Rare Key Date 1854-O Double Eagle at GreatCollections
Currently, GreatCollections is auctioning a rare 1854-O Liberty Gold Double Eagle graded AU 55 by PCGS. This rare opportunity for collectors to acquire one...
World Record Prices in $13.6 Million Stack’s Bowers Hendricks Set Auction
The incredible Hendricks Set of United States Gold Coins from the Fairmont Collection sold for over $13.6 million USD in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries...
Liberty Head Half Eagle Gold Coins: A Guide for Collectors
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
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Liberty Head half eagles were produced from 1839 until they were discontinued in 1908. This long-lived series...
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Gold Coin Exhibit Departs ANA Money Museum
Greatest U.S. Gold Coin Collection Ever Assembled to be Sold at Auction
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) and the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation announced...
Top 5 Rarest Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles: Rarest Gold Coins of the 20th Century
By Bullion Shark LLC ......
The Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle gold coin issued from 1907 to 1933 is almost universally viewed by collectors of American...
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,...
Stack’s Bowers Offers Hendricks Sets of $10 Eagles, $20 Double Eagles From Fairmont Collection
$20 Double Eagle Gold Coins
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is excited to announce the incredible Hendricks Set of $20 Double Eagles from the Fairmont Collection, a...
Behind the Curtain at Douglas Winter Numismatics: March 2022
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
Many of the ultra-rare coins we sell never make it onto the DWN website. Every now and...
Exemplary Early Half Eagle Offered in Stack’s Bowers Spring Showcase Auction
By Christopher Maisano - Numismatist, Stack's Bower Galleries ......
This exceptional 1802/1 half eagle will be featured in the Rarities Night session of the Stack's...
Finest Known 1866 Proof $3 Gold Piece From The Huberman Collection
By Christopher Maisano - Numismatist, Stack's Bower Galleries ......
In 1866, the United States Mint produced a minuscule amount of Proof $3 gold pieces, just...
Five Collecting Trends I See in the 2022 Rare Date Gold Coin Market
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
Here are five collecting trends that I see making a big impact in the rare date gold...
The “Common” 1875 $10 Eagle Pattern Coin
By Leo Frese - Independent Numismatic Consultant, LeoFreseCoins.com ......
A few years ago, an East Coast gentleman consigned his collection for me to market. Among...
Overall and Comparative Rarity Analysis of Dahlonega Gold Coinage
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
Using the revised population estimates in the third edition of my book, it is possible to make...
Whitman Publishes Q. David Bowers Guide Book of Quarter Eagle Gold Coins
Whitman Publishing announces the upcoming release of A Guide Book of Quarter Eagle Gold Coins, by Q. David Bowers. The new 448-page book is...
What Was Hot and What Was Not: The 2021 Rare Date Gold Coin Market
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
As recently as 2019, when I wrote my annual State of the Dated Gold Marker report, it...
Exceptional 1861-S Paquet Double Eagle Featured in Stack’s Bowers Spring Auction
By James McCartney - Director of Consignments and Numismatics, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......
The 1861-S Paquet Reverse is perhaps the most famous collectible Type I...
Exceptional 1870-CC $10 Rarity Offered in Stack’s Bowers Spring 2022 Showcase Auction
By James McCartney - Director of Consignments and Numismatics, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......
The 1870-CC eagle is an eagerly sought rarity in the Liberty Head...
Coin Experts: Overall Rarity Versus Grade Rarity
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
Even the most available pre-1933 United States gold coin has some degree of “rarity”. A coin like...
GreatCollections and Heritage Complete $4.75 Million Transaction for Ultra High Relief Gold Coin
Iconic Saint-Gaudens issue is considered one of the most desirable and valuable coins in numismatics
One of America’s greatest coins, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens Ultra High...
The Numismatic Versus: Comparing Coin Collecting Methods
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
Cats versus dogs. Coke versus Pepsi. Good versus evil. You get my point: two camps competing for...
Collecting Carson City (CC) Coinage: Part Three – Gold Coins
By Victor Bozarth for PCGS ......
In parts one and two of my series on collecting Carson City coinage, I discussed all of the small...
A Carson City $20 Gold Coin Sells for $1.62 Million, Sets World Record
A shoot-out straight out of the Old West drove the final price of a 151-year-old gold coin to a world record Thursday night at...
United States 1848 “CAL” Quarter Eagle
The California Gold Rush may have been set off by James Wilson Marshall's January 24, 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, but the...
Eliasberg’s 1982 US Gold Coin Collection Auction Reconsidered
After four decades, the value increases for Eliasberg’s Carson City gold coins warrant attention
By Rusty Goe .....
The Eliasberg Brand
As each decade passes, the significance...
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...
Single Finest PCGS 1888 Half Eagle Offered in Stack’s Bowers Nov. 2021 Auction
By Ben Orooji - Senior Numismatist, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......
After a stellar August 2021 ANA sale in which Stack's Bowers Galleries sold over 50...
Norweb 1820 Square Base 2 Half Eagle, the Only Available BD-4, Offered by Heritage...
Nine 1820 half eagle varieties exist to challenge collectors. Four of those die marriages have a Square Base 2, and five varieties feature a...
The Stack’s Bowers 2021 Post-ANA Auction: Some Gold Highlights With Analysis
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......
CoinWeek Content Partner
The Stack’s Bowers (and Heritage) ANA auctions were historically significant in this most unusual year as they...
The Top 6 Most Expensive US Coins
By Bullion Shark LLC ......
The following six U.S. coins are those that have sold for the highest amounts to date at auctions. For of...
NGC-Certified 1921 Double Eagle Realizes Over $2 Million at Heritage Auction
A 1921 Roman Finish Double Eagle certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), realized over $2 million in a Heritage Auctions sale on August 18,...