US Gold Coins

1812 Capped Bust Left Half Eagle. BD-2. Rarity-4+. Close 5D. MS-65 (PCGS). On June 18, 1812, President James Madison declared war on the United Kingdom...

Our current Long Beach Signature Auction features a monumental coin for Charlotte branch mint specialists — an 1840-C half eagle graded MS64+ by PCGS...

By David Lawrence Rare Coins ......   Our Sunday Internet Auction #1016 offers a fantastic selection of over 350 New Items including 50 No Reserve lots...

California Fractional gold coins offer an easier way to connect with the Gold Rush By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......   When the Odyssey...

By James McCartney - Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack's Bowers ......   Around the offices here at Stack's Bowers, we're looking forward to our June Baltimore sale,...

By David Lawrence Rare Coins ......   Our Sunday Internet Auction #1014 offers a fantastic selection of 300 New Items featuring the Prospector Pioneer Gold Collection,...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   The gold coinage produced at the San Francisco Mint runs the gamut as far as size,...

By Ben Orooji - Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack's Bowers New Colorado Gold Rush on the 1861-S Paquet reverse Double Eagle ......   The Stack's Bowers June 2018...

The siren song of gold called from California to every corner of the country. Across the nation, men (and a much smaller number of...

By Harvey Stack - Co-Founder, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......   Links to earlier parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |...

Too much gold? Start minting the Liberty Double Eagle It was 1849, and the Philadelphia Mint had more Gold Rush gold than it could possibly...

Over 100 early 19th-century gold and silver coins recovered from the Steamship Pulaski wreck on earlier dive By CoinWeek News Staff ....   In January, marine exploration and...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   I recently purchased the finest-known 1854-D quarter eagle, graded MS64 by NGC, and this motivated me...

By Eric Brothers for CoinWeek .....   If you ever thought that it would be cool to own a 1933 Double Eagle, think again. The handful of...

By James McCartney - Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack's Bowers ......   Our May 2018 Collectors Choice Online Auction--which takes place on Wednesday, May 23--features exciting United...

By CK Shows ......   Show Runs from May 17 to May 19. Rare coins, educational seminars, and loads of coins await visitors. Over 55 years ago,...

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2018  One Ounce American Gold Buffalo Proof Coin (product code 18EL) on May 10...

By Mike Fuljenz - Universal Coin & Bullion ......   Q&A WITH DR. MIKE FULJENZ AMERICA’S GOLD EXPERT® ON GOLD RECOVERED FROM THE SS CENTRAL AMERICA Q....

By Ben Orooji, Numismatist & Cataloger - Stack's Bowers New Colorado Gold Rush......   In 1857, gold was discovered in Colorado sparking a new gold rush in...

Counterfeit coin - 1861 Type 2 Quarter Eagle By Max Spiegel - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......   Raised lumps of metal and lack of detail are...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   It is difficult to call an issue as expensive as the 1878-CC half eagle “underpriced” but...

“Discovery of a Lifetime” A coin that a New England man originally thought was a counterfeit has been authenticated by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   In 1866, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added to the reverse of the double...

Over the years, we have watched the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) grow into one of the most active and important numismatic organizations in...

April 26 Platinum Night features newly discovered 1856-O $20 Liberty Double Eagle A rare proof specimen of the 1836 Classic Head Quarter Eagle and an...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   To my way of thinking, early gold coins (i.e., those struck prior to 1834) and among...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   I get calls from potential new gold coin collectors nearly every day. Some of them have...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ......   In the Heritage February 2018 sale of the Admiral Collection, the star attraction was a nice...

Private transaction is most valuable single item sold in company history The first gold coin struck in the United States – the finest-certified 1787 New...

With only 500 circulation strikes produced, the 1881 three dollar gold piece boasts the lowest mintage in the series and is an important key...