Coin Collecting

Stuck At Home Avoiding COVID-19? Here Are 5 Numismatic Activities To Wile The Time...

It looks like many of us will be spending the next couple weeks at home, avoiding mass gatherings and staying home from work or school. What to do? Sure, you could Netflix and chill....

Coin of the Week: 1838-D Classic Head Half Eagle

By Antoinette Rahn This marks the beginning of an exciting weekly blog post for COINage, in partnership with Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). Welcome to the first official Coin of the Week blog post, sponsored...
Coronavirus Gold Prices

Gold Prices Plunge Below $1,600; Dow Sheds Nearly 2,000 Points, Tripping Wall Street Circuit...

It's another bad day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,700 points this morning after the opening bell, halting trading for 15 minutes. This comes on the heels of President...
Pre-1933 Gold Coins

Buying Pre-1933 Gold Coins? Now May Be The Time To Grab Some Good Deals

I visited my coin dealer last week and managed to snag a deal I would not have thought possible just a few short years ago. I purchased a lightly circulated pre-1933 gold coin type...

Purpose & Service in Numismatics: Michael O’Higgins

By Antoinette Rahn Gobrecht Numismatics of Hollywood, Florida, is celebrating 50 years of business this year. Achieving a milestone of 50 years in 2020 seems almost magical, but in reality, it’s the result of developing...
Gold & Silver Prices

Gold Prices Up, Interest Rates Down — Time To Buy Gold Coins… And A...

After many quarters of robust growth, the stock market has been plunging on fears of the spreading Coronavirus -- a pandemic that's already claimed multiple lives in the United States. Investors are weary and...
1830 Templeton Reid $2.50

Rare Georgia Gold Rush Coin Brings Record $480,000 in Atlanta

Historic coin is “coming back home” A small gold coin with a face value of $2.50 when it was struck in northern Georgia in 1830 sold for a record price of $480,000 to an anonymous...
Coronavirus Gold Prices

Gold Prices Retreat After A Run for $1,700 Earlier This Week

Gold prices have been easing back a bit after making a solid run for the $1,700 threshold this past Monday. By the end of mid-week trading on Wednesday, gold had tracked down to $1,641 per...

Coin & Currency Anti-Counterfeiting Seminar Produces Fast, Positive Results

A seminar for law enforcement officials conducted by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) during the recent February 2020 Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectibles Expo already has produced positive results in the...
Gold Coins

Gold Prices Skyrocket, Stocks Tank Amid Coronavirus Scare

It was a wild Monday on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 1,031 points, marking the third-worst single-session drop in history. With the Coronavirus continuing to claim more lives in Asia,...