Lealana 0.1 Bitcoin Sold for Nearly 500% Premium in Stack’s Bowers Auction
A physical Lealana 0.1 Bitcoin was sold for $33,600 USD by Stack's Bowers Galleries in their November 2021 Showcase Auction, representing a nearly 500%...
Casascius Bitcoin Sells for $1.69 Million at GreatCollections
All-Time Auction Record for Casascius Physical Bitcoin Graded by PCGS
The “Baby Cas”, a 25 BTC physical coin issued by Casascius in 2011 realized $1,698,750...
Silver Lealana 0.1 Bitcoin in Stack’s Bowers November Showcase Auction
By James McCartney – Senior Numismatist, Stack’s Bowers ......
Stack's Bowers Galleries is excited to present a physical Lealana Bitcoin to the passionate communities of...
GreatCollections Offering First PCGS-Certified Casascius Physical Bitcoin
By Chris Bulfinch for CoinWeek .....
GreatCollections (GC) is auctioning a physical bitcoin created by Casascius Coins. Dated 2011, the 25-bitcoin coin is certified MS-67...
$48 Million Gold 1,000 Bitcoin Physical Coin Submitted by GreatCollections to PCGS
“Gold Cas” purchased in 2011 for only $4,905
Not seen for a decade, a one-ounce gold coin with a denomination of 1,000 bitcoins (BTC) is...
Jeff Garrett: Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens and the Rare Coin Market
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......
For several years now, I have joked that people know so little about Bitcoin that they...
Dillon Gage, CACHE Form Alliance for Gold-Backed Tokens
By Dillon Gage ......
Singapore-based CACHE Private Limited, a provider of fully-redeemable digital assets backed by gold, and Dallas-based Dillon Gage, a world leader in...
Bitcoin vs. Gold: 10 Crystal-Clear Comparisons
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ......
Bitcoin vs. Gold: What’s the Difference?
The financial media has at times struggled to cover the emerging sector of cryptocurrencies....
Dillon Gage to Supply Gold for Asset-Backed Digital Currency
Singapore-based GoldGram Pte. Ltd., creator of the new asset-backed token GGC GoldGramCoin®, and Dallas-based Dillon Gage, a world leader in physical precious metals trading...
What Does the Future of Money Look Like? Papers Accepted for ANA Sundman Lecture...
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) is currently accepting proposals for the 2019 Maynard Sundman Littleton Coin Company Lecture Series. Presentations will be given August...
APMEX and Sprott Launch Online Marketplace for Digital Gold, Other Precious Metals
OneGold marketplace built to meet the unique needs of precious metal investors, reflecting APMEX and Sprott’s decades of experience and deep knowledge
OneGold’s digital gold...
CoinWeek News Wire for April 20, 2018: The Doctor Will See You Now, Ditch...
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Current Events
1.) Should the U.S. Retire the Penny and Nickel?
It’s true that it costs more to mint these two...
CoinWeek Podcast #94: Gold and Silver in the Age of Trump With Pat Heller
CoinWeek Podcast #93: Gold and Silver in the Age of Trump with Pat Heller
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic...
CoinWeek News Wire for April 13, 2018: Heists, Fakes, and Fraud
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In Memoriam
1.) Walter Ray Lockwood, 1939-2018
Walter Ray Lockwood (member 1256) passed away early morning Tuesday, April 3. He was...
CoinWeek News Wire for April 6, 2018: Twit on Bitcoin, Fake Banknotes, Gold Caper
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Current Events
1.) Filipinos Not Happy With New Coin Designs
Even with this breakdown, it’s obvious that it’s not going to...
CoinWeek News Wire for March 26, 2018 – Woman, Bitcoin and More
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News Wire Current Events
1.) Lawmakers Push to Put Women on Quarters
In a program that would mimic the ongoing commemorative...
Jeff Garrett – When Coins Become Extinct in a Cashless Society
What would a cashless society mean for numismatics?
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......
In the last few years there has much debate...
CoinWeek News Wire for March 9, 2018: Crypto Commem, A Fool for a Client…
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Coin News Wire for March 9, 2018
Current Events
1.) How to Enter the Illinois Bicentennial Coin Design Contest
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs...
CoinWeek News Wire for March 2, 2018: Elon Musk Cryptoking? Gold Underfoot…
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Coin News Wire for March 2, 2018
Current Events
1.) New Jim Thorpe one-dollar coins selling out fast
The people of Jim Thorpe...
CoinWeek News Wire for Feb. 23, 2018: Libyan MoU, $20 Trillion in Free Bitcoins,...
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Coinweek News Wire for February 23, 2018
Current Events
1.) US, Libya sign MoU to combat looting of cultural properties
As part of the...
CoinWeek News Wire for Feb. 16, 2018: Abraham Lincoln, the Lazaretto, Crypto Politics
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Coin News Wire for February 16, 2018
Brain Food
1.) Lincoln and the Banks
Throughout his career, Lincoln would be guided by what...
CoinWeek News Wire for Feb. 9, 2018: Germans Love Cash, Inside Jobs, Crypto Crash…
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Coin News Wire for February 9, 2018
Brain Food
1.) Digital != crypto != virtual
I suspect that the Telegraph’s confusion may have...
CoinWeek News Wire for Feb. 2, 2018
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Coin News Wire for February 2, 2018
Brain Food
1.) When paper money was as risky as bitcoin
The first paper money notes...
CoinWeek News Wire for January 26, 2018: Buy the Book Before You Buy the...
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Coin News Wire for January 26, 2018
Brain Food
1.) This is the reason why only dead people can be featured on...
CoinWeek News Wire for January 19, 2018: HODL or Buy Gold? Coinage Contraband…
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Coin News Wire for January 19, 2018
Brain Food
1.) Who Really Designed the American Dime?
...t takes a keen eye to see...
CoinWeek News Wire for January 12, 2018: Of Shipwrecks and Surpluses…
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Coin News Wire for January 12, 2018
Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency
1.) Breaking Bitcoin With a Quantum Computer
“The second someone creates a viable...
CoinWeek News Wire for January 5, 2018
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Coin News Wire for January 5, 2018
Brain Food
1.) How much is a mint worth?
In March 1995, the Australian Cabinet's expenditure...
CoinWeek News Wire for December 29, 2017: Fake $100s, What is Crypto, Trump Challenge...
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CoinWeek News Wire for December 29, 2017
Brain Food
1.) The economics of the Bitcoin payment system
Unlike other payment systems, Bitcoin is a two-sided...
Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency – CFTC Launches Virtual Currency Resource Web Page
By Commodity Futures Trading Commission Bitcoin web page....
On December 15, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched a virtual currency resource web page, cftc.gov/bitcoin....
CoinWeek News Wire for December 15, 2017: Christmas Gold Coins, Bitcoin News, Greek Coins
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CoinWeek News Wire for December 15, 2017
Brain Food
1.) Ancient Jewish Coins - Fame, Fortune and Fakes
Did you get gelt?
No, not the chocolate...