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Rare Hansen Collection Shield Nickels in DLRC Red Carpet Auction

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Ending its four-week run, Red Carpet Rarities Auction 16 closes on Thursday, June 6. Featuring 50 lots from the D.L. Hansen Collection, highlights include a...
1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   A steady stream of sojourners arrived at California's gold fields in 1852, hoping to claim their share of the new state's...
1951 Washington Quarter Proof. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1951 Washington Quarter Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1951 Washington Quarter Proof was sold as part of the 1951 Proof Set. The...
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Classic Head Quarter Eagle, 1834-1839 | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   While the United States Mint had produced gold coins since 1795, few gold coins of...
1865 Two-Cent Piece. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1865 Two-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil...

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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little...

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Shipping and Receiving Rare Coins: Jeff Garrett

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By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   The internet has vastly expanded the reach and scope of the rare coin business. You can...

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The Naseby Cup is an elaborately crafted silver drinking vessel that stands over two feet tall and is decorated with rare coins and medals...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

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By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

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Choice Proof – A Coin That’s Not Quite Gem

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... (adj.) Choice Proof is a term used to describe an unimpaired Proof coin that is not...

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Flying Eagle Cent, 1856-1858 | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Large Cent Gives Way to the Small Cent By the early 1850s, copper was limited, and the price of the raw...
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Aureate – Golden Toning on Coins

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(adj.) Aureate is a term denoting a golden hue. It is occasionally used in auction catalogs to describe the color of a toned coin. * *...
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1879-CC Morgan Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

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While silver bullion was pouring out of the nearby Comstock mines, United States Mint leadership in Washington, D.C. was facing a cost problem with...
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Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in March

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By CoinWeek ..... One might think that as March takes its turn in the calendar's monthly procession that the business of the United States Mint might...
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Hippocampus – Strange Mythical Creature on a U.S. Coin

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(n.) Also Hippocampos or Hippocamp. The hippocampus is a mythical creature of ancient Eurasian cultures depicted as being part horse and part fish or dolphin,...
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Henry Lee Hook Bronze Medal : A Collector’s Guide

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Rare Bronze striking of Major Henry Lee's Congressional Gold Medal Fewer than 76 examples struck Examples sell for thousands of dollars * * * Betts-575....
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Henry Kreis – Coin and Medal Designer

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Sculptor, Coin Designer. Born 1899 in Essen, Germany. Died 1962. * * * The German-born American sculptor Henry Kreis is notable in numismatics as being the...
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PQ – What Does it Mean to Coin and Paper Money Collectors?

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PQ is an acronym for “Premium Quality”, meaning a coin that is strong for the grade (in other words, a coin with premium eye...
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1937 Washington Quarter Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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Intended to be a circulating commemorative coin honoring the bicentennial of the birth of America’s first president, the Washington quarter as originally designed was...
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First 2026 Semiquincentennial Coin Design Candidates for Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel

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By CoinWeek ....   At the February 15, 2024 meeting of the United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), Semiquincentennial coin design candidates for the 2026...
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