This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending October 18, 2020. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2020 American Silver Eagle one-ounce Proof coin (20EM), which sold 199,997 units. In second place was the 2020-S U.S. Mint Proof Set (plus 2020-W Proof nickel) (20RG) with 6,733 sold. The third best-selling item this […]
United States Mint opens sales for rolls and bags of Massachusetts American Innovation $1 coins on October 29
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will accept orders for rolls and bags of Uncirculated Massachusetts American Innovation $1 coins beginning on October 29 at noon EDT. Available product options and pricing are below. PRODUCT CODE PRODUCT OPTION PRICE 20GRB 25-Coin Roll–P $34.50 20GRF 25-Coin Roll–D $34.50 20GBB 100-Coin Bag–P $117.50 20GBF 100-Coin Bag–D […]
Gold dealers seeing new buyers while some earlier buyers are now selling
“If you don’t know gold, you’d better know your gold dealer,” cautions the leader of the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer program of the Professional Numismatists Guild. (Temecula, California) October 22, 2020 — Dealers who sell bullion gold and silver bullion coins report an increase in new customers who want to own precious metals. They also […]
United States Mint releases three-coin set of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller quarters
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) began accepting orders for the 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set honoring Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont on October 20 at noon EDT. The set is priced at $11.50. The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Three-Coin Set includes one Uncirculated quarter from the Philadelphia Mint, one Uncirculated quarter from the […]
The Queen’s Beasts vs. America the Beautiful: Comparing and contrasting two iconic modern coin series
Two major series of bullion and collector coins — the America the Beautiful (ATB) five-ounce silver quarters from the U.S. Mint, and the Royal Mint’s Queen’s Beast series — will soon end. Both have helped to reshape the market for modern bullion and collector coins in recent years and have been major sources of revenue […]
Part II: Identifying and slabbing ancient coins
Editor’s Note: Columnist Michael Bugeja follows up on a recent lot of ancients that he won with a bid of $75 in an online auction, or $100 with buyer’s and shipping fees. The second installment concerns whether those coins slabbed at NGC. It is one thing to bid on or buy raw ancient coins in […]
“Hardship, heartbreak, and opportunity” — The fascinating tales told by Colonial and early American money
The second edition of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins debuted in September 2020. This essay is condensed from the book’s foreword, by Kenneth Bressett. The story of money, its everyday use in commerce, and how it is created for payment of taxes and use in trade, presents a chronicle of the […]
Hobby community mourns the loss of businessman and philanthropist Joel R. Anderson
(Florence, Alabama) — Joel R. Anderson, of Florence, Alabama, died peacefully at home on Monday evening, October 12, 2020, from natural causes at the age of 76. He was well known in the numismatic world as a businessman and generous supporter of many hobby causes. The Anderson family has been active for decades in numismatics, […]
The 7 Summits — Carstensz Pyramid
Description of the Coin One side shows a bird’s eye view of the Carstensz Pyramid, whose peaks are minted in raised relief. The piece is partially colored in grey and green with white toning. The inscription is CARSTENSZ PYRAMID 4884 m – Sudirman Range, Oceania / THE 7 SUMMITS / 2020. The other side features […]
Bowers on collecting: Primitive money in America
This commentary appeared in the American Numismatical Manual, by Montroville W. Dickeson, 1859: There is but little known respecting the coins which were circulated as money among the aboriginal inhabitants of this continent, prior to its settlement by Europeans. Specimens, indeed, have been discovered in the tumuli which exists throughout the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi […]
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