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Bowers and Merena will be offering Lot 3410 in their Baltimore Coin and Currency Auction next week. One item, possibly unique, is a 5 coin 1871 Standard Silver Pattern Proof Set.
Five-piece pattern proof sets of this type were distributed by the Mint to contemporary collectors. The number of such sets produced is unknown, but survivors are very rare ...
Full Article: Coin Profile: 1871 Standard Silver Pattern Proof Set to be sold in Baltimore - CoinLink
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The news of the discovery of gold in California reached the Oregon Territory in late July 1848. That news was confirmed in Oregon City, seat of Clackamas County, on August 9 of that year, when the brig Henry docked with gold dust, arriving from San Francisco, and by October more than two-thirds of the men in Oregon had departed to seek treasure in the gold fields of California ...
Full Article: Coin Profile: 1849 Oregon Exchange Company Five Dollar Gold Territorial Coin - CoinLink
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I maintain that the demand for rarities, while not readily apparent or provable, is very strong, and that reports of minimal supply in 2010 have been overstated. There have been considerably more transactions of rarities, so far in 2010, than even most dealers realize.
Yes, it is true that there are far fewer rarities in auctions during the first six months of 2010 then there were during the first six months of any other year since ...
Full Article: Coin Rarities & Related Topics - CoinLink
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The Cast of Characters President Theodore Roosevelt, artist-sculptor Augustus Saint- Gaudens, Henry Hering and the chief engraver of the United States Mint, Charles Barber, played pivotal roles in the creation of one of our most beautiful coins in the history of the coinage of the United States.
Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York in 1899 and ascended to the office of ...
Full Article: The Story of America’s Most Beautiful Coin - CoinLink
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Concentrate on popular‚ rare‚ historically significant quality coins as part of an overall investment plan in good times and bad…and history suggests that the rewards are great. There are numerous reasons why the demand for rare coins is growing among collectors and investors alike. Here are fourteen of the most fundamental ...
Full Article: 14 Fundamental Reasons Why You Should Be Investing Your Money . . . In Money - CoinLink
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Why waste everyone’s time? Let’s skip the appetizers and get to the meaty stuff right now: The Morgan silver dollars poised to increase the most in value in the years ahead are the 1895, 1892-CC, 1894, 1878-CC, and the 1883-CC. Pretty bold prediction, eh? At this point, the reader now has three options ...
Full Article: The Top Five Morgan Silver Dollars - CoinLink
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We are talking about true rarities and high grade drop dead monster coins (although we have not seen things like MONSTER MS68 Morgans). When is the last time you have seen any of these offered for sale more than once in the past few years? ... These are just RANDOM areas we could think of. Its nearly impossible to go to a major show today and see anything cool for sale. Even the major auctions...
Full Article: Is There Something Seriously Wrong With The Coin Market? - CoinLink
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1913 5C Type Two Buffalo Nickel–Struck on a Dime Planchet–MS66 NGC. 2.5 gm, which is exactly the expected weight of an Uncirculated silver dime.
This remarkable wrong planchet error is predominantly silver-white, but the centers display a whisper of almond-gold toning. Luster ...
Full Article: Unusual Items: 1913 Buffalo Nickel Struck on a Dime Planchet - CoinLink
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The following Email was received from Detective Christopher Browne of the Acton, Mass Police Department reporting the theft of coins from his car and reported the crime to the police at 3:49 p.m. April 3.
"Coin dealer Lano Balulesco of Concord, MA, had just departed from a Coin Show ... "
Full Article: Massacussetts Coin Dealer Lano Balulesco Reports Theft - CoinLink
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