This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending April 14, 2019. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2019 Proof Set (19RG), which sold 6,574 units. In second place was the 2019 American Gold Buffalo one-ounce Proof coin (19EL), which sold 5,160 units and was released on April 12. The third best-selling item this week was the 2019 Explore and Discover Coin Set (19XGB) … [Read More...]
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PCGS first discovery 2019-W Lowell quarter consigned to GreatCollections auction
(April 15, 2019) — A Virginia coin collector is about to get his second windfall from finding one of the first, elusive West Point Mint 2019 Lowell National Historical Park quarter-dollars. Only two of those recently released 2019-W Lowell quarters have the distinctive Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) designation, PCGS First Discovery, and are the […]
Bowers on collecting: Surprises in the marketplace
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 […]
International Year of Indigenous Languages commemorated with new coins launched by Royal Australian Mint and AIATSIS
The United Nation General Assembly’s proclamation that 2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages is commemorated with Australia’s newest circulating 50-cent coin. Launching in Adelaide, the coin has been produced by the Royal Australian Mint and was developed in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). The coin […]
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 […]
CIT’s “Revolutionaries” series: Karl Marx
Description The obverse depicts the emblem of the Central Bank of Mongolia, while below in Cyrillic lettering is 1000 Togrog, and in Latin lettering is MONGOLIA. The silver coin reads 1 oz .999 SILVER; the gold coin reads 0.5 g .9999 GOLD. The reverse presents a front-facing portrait of Karl Marx. In the left field is […]
