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Thoughts on the Rarity of Choice Dahlonega Quarter Eagles
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner My recent sale of the Star City Collection of Choice Dahlonega Quarter Eagle gold coins made me...
Fairmont Gold Coins, Part III: The Ungraded Fairmonts
By Richard Radick for Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) ...... In the first piece in this series, I distinguished three categories of coins in the Fairmont...
Fairmont Gold Coins, Part II: The Non-Pedigreed Fairmonts
By Richard Radick for Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) ...... My Introduction to the Fairmont Gold Coin Collection By August 2020, when the first sale of Fairmont...
Charlotte Gold Coins – A Beginner’s Guide
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner The Charlotte Mint opened in 1838. A gold rush had begun around 1830 when ore was discovered...
Fairmont Gold Coins, Part I: The Pedigreed Fairmonts
By Richard Radick for Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) ...... Hello. My name is Richard Radick, and I am writing as a guest for Douglas Winter...
Which of the Big Four New Orleans Eagles Is the Best Value?
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I think every collector would agree that the four rarest $10 gold eagles from the New Orleans...
Five Observations About the November 2023 Fairmont Gold Sale
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Stack’s Bowers held the most recent installment of the Fairmont Hoard on November 15, 2023. As with...
Coinfully Announces Doug Winter as Chief Numismatic Advisor
U.S. gold expert and veteran coin dealer Doug Winter, owner of Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN), is now the Chief Numismatic Advisor for the firm...
Coin Grading – A Basic Guide to Detecting Doctored Gold Coins
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner There is no getting around the fact that doctoring of rare United States gold coins is a...
What Gives a Coin the “Wow” Factor?
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner At shows or while viewing auctions, I look at a lot of coins. Most leave no impression,...
Two Cool Proof Civil War Gold Dollars
By Doug Winter for RareGoldCoins.com ...... Douglas Winter Numismatics sold two very rare and very beautiful Proof gold dollars several years ago from the Civil War...
Helpful Hints for Young Coin Dealers: 2023 Revision
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner 1. Don’t worry about learning how to grade; learn how to recognize what a nice coin looks...
The 1867 Quarter Eagle
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner As I researched the individual coins in the Star City Collection of Liberty Head quarter eagles, I...
Fairmont Gold Coin 5Peat: An Analysis of Auction Prices
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Stack’s Bowers has now sold five incarnations of the Fairmont Hoard at auction. The data from these...
It’s Raining Proof Three Dollar Gold, Part 1: 1854-63
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner An unprecedented number of Proof Three Dollar gold pieces has provided collectors with a bounty not seen...
Is the Coin Market Sleeping on Fairmont Collection Gold Coins?
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner - The dispersal of the Fairmont Collection began in 2018. It became better organized in 2022...
The Curious Case of the 1865 Quarter Eagle: A Collector’s Dilemma
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner At the recent February 2023 Long Beach Coin Expo, a client came up to my table and...
What I Look for When I’m Buying a 1907 High Relief Double Eagle
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner If you’ve got a large budget for United States gold coins, then the chances are good that...
Douglas Winter Numismatics Sells Rare Uncirculated 1850-O $20
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) recently sold one of the few known Uncirculated 1850-O double eagles. The coin...
Douglas Winter Numismatics Sells Finest Known 1851 Double Eagle
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I’ve had the pleasure of handling many finest known or Condition Census Type One double eagles over...
