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The Philadelphia mint began producing the familiar Liberty Head half eagle design in 1839. After a quick modification in 1840, this issue continued without change until 1866 when the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added to the reverse.
The branch mint No Motto half eagles from the 1840’s are very popular with collectors. But their Philadelphia counterparts have ...
Full Article: Philadelphia No Motto Half Eagles From the 1840’s: A Date by Date Analysis - RareGoldCoins.com
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One of the more interesting (and lesser known) gold coin auctions that I’ve attended was the sale of the Stetson Collection which was conducted by the old Bowers and Merena in May, 1993. This was an instance where the back story (or stories in this case) was nearly as interesting as the coins themselves.
Beginning in 1992, an amazing hoard of ...
Full Article: Numismatic History: The Stetson Collection Gold Coin Hoard - CoinLink
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A few weeks ago, I wrote an article that analyzed the recent population figures for Type One Dahlonega gold dollars. As I’ve done more research on gold dollars for my upcoming third edition Dahlonega gold book, I thought I would share the findings for the Type Two and Type Three issues. Read on for some interesting ...
Full Article: PCGS/NGC Figures of Type II - Type III Dahlonega Gold Dollars - RareGoldCoins.com
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Gold coins basically come with three types of luster: satiny, frosty and prooflike. In this blog, I’m going to discuss these three “looks” and the pros/cons of each. I’ll also add an illustration of each look. And away we go…
Full Article: Luster on US Gold Coins - CoinLink
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There are a few relatively unknown but numismatically significant varieties of early United States gold coinage that I think are likely to be included in comprehensive collections of these issues as they become more popular with collectors. Here are a few of the "secret" varieties that I would suggest collectors be on the lookout for.
1798 Close Date and Wide Date Quarter Eagles ...
Full Article: Some "Secret" Varieties of Early U.S. Gold - RareGoldCoins.com
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During the last few weeks I’ve had a similar conversation with a few new and more experienced collectors: what should I be collecting? I’ve found all the conversations that I have had with these collectors to have a similar unifying theme; at least from the standpoint of the collectors.
My observation is that everyone takes the "what should I collect?" question a bit too seriously and expects there to be a rigorous set of rules that they have to follow. I personally think ...
Full Article: Deciding What to Collect - RareGoldCoins.com
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I’ve starting working on the third edition of my Dahlonega gold coin book. One of the first things I’m doing in looking at PCGS and NGC population figures in order to help establish overall and comparative rarity levels for each issue from this mint.
I’ll be writing an occasional article about each denomination as I get there. Instead of writing long, drawn-out studies, I thought it would be best to ...
Full Article: Population Figures of Type One Dahlonega Gold Dollars - RareGoldCoins.com
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In their recently concluded January 2010 Americana sale held in New York, there were two record-setting Dahlonega gold coins that I think are worth taking a closer look at. What were these two pieces and why did they sell for as much money as they did?
The first piece was an 1861-D gold dollar graded AU53 by PCGS. I had sold this exact coin a few years ago and was familiar with ...
Full Article: Stack’s Sells Two Importnat Dahlonega Rarities - RareGoldCoins.com
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During 2009, I wrote a series of "ten rarest" articles on all the major denominations of Liberty Head gold coinage. These articles were well-received and I enjoyed producing them. It’s a logical progression to apply this topic to the early gold series. Except it’s not quite ...
Full Article: The Ten Rarest Early Quarter Eagles - RareGoldCoins.com
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