Jeff Garrett, the Senior Editor of the authoritative guide to U.S. coins, will be hand-signing the new label exclusively for NGC. Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) is thrilled to announce the expansion of the NGC Signature Series program with a new label that features the logo of the leading guide to U.S. coins and is signed […]
Use the Red Book as a study guide
I am 71, and the Red Book is older than I am. I was born in 1952, and here is a photo of that edition: I have purchased Red Books, otherwise known as A Guide Book of United States Coins, since my boyhood as a collector. I have several older editions even now in my […]
Exceptionally rare 1845 Proof Gold Master Set display In Long Beach
Tangible Investments will also have All-Time Finest 1880 Proof Set at September 7-9, 2023, at Long Beach Expo (Long Beach, California) August 22, 2023 — The first West Coast public display of the finest of only three “Master” sets of United States Mint 1845 Proof gold coins will be at the Long Beach Expo (www.LongBeachExpo.com), […]
Whitman Publishing seeks U.S. Philippine die varieties for Cherrypickers’ Guide, sixth edition, volume III
(Pelham, Alabama) — The sixth edition, volume II, of the Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties was officially launched at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Pittsburgh, August 8–12, 2023. Whitman Publishing has announced that the final volume of the sixth edition will debut in 2024, and the book’s editors are seeking […]
Bowers on Collecting: Conservation, toning, and more
The following is a re-post from Q. David Bowers’s “Bowers on Collecting” weekly column on Coin Update. Let’s revisit artificial toning. Excuse me for repeating myself, but here goes. For starters, if an MS-65 Morgan dollar, for example, has beautiful rainbow toning it might sell for twice the price of a brilliant one. In a […]
The beauty and challenge of collecting “Ike” dollars
During my decades of collecting, I often sought and bought Eisenhower dollars, commonly called “Ikes,” and struck from 1971 through 1978 in a variety of compositions and finishes. “I Like Ike” was the famous 1952 slogan for then-presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower. I was born in 1952 and still like Ikes. There are all manner […]
NGC-certified Morgan dollars from Tahoe Tavern Casino Collection offered in Heritage sale
For over 75 years, the family that owned the Tahoe Tavern Casino held onto the Morgan dollars, most of which were minted in nearby Carson City. A group of almost 300 Morgan dollars certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) is being offered in an upcoming Heritage Auctions sale. Online bidding is already underway for The […]
Q&A: Through the years I’ve set aside a lot of 1964 Kennedy halves. Can you tell me how much my coins are worth?
The following Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers, 5th edition: Q: Through the years I’ve set aside a lot of 1964 Kennedy halves, every one I’ve come across, as I once heard that they are quite valuable. Can you tell me how much my coins are worth? A: Your coins are […]
Recommendation on PCI green label coins
It pains me to make this recommendation on trying to cross over older green label PCI coins to NGC and PCGS. I have never had any luck with NGC concerning PCI coins, including American Silver Eagles. I don’t understand how their graders can label some of these robust rainbows as artificial. Suffice to say, I […]
“The Changing Landscape of Colonial Coins” will be presented at the ANA World’s Fair of Money
Dennis Tucker, publisher at Whitman Publishing, will present “The Changing Landscape of Colonial Coins” at the 2023 American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Pittsburgh. The presentation is scheduled for Friday, August 11, at 4:00 p.m. in room 330 of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Colonial coins and tokens have long been a […]
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