The following Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers: Q: Can you tell me what is meant by a “Three-legged Buffalo?” A: This term is used to describe a major error occurring on certain 1937-D nickels wherein the midsection of the buffalo’s right foreleg is missing. It is believed that the error resulted […]
Pair of famous Lincoln cent mint errors brought together under one owner
The ultra-rare NGC-certified Lutes and Wing 1943 bronze cents each recently realized more than $200,000 and received wide media coverage. Two of the rarest and most famous U.S. coins have been brought together under a single owner. The 76-year-old coins look like regular Lincoln cents from the era — bronze with the 16th president on […]
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! […]
U.S. coin designer Emily Damstra signs exclusive PCGS signature label deal
(Santa Ana, California) — Emily Damstra, a natural science illustrator and current U.S. coin designer, has signed an exclusive insert label signature deal with Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). Damstra has 11 unique U.S. design credits to her name, including the forthcoming 2019-W Idaho River of No Return quarter. In addition to designing coins in […]
CAC coins bring premiums in September 2019
CAC-approved coins outperformed other certified coins in the official auction at the Long Beach Expo in Los Angeles County, and in various public Internet sales during the month of September. Here are 10 examples, which were selected from a large number of results that could have been listed. In the official auction of the Long […]
Reforming the commemorative coin process is an uphill battle
Many collectors of modern U.S. commemorative coins have for years lamented the quality of the designs of many recent issues and questioned the appropriateness of many of the themes commemorated on those coins. That has resulted in a sharply downward trend in sales, with the main exceptions being the two curved coin programs — the […]
Q&A: Can we account for the upsurge of interest in recent years in mint errors?
The following Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers: Q: Can you account for the upsurge of interest in recent years in mint errors? A: Major mint errors—overdates, off-center strikes, and multiple strikes—have long been of great interest to most collectors. Some of the more significant mint errors—die breaks, double dates, and clipped […]
S.S. Central America sunken treasure gold dust now in grand format, certified five-ounce holders
This press release has been updated from its original version. California Gold Rush gold dust housed in elegant PCGS holders August 29, 2019 — Historic sunken gold treasure, initially discovered by 49ers during the heydays of the California Gold Rush and untouched in the miners’ goldfield packets for more than 160 years, is now available […]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries sets record for most valuable modern U.S. coin
Santa Ana, California (August 28, 2019) — The Stack’s Bowers Galleries official auction of the 2019 ANA World’s Fair of Money set several records for United States coinage earlier this month in Rosemont, Illinois. Among these was lot 5231 of their Rarities Night session, a 1964 Kennedy half dollar produced as part of an unreported Special Mint […]
Revisit the Mint’s 1990 U.S. Coast Guard Bicentennial bronze medal on August 4
On August 4, 1790, the U.S. Coast Guard was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who lobbied the First Congress to fund the construction of 10 cutters. This small fleet eventually became the United States Revenue Cutter Service, and until 1798, these cutters were the only naval force in operation during the early […]
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