Two condition-census $4 Flowing Hair Stella patterns to be offered by GreatCollections

Gold 1880 Flowing Hair Stella and 1879 Aluminum Pattern Offered by GreatCollections

While the United States Mint struck both the Flowing Hair and Coiled Hair Stella types between 1879 and 1880, these pattern pieces were never...
Is the Coin Market Sleeping on Fairmont Collection Gold Coins?

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 with the...
Rare Chance for Gem 1929 Double Eagle at GreatCollections

Rare Chance for Gem 1929 Double Eagle at GreatCollections

GreatCollections is offering collectors a seldom-seen opportunity to purchase a high-grade 1929 Saint. It is estimated that less than 350 double eagles exist in...
United States 2021 American Liberty Wins Best Gold Coin Award

United States 2021 American Liberty Wins Best Gold Coin Award

The United States Mint is pleased to announce the selection of its 2021 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin as Best Gold Coin in...
CoinWeek Video: Guess the Grade of This 1907 $10 Gold Eagle

CoinWeek Video: Guess the Grade of This 1907 $10 Gold Eagle

  This week, CoinWeek has a 1907 Liberty Head eagle $10 gold coin for you to grade. This coin was certified by NGC and presents a...
Travers American Gold Eagle

American Gold Eagle Struck at Launch Offered by GreatCollections

GreatCollections is offering collectors a very interesting opportunity to purchase the 27th American Gold Eagle ever struck. Not only is this high-quality coin graded...
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), United States Mint

CCAC to Review Designs for 2024 American Women Quarters, More

The United States Mint announces that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a two-day teleconference public meeting on February 28 and March...
CoinWeek Podcast #173: My Time at the United States Mint, With David J. Ryder

CoinWeek Podcast #173: My Time at the United States Mint, With David J. Ryder

  Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. In this episode of the CoinWeek...
How to Collect the American Gold Buffalo Series

How to Collect the American Gold Buffalo Series

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   The American Gold Buffalo program started in an interesting manner when the United States Congress introduced the new gold...
Counterfeit Gold Coin Detection - 1907-S $10 Gold Eagle with Arabic Punch

Counterfeit Gold Coin Detection: 1907-S $10 Gold Eagle With Arabic Punch

Counterfeit Gold Coin 1907-S  $10 Eagle   By Max Spiegel –  Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   NGC recently received a counterfeit gold coin submission of a...
Record 1855-S $3 Gold Coin Leads Heritage’s Long Beach Auction Above $14.5 Million

Record 1855-S $3 Gold Coin Leads Heritage’s Long Beach Auction Above $14.5 Million

Unique example from San Francisco Mint leads event at $2.16 million   A unique 1855-S Three Dollar Gold, PR64 Cameo, from the Bender Family Collection, Part...
The Curious Case of the 1865 Quarter Eagle: A Collector's Dilemma

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...
Heritage Offers Buddy Liles Collection of U.S. Gold Coins, Part I

Heritage Offers Buddy Liles Collection of U.S. Gold Coins, Part I

February 13 will see Heritage Auctions' initial offering from The Buddy Liles Collection of US Gold Coins. This first sampling of Mr. Liles' collection...
1901 Gold Eagle - Guess the Grade: CoinWeek

Guess the Grade of This 1901 $10 Eagle Gold Coin

  It's time for us to share our latest classic United States coin in our series of Guess the Grade videos. This time, we have...
Rare 1852 .887 Humbert Gold $50 Coin Slug Offered by GreatCollections

Rare 1852 .887 Humbert Gold $50 Coin Slug Offered by GreatCollections

This week, GreatCollections is offering collectors a rarely encountered opportunity to purchase a fascinating piece of mid-19th-century territorial gold. This 1852 .887 Humbert gold...
What I Look for When I'm Buying a 1907 High Relief Double Eagle - Douglas Winter Numismatics

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...
Proof 1902 Liberty Head Double Eagle $20 Gold Coin in Stack's Bowers Spring 2023 Rarities Night Auction

Proof 1902 Double Eagle in Spring 2023 Rarities Night Auction

By Chris Bulfinch - Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ......   1902 Proof double eagles are not common coins; they have a reported mintage of just 114 coins...
Unique 1855-S Three Dollar Gold at Heritage Long Beach Auction

Unique 1855-S Three Dollar Gold at Heritage Long Beach Auction

Bender, Carter Jackson among elite collections featured at Feb. 9-12 event   It’s one of the oldest rules of collecting: The scarcer something is, the greater...

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...
The Second-Finest 1880-O $10 Eagle Gold Coin

The Second-Finest 1880-O $10 Eagle Gold Coin

By Paradime Coins ...... The United States in 1880 was in the midst of economic growth and expansion through the Gilded Age period. The economy...
David Lawrence Rare Coins to Offer Classic Assay Gold Coins

David Lawrence Rare Coins to Offer Classic Assay Gold Coins

Sunday Auction #1259 from David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is now LIVE and features over 625 total lots - including more than 275 No...
Stack's Bowers to Offer 1860 Half Eagle in Spring Rarities Auction

Stack’s Bowers to Offer 1860 Half Eagle in Spring Rarities Auction

By Chris Bulfinch - Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ......   Stack's Bowers Galleries is excited to offer an 1860 Liberty Head gold half eagle graded MS-63 by...

The Gold Coin That Owes Its Existence to the 3 Cent Stamp

By Blanchard and Company, Inc ......   In 1851, a U.S. postage stamp cost three cents. America was growing fast at this time and the California Gold...
Rare Mint State 1930-S $20 Double Eagle Gold Coin at GreatCollections

Rare Mint State 1930-S $20 Double Eagle Gold Coin at GreatCollections

Currently for offer on GreatCollections.com is a fine example of one of the most desirable Saint-Gaudens $20 double eagle gold coins available on the...

Three Famous Coin Hoards

By Blanchard & Company ......   For millennia, people have buried and hoarded coins for various reasons. In ancient times, many coin hoards were buried during wartime....
Unique Gold Coin Shines at $5.52 Million, Leads Record-Setting Bass Collection Auction Above $24 Million

Unique Gold Coin Shines at $5.52 Million, Leads Record-Setting Bass Collection Auction Above $24...

Four coins top $1 million each during the Heritage Auctions event; proceeds will benefit Dallas-based nonprofits   1870-S Three Dollar Gold, SP50 sold for a record...
United States 1903-S $5 Half Eagle Gold Coin

United States 1903-S $5 Half Eagle Gold Coin

1903 saw a series of interesting events for America: the United States leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, the Ford Motor Company was founded, and...
Counterfeit Coin Detection - 1904 Gold $20 Double Eagle

Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1904 Gold $20 Double Eagle

Counterfeit Coins -  1904 Double Eagle   By Max Spiegel –  Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ......   This counterfeit coin 1904 Double Eagle specimen exhibits relatively sharp design details,...
Douglas Winter Numismatics Sells Finest Known 1851 Double Eagle

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...
Five Important Gold Coins To Watch at Heritage's January 2023 FUN Sale

Five Important Gold Coins To Watch at Heritage’s January 2023 FUN Sale

On January 5, 2023, Heritage Auctions will present the second session of the historic Harry W. Bass, Jr. Core Collection. This offering includes an...