US Coin News

Certifying a Family Heirloom: 1805 $5 Gold Coin - Wed, 17 Mar 2010
Although not a coin collector, Robert McGough owned a coin that was meaningful to him. He had owned it all of his life. As an eight-month-old baby he visited his great-grandmother who was a practical nurse in the employ of an older lady, well into her 90s. This woman was enamored with the smile and disposition [...] Related posts:

1. $90,000 heirloom coin returned to Lake Worth woman
2. Chinese Reveal 1805 U.S. dollar!
3. NGC-Certified 1804 Bust Dollar Highlights Offering of The Queller Family Collection

America’s Forgotten Coin Rarities: The 1863 $10 Gold Eagle - Wed, 17 Mar 2010
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com Beginning with this article, I’m going to focus, from time to time, on issues that I regard as “forgotten rarities.” These are coins that are truly rare but which, for a variety of reasons, do not get the fanfare that they deserve. I plan on featuring a selected gold rarity once [...] Related posts:

1. Historic SS Central America “Ship of Gold” Exhibit Returns to Long Beach Expo Coin Show
2. US Gold Collecting: The New Orleans With Motto $10 Eagle “Short Set”
3. The 1883-O Gold Eagle Coin Becomes Trendy (and Spendy…)

Collecting Date Sets of Liberty Seated Coinage Part 2: Quarters through Half Dimes - Tue, 16 Mar 2010
By Dennis Hengeveld – from E-Gobrecht Volume 4, Issue 3 Link to PART ONE: Dollars and Half Dollars The seated quarter dollars had their production starting a year earlier in 1838. The series was just like the other seated series, except for the half dime and dollar, struck until 1891, when it was finally replaced a [...] Related posts:

1. Collecting Date Sets of Liberty Seated Coinage – Part 1: Dollars and Half Dollars
2. Some Thoughts on Proof Bust Silver Coinage: Part One – Half Dimes and Dimes
3. DGS Slabs Barbieri Cache of “Smoking Liberty” Seated Quarters

First Spouse Gold Coin Series: Abigail Fillmore Available March 18 - Tue, 16 Mar 2010
The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin and Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Bronze Medal on March 18, 2010, at noon Eastern Time (ET). The one-half ounce 24-karat gold coin, struck at the United States Mint at West Point, will be available in proof and uncirculated conditions. Pricing for [...] Related posts:

1. United States Mint Unveils 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin Designs
2. Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Available August 6
3. Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coin Available September 3

NGC Coin Grading: Highest-Graded 1872-CC $20 Double Eagle - Mon, 15 Mar 2010
This wholly original and beautifully struck specimen is one of the finest our graders have ever seen, and is now the highest-graded coin of the issue and the sole example at this level. NGC graders are fortunate to have seen more coins than anyone, but they always take time to appreciate truly special coins. The unexpected [...] Related posts:

1. Unusual Items: Lowest Graded Half Eagle Gold Coin to be Sold by Heritage
2. Unusual Items – Lowest Graded 1848 ‘Cal’ Quarter Eagle
3. DOUGLAS WINTER SELLS VERY RARE 1856-O DOUBLE EAGLE

Collecting Date Sets of Liberty Seated Coinage – Part 1: Dollars and Half Dollars - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
By Dennis Hengeveld Collecting seated coins can be fun, rewarding, and above all very challenging. Not many people can afford both the time and cost to search, find, and have the opportunity to buy the hard to find coins which are included in every seated series due to the many dates and mintmarks included in the [...] Related posts:

1. Collecting Date Sets of Liberty Seated Coinage Part 2: Quarters through Half Dimes
2. Counterfeit Seated Half Dollars Alert!!
3. Philadelphia No Motto Half Eagles From the 1840’s: A Date by Date Analysis

Value Compression: A New Trend in the Dated Gold Coin Market - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com In the past few years, I’ve noticed an interesting trend in relation to the pricing of rare date gold coins. I refer to this as “value compression.” Let me explain what I mean. When I mention this term I am referring to a small price premium between grades. The classic value-compressed issues [...] Related posts:

1. Value Compression in the Rare Date Gold Coin Market
2. The Evaporation of the Premium Factor in the Carson City $20 Gold Coin Market
3. Doug Winter Market Report – Proof Gold Market

Pocket Change Yields an Unusual Find - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
By Tim Shuck Many collectors have occasionally discovered an older coin in circulation. I have, usually Wheat Lincoln cents of various dates or, more infrequently, a silver dime or quarter. I’ve never been too surprised at these finds because the cents, dimes, and quarters of 40 or more years ago look much like the ones minted [...] Related posts:

1. Power of pocket change
2. 1846 Shipwreck Yields Southern Gold and Capped Bust Halves
3. Flea market box yields Charles Schwab treasure

Kris Oyster Interviewed, on Coins for Collectors, the future of Superior Galleries, Generic Gold, Paper Money, and more! - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
By Greg Reynolds I. Who is Mr. Kris Oyster? For around thirty-five years, Mr. Kris Oyster has been a coin dealer and he is currently well known on the nationwide show circuit. As the managing director of numismatics for DGSE, Oyster rose to fame when DGSE acquired Superior Galleries in 2007, as Superior has been [...] Related posts:

1. Superior Galleries to Auction Roadrunner Collection
2. Superior Galleries Realizes Strong Prices in April 10, 2008 Santa Clara Elite Auction
3. Superior Galleries Realizes Exceptional Prices in February 11-12, 2008 Beverly Hills Elite Auction

Historic 1793 S-3 Chain Cent To Be Sold by Heritage - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
This Chain cent appeared on the April 1869 Levick plate, the first photographic plate of large cents that appeared in the American Journal of Numismatics. This lovely 1793 Chain cent, like most early coins, has considerable character and individuality. It combines outstanding technical quality with an historic provenance that dates back nearly [...] Related posts:

1. Strawberry Leaf 1793 Cent Sells for $862,500: An Auction Record for a Copper Coin
2. Liberty Cap 1793 Large Cent Brings Record $632,500
3. New Gold Indian Cent Error Coin to be Sold By Heritage at FUN