On April 17 to 19, 1980, the Central States Numismatic Society Convention was held in Lincoln, Nebraska, preceded by Professional Numismatists Guild Day on the 16th. The atmosphere was uncertain. Prices of gold and silver were down from their recent all-time highs, and everyone was waiting for the rise to continue, but it hadn’t happened. […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending April 7, 2019
This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending April 7, 2019. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2019 Rocketship Set (19XGC), which sold 40,613 units and is now marked “currently unavailable.” In second place was the 2019 American Memorial Park Uncirculated five-ounce silver coin (19AK), which sold 12,254 units and was […]
Two lucky collectors split $5,000 PCGS reward for first submitted Lowell “W” quarters
April 12, 2019 — Two avid coin collectors, one in Kansas and the other in Virginia, have agreed to split the $5,000 bounty offered by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) for almost simultaneously submitting the first 2019 “America the Beautiful” Lowell National Historical Park quarter-dollars with a West Point mint mark. Both submissions arrived on […]
CAC coins bring premiums in March 2019
In addition to faring well in Internet sales, CAC-approved coins outperformed other certified coins in live auctions in Maryland and Texas during March. Here are 10 examples, which were selected from a large number of results that could have been listed. On March 1, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC-approved MS-64 1916-S Walking Liberty half dollar […]
2019 United States Mint Silver Proof Set available on April 17
Includes premium penny from the West Point Mint Washington — Sales will open for the 2019 United States Mint Silver Proof Set (product code 19RH) on April 17 at noon EDT. The set is priced at $54.95. The following Proof finish coins from the United States Mint’s San Francisco facility make up the set: Five America […]
United States Mint opens sales for second 2019 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set on April 17
Latest set contains coins honoring American Memorial Park in Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Washington — The United States Mint will open sales for the America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set containing coins honoring American Memorial Park in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on April 17 at noon EDT. The set (product […]
Bowers on collecting: Suddenly it’s a century ago!
Well, not quite, but almost. This narrative on the coin market was published in The Numismatist by Editor Frank G. Duffield in March 1920. Today, in April 2019, as you read these words from long ago, the situation is somewhat the same. The coin market, taken on average, peaked in the summer of 2013, and […]
Princeton-bound teen wins 2019 PNG YN Scholarship
Young Connecticut numismatist will attend a six-day session of the ANA Summer Seminar (Temecula, CA) April 9, 2019 — The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) 2019 Young Numismatist Scholarship has been awarded to Christian Hartch, 18, of Greenwich, Connecticut. The scholarship will pay for him to attend one of the six-day American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar […]
United States Mint 2019 Silver Proof Set available on April 17 and will include Lincoln penny with “W” mint mark
On April 17 at noon (ET), the United States Mint is set to release the 2019 Silver Proof Set. The 2019 Silver Proof Set will contain 10 coins from the San Francisco Mint. This set is the second of three sets this year to contain an additional and separately packaged Lincoln penny with a “W” […]
GreatCollections to auction 1895 Proof Morgan dollar recently graded, last traded in 1960 for $500, expected to realize $150,000+
Irvine, California — On Sunday, April 7th, GreatCollections will be auctioning a recently re-discovered 1895 Proof Morgan dollar, which last traded in 1960 for just $500. The coin has been in one family for almost 60 years and was graded PR-67+CAM by PCGS at the January FUN Show in Florida. It is expected to sell […]
