Jim Bisognani: Navigating the Hot Coin Market
By Jim Bisognani – NGC Weekly Market Report …… As I wheeled the trash barrel out last week, I was greeted with far-from-springlike conditions. A biting arctic wind more typical of late January was...
View ArticleJim Bisognani: Celebrating National Coin Week with Classic US Coins
The theme of this year’s event is “Dynamic Designs, Artistic Masterpieces.” By Jim Bisognani – NGC Weekly Market Report …… This morning, as I emerged from slumber and made my way to my workspace, I...
View ArticleJeff Garrett: Weighing the Opportunities in Coin Collecting
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… Whenever someone sits down with a financial consultant to make determinations for investing, one of the first questions that might be...
View ArticleA Look at the Ancient Coin Market Through Recent Auction Results
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Let’s take a tour through the auction records to get a sense of the value of an ancient coin. The coin in question is quite interesting. It is an arresting denarius of...
View ArticleJeff Garrett: Collecting Barber Coinage
A basic set of Barber coins can be easy to assemble, but there are ways to make it more of a challenge By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… During a recent visit to the...
View Article$2.50 Indian Gold Coins: Ripe for Cherry Picking
By Bullion Shark LLC …… The Saint-Gaudens $20 doublea eagle and $10 eagle gold coins were introduced in 1907 after years of discussion, design, model creation, and production problems–not to mention...
View ArticleJeff Garrett: Collecting American Gold Eagles
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… The recently completed Stack’s Bowers sales featuring the first and last American Silver and Gold Eagles saw record prices for pedigreed...
View ArticleTop 5 Commemorative Presidential Coins
By Bullion Shark LLC …… Former presidents have played a major role in our circulating coinage for over one hundred years, appearing on the obverses of most of those coins. This even includes series...
View ArticleCoinWeek Podcast #169: Collecting Strategies – $1 to $10,000 Per Coin
The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Check out PCGS’ new grading specials and take advantage of an exclusive offer to get your modern coins grading at significant savings over normal...
View ArticleThe Two Types of Struck-Through Error Coins
By Jon Sullivan for PCGS …… When a coin is struck, it should be produced from dies that are clean and free of any residues, debris, or other random objects so that when the dies come together to...
View ArticleAn Overlooked Modern Rarity? Burnished Silver Eagles
By Bullion Shark …… Since its beginnings in 1986, the American Silver Eagle has become one of the world’s most popular coins. Its stunning design, $1 denomination, recognizably, and .999 purity are...
View ArticleWho’s Minding The Mint? Fewer Hobbyists Collect Mint Sets These Days – Here’s...
Does anyone collect mint sets these days? Those who do are among a shrinking group of hobbyists By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for FUN Topics ….. The number of collectors who pursue mint sets as a...
View ArticleUS Coins: 50 Years of Modern Proof Sets
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek.com ….. 1968-2018 Proof coinage has been a fixture in American numismatics since the 19th century and a regular hobby staple since 1936, when the United...
View ArticleModern US Coins – Collecting the Susan B. Anthony Dollar
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek.com …… Susan B. Anthony dollars are growing on some collectors these days. Now gracefully approaching middle age, the nation’s first small-size dollar coin...
View ArticleCollecting 20th-Century Gold Coins Was Always Unrealistic for the Average...
By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek ….. In the February 1965 issue of Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine, Philadelphia coin dealer Gerald Zaid offered beautiful four-coin Saint-Gaudens-era gold type sets in...
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