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Great Collectors, Great Coins, Great Profits: John Jay Pittman
Editor’s Note: This is one of three esteemed collectors whose collecting prowess is profiled in this series.
By Mike Fuljenz
John Jay Pittman, like Louis Eliasberg,...
Florida Coin Club Thinks Forward With Virtual Club Meetings
While many coin clubs are cancelling all of their club meetings for the foreseeable future, at least one Florida coin club is thinking outside...
WORD CUP 2016
ANA unveils online resource for classic commemorative coins
A new online resource produced by the American Numismatic Association highlights the U.S. Mint's early...
Gold Dollar Patterns Sold on Behalf of the U.S. Mint
Costa Mesa, CA For the first time, collectors have the opportunity to acquire examples of...
Top 10 Coin Collecting & Investing Tips
When buying or selling rare coins you need to keep some basic rules in mind....
WRC Rally Cup
Vintage Chinese Patterns Highlight Heritage’s Hong Kong Offerings
An Extremely Rare 1889 2nd Variety “Reversed Legends” Pattern 50 Cents – from the first...
Will Gold Prices Soon Hit $2,000 Per Ounce?
As gold prices enter their third week at or above the $1,800-per-ounce threshold, investors wonder...
Aloha to Hawaiian Coinage
By Mike Garofalo
Nearly 2,500 miles to the southeast, off of the coast of California, lay...
CYCLING TOUR
Market Report: Certifiably Counterfeit
By Mike Fuljenz
In the past year, I have reviewed several customers’ coin collections and sadly detected one or more counterfeit coins. In one instance,...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Dollar Coins and Common Sense
DOLLAR COINS AND COMMON SENSE
by Ed Reiter
Looking for logic in Washington, D.C., is like looking for a needle in a haystack. More aptly, it’s...
1796 Liberty Cap No Pole Half Cent: PCGS Coin of the Week
The 1796 Liberty Cap No Pole Half Cent is the Professional Grading Service's (PCGS) Coin of the Week.
Early American copper coins have an enduring place...
2020 Summer Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Coin Show Cancelled
Below is a press release issued by the Florida United Numismatists concerning the cancellation of the 2020 Summer FUN Show due to continued concerns...
“Peak Gold” Production Indicates Higher Prices
The phrase “Peak Gold” has been popping up more frequently. We have been reporting on estimates from various gold mining firms that they have been having trouble finding new deposits of gold, but now we have some solid statistical evidence.
TENNIS
Eye on Auctions: Classic Commemoratives
By Antoinette Rahn
Some things just stop you in your tracks. For us, when we came across the words “classic commemoratives” in a description for...
Coin Collecting and Investing In the New Digital Age
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez
The new digital and information age has arrived in numismatics. More than ever before, collectors and dealers depend on computers, tablets, and...
LATEST ARTICLES
CAC Coins Bring Premiums in February
CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins fared well in public sales during the month of February 2026. Here are a dozen examples, which were selected from a larger number of results that could have been listed.
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CAC Coins Bring Premiums in January
CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins fared well in public sales during the month of January 2026. Here are 11 examples that were selected from a larger number of results that could have been listed.
On...
CAC Coins Bring Premiums in November
CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins fared well in public sales during the month of November 2025. Here are a dozen examples that were selected from a larger number of results that could have been listed.
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1804 Silver Dollar Brings Record $6 Million – Finest Known Class III Specimen Auctioned...
After months of anticipation and speculation, on December 9, Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctioneer Chris Ortega finally dropped the gavel on the newly discovered James A. Stack, Sr. Class III 1804 dollar, along with other...
The Top Five PCGS Coins Setting Multi-Million Dollar Prices at Auction in 2025
The top five PCGS-graded coins acquired through auctions through November 2025 sold for a combined $13.56 million, nearly double the auction price of the top five from 2024.
What characteristics do the auction stars of...
August and Brookfield Collections Highlight Stack’s Bowers November Auction, Whitman Expos Baltimore Sale Presented...
Costa Mesa, CA The third and final auction of the year that Stack’s Bowers Galleries holds in conjunction with the Whitman Expos in Baltimore is always special, as it also serves as the official...
CAC Coins Bring Premiums in October
CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins fared well in public sales during the month of October 2025. Here are a dozen examples, which were selected from a larger number of results that could have been listed.
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Gold Dollar Patterns Sold on Behalf of the U.S. Mint
Costa Mesa, CA For the first time, collectors have the opportunity to acquire examples of the rare Judd-2190 Pattern 2000-W Sacagawea gold dollars exclusively in a special Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction on Friday, September...
