Francis Crick Nobel Prize Medal for Discovering DNA Brings $2.27 Million
The 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, along with Drs. James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh...
Greatest Collection of Judaean Coins Ever Offered
Heritage recently announced their offering of The Shoshana Collection of Ancient Judean Coins. Assembled over the course of four decades by a diligent collector...
Prototype Silver Shekel Highlights Shoshana Collection Offerings
The first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against Roman oppression in the first century CE, one of only two...
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: 1793 Cent Sets $1.38 Million Auction Record for Copper...
News & Analysis on scarce coins, markets, and the coin collecting community #89
A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek
In the Heritage auction at...
Finest Known 1921 $20 Gold Double Eagle Leads Heritage Auctions’ FUN Platinum Night
Jan. 3-8 events taking place during Orlando 2012 FUN Convention; Heritage announces Platinum Night across two evenings for the first time; The Dr. and...
Finest Known 1892 Proof South African Pond Highlights NYINC Offerings
A simply magnificent 1892 South African Republic gold Proof Pond, PR65 NGC — the best of just 10 like pieces known to have been...
$6.8 Million Norman Jacobs Collection Leads $20.5+ Million Heritage Auction World & Ancient Coins...
Sept. 8-9 auction led by $1.39+ million 1909 Korean Gold Coin set and $546,250 “Ides of March” denarius; Heritage’s most successful World & Ancient...
Heritage-Gemini Ancient Coin Auction Nets $3.4 Million
Silver tetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily brings $174,800 to lead the way
A spectacular silver tetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily, struck circa 415 BC, brought...
Steve Roach: The Strong Market for Classic Proof U.S. Coins
By Steve Roach for Steve Roach Online .....
First published in the May 30, 2011, issue of Coin World
The Heritage Platinum Night auction on...
Ancient Coins Star in $3.3M CICF Heritage-Gemini Auction
Outstanding ancient coins brought strong prices in the just-concluded 2011 April Heritage-Gemini Signature Ancient Coins Auction, which took place at the Chicago International Coin...
Coin Profile: 1808 Quarter Eagle a Rare One-Year Type Coin
Johann Matthias (John) Reich was a Bavarian native who learned the engraving trade from his father, Johann Christian Reich. According to L. Forrer in...
Important Greek Silver, Roman Gold Features in 1st Joint Heritage Auctions-Gemini Sale
More than 540 ancient coins ready for auction, April 14, at CICF, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel and Convention Center in Rosemont,...
Pattern Coins: 1852 PG$1 Gold Dollar, Judd-145
1852 Ring Dollar in Gold, Judd-145, Thin Planchet PR68 Cameo, Finest Certified
The United States Mint experimented with pattern gold dollars in 1852, producing those...
$8.2 Million in Rare World Coins Sell in New York Heritage Auction
Rare gold led the way as Heritage's recent World & Ancient Coins Auction realized over $8.2 million January 2-3 in New York. Over 93%...
Historic Proof Sets, Stella Pattern Coins Momentous Opportunities at FUN
Remarkable set of six pattern coins associated with the famous “Stella” coinage experiment are important collective highlights of Heritage’s Tampa FUN Auction
Heritage’s World and Ancient Coin Auction in NYC
International numismatic treasures highlighted by rare German, Polish and South American coins, as well as the largest gold coin in the world, a Chinese 321+ ounce Beijing Olympics gold 100,000 Yuan
Jim O’Neal Collection of $5 Indians Readies for Auction in Heritage FUN U.S. Coin...
Finest known 1909-O half eagle headlines the Jan. 6 Platinum Night auction of this PCGS Registry Set All-Time Finest in Tampa, FL
The finest collectible...