Limited number of “best-of-the-best” Morgan dollars will be available (Los Angeles, California) March 30, 2023 — Historic Morgan silver dollars from the extraordinary Tombstone Hoard will be made available in April 2023 by Rare Collectibles TV (www.RareCollectiblesTV.com). All in high-quality mint condition with some graded NGC MS-67, these century-old coins were accumulated over four decades […]
Bowers on Collecting: The hot coin market of 1880 to 1889
The following was re-published from the “Bowers on Collecting” column on Coin Update. The rare coin market went into overdrive in the 1880s. Many dealers opened up shops, several issued their own magazines (Ed Frossard’s Numisma and Scott Stamp & Coin Company’s Coin Collector’s Journal notable among them), and the field of auction catalogers grew […]
“Rarities of 1796” $15 million display at expanded 2023 Central States Convention
Newman Numismatic Portal seminars and two floors of bourse space also among the show’s many highlights (Schaumburg, Illinois) March 28, 2023 — The 2023 Central States Numismatic Society convention, April 27-29, will have more than 600 dealers, educational seminars organized by the Newman Numismatic Portal, and a $15 million “Rarities From 1796” exhibit of historic […]
PCGS weekly update March 28, 2023
Recent Price Guide Updates Flying Eagle Cents Indian Cents Twenty Cents Liberty Seated Quarters Palladium $25 Eagles American Liberty Gold CoinFacts Narrative Update The 2019-S Reverse Proof Pennsylvania Polio Vaccine Innovation dollars officially went on sale via the United States Mint website on December 5, 2019. The coins had a maximum authorized mintage of 75,000. […]
The coveted Vam 4 Hot Lips 1888-O
One of the most overlooked varieties is the 1888-O “Hot Lips” Morgan dollar, which should be readily apparent just by a closeup of Lady Liberty’s lips. Here’s an example, compliments of PCGS CoinFacts: But the issue with online auctions, once again, is subpar photography. Recently I bid $260 on this coin, as it appeared on […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: Kentucky and the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
At 12 noon on Saturday, February 20, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a gold telegraph key in Washington, D.C., sending a signal pulsing 3,000 miles across the country to an antenna on top of the Tower of Jewels in San Francisco. This was the 435-foot-tall centerpiece of the soon-to-open Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The National Park […]
PCGS weekly update March 21, 2023
Recent Price Guide Updates Liberty Seated Half Dollars Liberty Seated Dollars Gold Buffalos First Spouses Ultra High Relief Double Eagles CoinFacts Narrative Update In 2005, the U.S. Mint introduced a new obverse design for the Jefferson nickel. Rather than having a side-profile portrait of Thomas Jefferson facing left on the obverse as it had been […]
CAC coins bring premiums in February
In addition to realizing impressive prices in Internet sales during the month of February, CAC-approved coins fared well in live auctions in Las Vegas and Dallas. Here are a dozen examples, which were selected from a large number of results that could have been listed. On February 5, GreatCollections sold a CAC-approved Proof-66 1941 nickel […]
Bowers on Collecting: 1804 Draped Bust half cent
The following is re-posted from the “Bowers on Collecting” column on Coin Update The Draped Bust half cent type was produced from 1800 to 1808. Its obverse, the head of Miss Liberty facing right, was taken from a drawing by Gilbert Stuart, with John Eckstein creating a model from it and Chief Engraver Robert Scot making […]
Legend Rare Coin Auctions will sell the B.S.T. Collection of U.S. Type Coins in Regency Auction 58
Seven-figure Type Collection, built with the exclusive help of Legend Numismatics, will headline Legend’s Central States Auction (Red Bank, NJ — March 14, 2023) Legend Rare Coin Auctions announces the consignment of a major collection of American type coins that will be sold in their 58th Regency Auction: The B.S.T. Collection (Blood, Sweat, & Tears). […]
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