Collecting: The famous 1794 silver dollar
Overview The 1794 silver dollar is one of my favorite coins. There are about 135 or so known, the exact number being indeterminable due to many not being illustrated in catalogs of years ago and as the same coin can be offered multiple times. Over the years I have probably bought and sold 1794 dollars […]
Nearly $37 million in U.S. numismatic items sold in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Spring 2022 Auction
Costa Mesa, CA — Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold nearly $37 million in United States coins and paper money in their Spring 2022 Showcase Auction, surpassing pre-sale estimates by nearly 60% and setting hundreds of records in the process. The sale was highlighted by a quartet of gold treasures including the $1.1 million 1907 Rounded Rim […]
More than $30,000 in prizes to be awarded to 2022 NGC Registry award winners!
Ensure your NGC Registry set is at its best by 10 a.m. EST on November 1, 2022, to be automatically considered for awards and more than $30,000 in prizes. Winners will be announced on January 6, 2023. Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) is excited for the 2022 NGC Registry Awards, and we hope you are too! […]
CAC coins bring premiums in March
CAC-approved coins fared well in online auction sales during the month of March. Here are 10 examples, which were selected from a larger number of results that could have been listed. On March 6, the firm called GreatCollections sold a CAC-approved MS-67 grade 1934 Buffalo nickel for $8,701. On February 13, GreatCollections sold an MS-67 […]
Central States Numismatic Society honors Beth Deisher with 2022 Q. David Bowers Award
CSNS annual honor recognizes lifetime achievements April 13, 2022 — The Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) is presenting its annual Q. David Bowers Award this year to well-known and respected numismatic journalist Beth Deisher of Sylvania, Ohio. She served as editor of Coin World for 27 years until her retirement in 2012. During 2017 and […]
The Philadelphia Mint celebrates its 230th anniversary
The following is an excerpt of an article on the Mint’s website by Philadelphia Mint Exhibits and Public Affairs A Philadelphia Mint employee reads a historic 19th-century ledger book of Mint records. The morning of April 2, 1792, seemed like an otherwise normal Monday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the new nation and its […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: A silver half dollar for Kentucky’s Troubadour
The United States Mint has issued congressionally authorized commemoratives since 1892. The first such “souvenir coins” were for the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. Others followed to celebrate General Lafayette, the Louisiana Purchase, Ulysses Grant, California’s diamond jubilee, and other people, places, and events. As Q. David Bowers has said (in his magisterial Expert’s […]
Gold Daniel Morgan at Cowpens medal brings $960,000
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Sets a New World Record for an American Historical Medal Costa Mesa, CA (April 5, 2022) — The only Daniel Morgan at Cowpens medal known in gold, the sole gold example struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 1839, set a new world record for any American historical medal today, selling for nearly […]
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