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 history.
"Intrinsically, for coin research, it's a very exciting find," Ariel told CNN. "This is an amazing numismatic find. The coin is beautiful and in excellent preservation. It is the heaviest gold coin with the highest contemporary value of any coin ever found in an excavation in Israel."
Full Article: Rare 2,200-year-old gold coin found in Israel - CNN
Part two of Bonhams & Butterfields Los Angeles' Coins, Medals and Banknotes Auction on May 30, 2010 features a diverse grouping of rarities, many of which are fresh to market. The coinage will be offered immediately following the sale of the Paul Bloomfield Collection of Coins sold to benefit the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. An extremely rare ...
Full Article: Numerous Rarities to Highlight Coins, Medals and Banknotes Auction - ArtDaily.org
Finding error coins in your daily pocket change can be fun and profitable, and it's very easy to do. Follow the steps below carefully the first few times, so you develop coin-checking habits from the very beginning that are proven, productive methods of locating the error coins and die varieties that are circulating right now, just waiting to be found ...
Full Article: How To Find Rare Error Coins in Circulation - Susan's Coins Blog
A 1921 double eagle, graded MS63 by PCGS and pedigreed to the famous Norweb Collection, is the signature rarity of the upcoming Heritage Auction Galleries U.S. Coin Auction, with floor sessions held April 28 – 30 in conjunction with the Central States Numismatic Society’s annual convention in Milwaukee, WI.
"The Norweb 1921 double eagle, is an incredible coin in its own right but greatly aided by its pedigree," said Todd Imhof, Executive Vice President of Heritage Auction Galleries.
"In our most recent auction in Fort Worth, the glamorous Norweb pedigree helped propel a 1911-D quarter eagle to the top of the Prices Realized chart, and the Norweb name is sure to aid this double eagle as well."
Full Article: Rare 1921 $20 Saint-Gaudens at Heritage CSNS Auction - CoinNews
An Oceanside man was arrested Tuesday for selling rare coins without the owner’s permission, according to Nassau County police.
Anthony Lombardo, 49, a self-employed coin dealer, agreed to clean and appraise ...
Full Article: Cops: Oceanside Coin Dealer Sold Coins Without Consent - LongIslandPress.com
With the economy's woes over the last few years, one thing that may or may not be surprising is that the demand for coins has remained strong. There have been some price corrections, but as a whole the prices of rare coins have done very well.
One of the biggest factors for coins doing well is the fact that many of them are made with precious metals. Gold and silver are primary metals that many coins were made of for years. With the prices of gold and silver rising over ...
Full Article: Investing in Gold: The balance of the coin market - NevadaAppeal.com
Beginning with this article, I’m going to focus, from time to time, on issues that I regard as “forgotten rarities.” These are coins that are truly rare but which, for a variety of reasons, do not get the fanfare that they deserve. I plan on featuring a selected gold rarity once every month or so. The first issue that I want to discuss is the 1863 eagle.
I’m going to try to avoid “condition rarity” issues in this series. In other words, I’m featuring coins that are rare in the most absolute sense of the word. And I think the 1863 eagle has this concept of rarity absolutely nailed...
Full Article: America’s Forgotten Rarities: The 1863 Eagle - 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: Philadelphia, New Orleans, Charlotte and Dahlonega. The mintage figures ranged from a low of 2,823 at Philadelphia to a high of ...
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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
