By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
In the second part of this series on coins that I believe are truly rare but not fully appreciated I am turning my focus on an issue that is very interesting to me: the 1842 quarter eagle.
1842 is, in general, an interesting year for quarter eagles. Four mints produced these coins: [...]

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Source:America’s Forgotten Coin Rarities: The 1842 Quarter Eagle

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
Until a few years ago, the vast majority of coins that sold at auction were purchased by dealers. It was a safe bet to say that the prices realized at auctions were wholesale and collectors could assume that they would typically pay 10-20% more than what coins were selling for at [...]

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Source:Are Rare Coin Auction Prices Wholesale or Retail?

Four items from the famed Stack’s Family Library now call the ANA’s Dwight N. Manley Library home. Purchased from George Frederick Kolbe’s January auction in New York City, the ANA’s new American numismatic literature rarities include a rare large paper copy of the first work devoted exclusively to American coins and a complete set of [...]

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Source:ANA Library Obtains Four Rare Books From Stack’s Family Library Auction

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com
The decade between 1834 and 1844 was the beginning of the modern era at the United States mint. The second half of this decade was especially interesting. A number of experiments and acts of legislation provided some of most attractive and popular issues in the history of American coinage.
A combination of [...]

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World class collections are the name of the game at Heritage Auction Galleries March 25-28 Signature® ANA U.S. Coin Auction, part of the week-long happenings at the ANA National Money Show in Fort Worth, just down the highway a spell from Heritage headquarters in Dallas. Highlights include commemorative gold, cents large and small, [...]

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Source:Highlights from Heritage’s Upcoming Ft. Worth US Coin Auction

The period 1965 to 1967 was an interesting time in US numismatic history. The price of silver had risen to the point where it made no sense to make higher denomination coins out of silver. In addition, there was a widely reported coin shortage, despite record production levels.
As the mint scrambled to adjust, a number [...]

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Source:Modern Coins – No-S Proof Coin Set to be offered by Heritage at CSNS

A decade after its first appearance, the precedent-setting “Ship of Gold” display showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America was again docked in Long Beach, California.
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The $10 million exhibit was publicly displayed during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo in February, [...]

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Source:Adam Crum and the Ship of Gold Exhibit from the Long Beach Coin Expo – Video News

Western Australian-based business The Rare Coin Company, in Albany has just sold the only Australian 1952 George VI £50 unissued specimen banknote of its type known in private hands to a WA client for $750,000, setting a new benchmark for this classic Australian rarity.
The only other example is displayed in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s [...]

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Source:Unique Australian 1952 £50 banknote sells for $750,000

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 [...]

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Source:Certifying a Family Heirloom: 1805 $5 Gold Coin

By Greg Reynolds for CoinLink
I. Introduction to the Club and this Meeting
On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, the 20th Century Gold Club conducted their fifth meeting at a hotel near the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando where the January FUN Convention was held. In the field of choice and rare U.S. coins, the annual [...]

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Source:20th Century Gold Club Holds Fascinating Meeting During FUN Convention