Tag: Coin Values
What Do Coin Auction Prices Mean?
By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek ..... Though auction prices are often cited as market prices, not enough has been written about the nature and meaning...
Coin Collecting Strategies and Coin Values – Auction Prices Realized
Auction prices realized have empowered coin collectors, but they can be tricky By Jeff Garrett for NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation) ...... In recent years, the world...
Jeff Garrett: What To Do When There Are No Price Guides
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ...... Establishing the value of a rare coin is one of the basic requirements for being a...
A Pricing Anomaly on 1844-O $10 Gold Half Eagles
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I was recently offered a very common but very saleable New Orleans half eagle that should have...
San Francisco Double Eagles: A Date by Date Analysis Part One
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I originally published this article in June 2010, and since it's been a long time since I've...
Condition Rarity vs. Absolute Rarity in Coin Collecting
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner In numismatics, there are essentially two types of coins. There are coins that are condition rarities and there...
Why Shouldn’t a Nice VF Charlotte or Dahlonega Half Eagle Be Worth $3,000 or...
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner In recent years, prices for average ("B" quality) to above-average ("B" to "B+" quality) Charlotte and Dahlonega...
Coin Expert Advice – Ten Tips For Selling Your Coins
Selling Your Coins by Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ....... CoinWeek Content Partner As someone who sells a lot of coins, I have some selling tips/tricks/thoughts that...
You Need THESE Books to Appraise Your Coin Collection
By Christopher Bulfinch for CoinWeek ..... People reach out to CoinWeek daily to ask for advice about selling coin collections. After inheriting a collection, or finding...
The “Coin Deal Shopping” Mentality and Rare Coin Prices
Coin Deal Shopping by Doug Winter - Raregoldcoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I had an interesting experience at a recent show that I thought was worth...
Getting Started Collecting U.S. Coins: Basics For Beginning Collectors
A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds ..... People have asked me, “What should I collect,” or, separately, “What are the best coins to buy now.”...
Why Are 1943 Copper and 1944 Steel Lincoln Cent Errors So Valuable?
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Lincoln Cent Errors, Coin Markets #306 For CoinWeek by Greg Reynolds ..... Although 1909-S VDB and 1914-D pennies are often thought of as...
Five Things To Know Before Buying a Coin
By Ron Drzewucki - Modern Coin Wholesale ..... Ideally, a collector walks into a deal knowing everything there is to know about buying a coin....
What Is a 1999 Delaware State Quarter Worth?
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... Hard to believe but it’s been almost 20 years since the United States Mint inaugurated its...
Coin Collecting Strategies – ‘The World is Your Oyster’!
News & Analysis - World Coin Rarities, markets, & collecting #400 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds ..... Pearls come from oysters, and the term pearl is...
Origins of the 1921 “Zerbe Proof” Morgan Silver Dollars are Uncertain
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com I’ve been selling a collection for an old friend and collector who purchased a 1921 Morgan silver dollar...
What to Buy to Begin Investing in the Rare Coin Market
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek on the Rare Coin Market - MFrarecoins.com ...... Last week I wrote about "Basic Tools for Buying Rare Coins in...
Healthy Prices Realized for FUN Platinum Night Auction Coins
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #366 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds ..... During or just...
The Coin Analyst: What Are Your 50 State Quarters Worth Now?
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek.com ...... Has it really been nearly 20 years since the 50 State Quarters program kicked off? Time has certainly flown...
Circulated Barber Half Dollars – A Look Back at Two Decades of Specialization
By Thomas Bush - Thomas Bush Numismatics ...... Dull. Boring. Uninspired. Blatant plagiarism of the work of Eugène-André Oudiné. Or even “the throat is that of a gladiator”! The Charles...
More Thoughts on Modern Coins: A Reader Writes
By Charles Morgan with Hubert Walker A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about Eisenhower dollars and the way they’re treated in the...
How to Price AU58 Gold Coins
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner As a buyer of rare gold coins, nothing makes me happier than seeing choice AU58 gold coins...
Why is the Dated Gold Coin Market Holding Its Own?
By Doug Winter – RareGoldcoins.com CoinWeek Content Partner ...... If you collect certain series of silver coins (Hello Seated... Yo, Barber...) you have no doubt noticed...
Where Do Coin Price Guides Get Their Prices?
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com.... First of all, I want to point out that coin price guides are just that... GUIDES! For convenience, they...
Coin Collecting Strategies – Quality over Quantity Is a Strong Rule of Thumb
By Douglas LePre - Senior Portfolio Manager at Blanchard and Company, Inc ....... My entire career – 30 years – has been dedicated to the...
Coin Collecting Strategies – What Coin Series Have the Best Value Today?
By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation…. Some of the best coin values today are in the overlooked issues such as gold commemoratives. Look for...
What do Coin Auction Prices Represent?
By Doug Winter – RareGoldcoins.com CoinWeek Content Partner ...... For better or worse, the current market has come to heavily rely on auction prices to determine...
Numismatic Summer – Long Beach Leads The Way
By Jim Bisognani for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.... A Pogue In The Hand Is Worth?; Difficulty Accurately Pricing Rarities; Hop To It; Try Chasing A Kangaroo It...
Why Are NGC Certified Coins in “Old Holders” In Such Demand?
Posted by Jeff Garrett on the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Weekly Market Report ….. Many of the early graded NGC coins are highly sought after by...
Rare U.S. Coins Fare Well in FUN Auction: Coin Market Levels Remain Stable
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #260 A Special Report by Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek ........ There are widely...