Rare Coins

Coin sparks bidding war, and disappears

August 20, 2010

A rare coin worth up to £80,000 ($140,000) was briefly advertised for sale on the internet auction site eBay before its mystery seller removed the ad from the site. The 1933 one penny coin appeared on eBay this week, with bidding reaching more than £1100 before the owner – known only as Suzane X – [click to continue…]

Making Money with Rare Coins

August 20, 2010

George Lim began his coin and banknote collection 30 years ago with a single note, the first 10,000 Singapore dollar bill he received. “As soon as I made that amount, I saved it to remember it,” says Mr. Lim, a Singaporean real-estate developer, whose collection today includes over 100 rare coins and banknotes. Mr. Lim [click to continue…]

Ancient coin discovered in Israel

August 14, 2010

A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said Thursday. Dr. Donald T. Ariel, head of the Coin Department of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), said the coin ranked in the top five of the rarest finds in that country’s [click to continue…]

Double Eagle Gold Coins Part #2: A Date by Date Analysis Part Two

July 6, 2010

The second part of this study on San Francisco double eagles deals with the Type Two issues struck from 1866 to 1876. There are no absolute rarities in this series as with the Type One issues but there are a number condition rarities as well as affordable dates that are easy to locate in Extremely [click to continue…]

Rare 1795 Reeded Edge Liberty Cap Cent Certified by NGC

June 23, 2010

Among early United States cents one of the rarest and most mysterious is Dr. William H. Sheldon’s variety number 79 having a reeded edge, an example of which has just been certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation. Only eight pieces are confirmed to exist, and this one has been off the market for some 30 years. [click to continue…]

Collectors hungry for rare coinage – Coin Values

June 22, 2010

Collectors are hungry for genuinely rare coins, whether they be key large cents, deep mirror prooflike Morgan dollars or rare branch Mint Proof coins, and they are willing to spend what it takes to get what they want. Middle Date Coronet cents, struck 1816 to 1839, historically have been viewed as less “sexy” than the [click to continue…]

Double Eagle Gold Coins Part #1: A Date by Date Analysis

June 22, 2010

It has been a long time since I’ve written anything about the San Francisco double eagles. As these coins have become increasingly popular over the course of time (they are actually the most popular gold coins from this mint by a considerable margin) I think this would be an excellent time to begin a series [click to continue…]

Rare coins returned in Wilsonville

June 15, 2010

In what police described as an act of “genuine decency,” rare coins and bills lost by a just-widowed man were found by another, who promptly turned them in to police. Alexander Piascik, 76, of Wilsonville was at the bank Monday attending to personal affairs related to the recent death of his wife, said Clackamas County [click to continue…]

Saudi one-riyal rare silver coins gifted to museum

June 7, 2010

The Museum of Islamic Art yesterday announced that it has received a collection of 1,000 silver Saudi one-riyal coins from Saudi businessman Bassam Omar Salama. The collection was among 3mn Saudi one-riyal coins minted in the United States in 1944 during World War II at the request by then Saudi king Abdul Aziz bin Abdurrahman [click to continue…]

Rare Coins Up For Auction In Los Angeles

May 24, 2010

Recently I took a class in silver appraisal and learned a new term, toning, which refers to the patina of older coins. There are plenty of toned coins on display as part of Bonhams & Butterfields Los Angeles’ Coins, Medals and Banknotes Auction on May 30, 2010. The auction features a diverse grouping of rarities, [click to continue…]

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