Coin Collecting with a Summer Theme
Coin collecting with a summer theme can be a way to honor memories while building a coin collection. Summer has always had a special...
Is Cash Still King?
With talk of the cent and nickel being discontinued due to high production costs, the possible collapse of the euro and the digital “MintChip”...
Magnificent Unpublished 1804 Dollar Highlights James A. Stack, Sr. Collection
Magnificent Unpublished 1804 Dollar Highlights James A. Stack, Sr. Collection
Finest Class III Example in Private Hands Graded Proof-65 (PCGS) CAC. CMQ.
The Only CAC Approved...
How Do You Celebrate National Coin Week?
Happy National Coin Week 2020! Most of us are having to celebrate this longtime annual holiday, taking place April 19-25 this year, from the...
Valuable Jefferson Nickels You Can Find In Circulation
Jefferson nickels remained largely unchanged from their launch in 1938 until 2004, when the Westward Journey nickel series kicked off. And while there aren't...
Gold Dealers Seeing New Buyers While Some Earlier Buyers Are Now Selling
“If you don’t know gold, you’d better know your gold dealer,” cautions the leader of the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer program of the Professional Numismatists Guild.
(Temecula,...
Counterfeits Gone Viral: Online Sales of Fake Gold and Silver Cost Public Millions
The current enormous demand and limited supply of silver and gold bullion coins and other precious metals items during the COVID-19 pandemic have created...
Billionaire Coin Collectors Competing for “Best of Breed” Coin Sets
An old adage is that coin collecting is “The Hobby of Kings,” since only kings could afford or have the power to seize the top quality rare coins made of precious metals. Today, that slogan has changed to become “The Collector is King,” with the serious collector of rare coins driving up prices.
The Market’s Fine, What About The Hobby?
By Donn Pearlman
During this “new normal” year, when hunting through row after row of dealers’ inventory boxes may only be a memory, what will...
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Examining Early Gold Coins
Classic American gold coins or “old tenor gold coins” (1795- 1834) are the ultimate collector coins. This has been one of the most stable...
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Coin of the Week: 1863 Seated Liberty Dollar
By Antoinette Rahn
Have you ever described a coin as beautiful, stunning, dazzling, or perhaps exquisite and received a perplexed reaction from someone who is...
PCGS Coin of the Week: 1953-S Franklin Half Dollar, MS65 Full...
Franklin half dollars are a collector favorite in part because the series encompasses only a few dozen regular-issue coins struck during the relatively short...
What to Do With a Coin Jar Inheritance
Ten years ago, a family turned to Ian Russell when they discovered that their grandmother was not telling tales when she talked about a...
