NGC Posted a great story about Certifying a Family Heirloom: 1805 $5 Gold Coin. Although not a coin collector, Robert McGough found his way to John Albanese to assist in getting his “heirloom” authenticated and certified.

Beginning with this article: The 1863 $10 Gold Eagle, Doug Winter is going to focus on issues that he regards as “Forgotten Rarities.” These are coins that are truly rare but which, for a variety of reasons, do not get the fanfare that they deserve.

Change may be in the air at one or more coin grading services, but dealers, collectors and investors will find business as usual at Certified Acceptance Corp. (CAC). That’s the company’s message to the hobby in the wake of reports that at least one of the two largest grading services is considering the establishment of “premium-quality” grade designations.

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin and Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Bronze Medal on March 18, 2010

A possibly unique gold coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar will go on display at the British Museum today – the Ides of March, marking the 2,054th anniversary of his death.

NGC graders are fortunate to have seen more coins than anyone, but they always take time to appreciate truly special coins. The unexpected encounter with this 1872-CC $20 is one such example. It is the Highest Graded example known

Daniel Frank Sedwick will be holding Treasure and World Coin Auction #7 on Wednesday-Friday, April 7-9, 2010. In great deference to the Sedwick patriarch, for the first time ever we are offering selections from the Frank Sedwick study collection of 1715-Fleet gold cobs

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Tim Shuck taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

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Two of the finest-known gold 1804 eagles have been added to the Museum Showcase at the 2010 ANA National Money Show™ in Fort Worth. The coins are part of the renowned Harry W. Bass Jr. Collection of American gold coins, and are on display at the ANA’s Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs.

Bowers and Merena Auctions continues its long-standing and successful partnership with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. As Official Auctioneer of the March 2010 expo, Bowers and Merena realized more than $8.5 million in U.S. and foreign, coin and currency sales.

Dennis Hengeveld has penned a two part article on Collecting Date Sets of Liberty Seated Coinage. Part One covers Dollars and Half Dollars and Part Two covers Quarters Through Half Dimes From E-Gobrecht.

In the past few years, Doug Winter has noticed an interesting trend in relation to the pricing of rare date gold coins. He refers to this as “Value Compression” and explains what that means explain what I mean.

Odyssey Marine Exploration, pioneers in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, today reported full year 2009 financial results along with the status of all current projects underway.

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony today in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center.

Tim Shuck submitted a great article on Pocket Change Yields an Unusual Find, an 1868 Three Cent Nickel

Greg Reynolds interviews Kris Oyster: For around thirty-five years, Mr. Kris Oyster has been a coin dealer and he is currently well known on the nationwide show circuit. As the managing director of numismatics for DGSE

Historic 1793 S-3 Chain Cent To Be Sold by Heritage. This Chain cent appeared on the April 1869 Levick plate, the first photographic plate of large cents that appeared in the American Journal of Numismatics. The Levick plate was also the first systematic attempt at the classification of large cent varieties.

Heritage Auction Galleries will present the astonishing Donald R. Frederick Collection of Early US Coinage: Bayside Part Two including 443 Bust Half Dollar varieties at the 2010 April-May Milwaukee, WI CSNS US Coin Auction, April 28-May 1 in Milwaukee.

Legend Numismatics is proud to announce the outright purchase of the Brian Sonnier Collection of colored dollars and CC GSA coins. Brian is a long time collector (known to many as GSAGUY). You may have seen him set up at shows back in the early to mid 90’s to just display his coins.

Doug Winter provides a Date by Date Analysis of Philadelphia No Motto Half Eagles From the 1840’s.

Executives of Professional Coin Grading Service will make their eagerly-anticipated announcement ( The Big One) about a revolutionary new service on Thursday, March 25, 2010.

Heidi Wastweet of Seattle, Washington was appointed to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) to fill the seat reserved for a specialist in medallic sculpture.

Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics provides the latest Market Report: The March Baltimore Coin Show. Always insightful and bound to ruffle a few feathers.

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Tim Shuck taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

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Heritage Auctions is offering a “Dual Pedigreed” coin in Fort Worth, The Norweb-Bass MS66 1911-D Quarter Eagle.

Doug Winter provides some numismatic history on the The Stetson Collection Gold Coin Hoard

Tom Pillitowski noted that The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced the addition of a new section to its registry for Early U.S. Gold Coins.

A company called Gold Solutions Marketing Inc.recently announced their new Gold Backed “credit card”, that is backed by gold bullion coins you have to deposit into an account.

Great article by Dr. Thomas F. Fitzgerald – Republished with Permission from The California Numismatist titled This 19th Century Cent Coin Design Lasted For Only One Year The Indian Head Cent of 1859

The Princeton University Numismatic Collection has acquired the Armenian Heritage Collection of ancient and medieval coins, adding a new strength to the University’s extensive numismatic research holdings.

Another E-Gobrecht article, this one from Ken Cable-Camilleis titled The Twenty-Five Most Overlooked Early Seated Coins. A Great read and resource for Seated collectors.

Tom DeLorey’s article on The Language of Coins – What is an Eagle?, provides a bit of numismatic history on ther origins and usage of the term.

Kathleen Duncan of Pinnacle-Rarities provides an overview and Introduction to Commemorative Coins

At the end of February 2010, Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles purchased England’s legendary King Edward VIII 1937 Proof Set for $2.1 Million (1,350,000 Pounds). This purchase was made in England with the assistance of noted English coin dealers Steve Fenton and Mark Rasmussen.

Doug Winter, doing more research on gold dollars for his upcoming third edition Dahlonega gold book, has some thoughts to share on his findings for the Type Two and Type Three Gold Dollar Dahlonega issues

David Lawrence Rare Coin Auctions will be offering 94 coins from the “Picky Collection” of Bust Coinage in a special 2-week Internet Auction #461 closing March 11th. This meticulous collection is the culmination of 25 years of numismatic searching.

The ANA Museum Showcase will make its National Money Show™ debut March 25-27 giving visitors a unique chance to see some of the world’s most beautiful and valuable coins, including three historic and beautiful 1879 Quintuple Stellas, the rare 1804 Draped Bust dollar, and the Walton 1913 Nickel.

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Wayne Sayles points out some of the Exaggerations in the “Cultural Heritage” Debate on Ancient Coins.

As a dealer who has spent over $100 million on rare coins, Doug Winter offers up some of the “tricks of the trade” that he has learned that can help you when you are buying coins.

The highest-denomination Commemorative coins ever struck in the United States Mint, the 1915-S Fifty-Dollar gold pieces were produced for sale at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1915. Bowers and Merena Auctions will be selling the Finest 1915-S Round $50 PCGS example (MS-66) in Baltimore in March.

The United States Mint today announced that it will begin accepting orders for the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET) on February 25, 2010.

Commem’s are one of the most popular US coins series combining both beautiful designs and a capsule of US history.Tom Delorey give his opinions on the “Ten Most Significant U.S. Commemoratives Coins”

Numismatic Conservation Services provides some educational tips on Recognizing Coin Holders That Contain PVC. Over time, an oily film—that sickly, green slime can settle onto a coin and damage the surface.

Bowers and Merena Auctions will be offering a 1879-O Class I Branch Mint Proof Morgan Dollar In Baltimore. Easily the rarest and also among the most popular Morgan Dollars with advanced collectors are the branch mint proofs–coins that are so rare, in fact, that many numismatists have never even seen one of these specimens

Doug Winter asks the question, “What Are Pedigrees and Why Are They Important?” Coins with good pedigrees often command premium prices over coins with no history. There are a number of reasons for this.

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Tim Shuck taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

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Bowers and Merena Auctions will be selling the undisputed “King of Barber Coinage,” the rare and eagerly sought 1901-S Quarter. The San Francisco Mint struck a mere 72,664 Quarters in 1901, which snatched the record low mintage for the Barber series from the hands of the 1896-S (188,039 pieces produced

Gold coins basically come with three types of luster: satiny, frosty and prooflike. Doug Winter provides invaluable information on the Luster of US Gold Coins and the pros/cons of each.

Another exceptional article by Tom Delorey about “The Phantom Silver Dollars Of 1895“. The Morgan Dollar has long been one of the most popular American coin series, apparently second only to the Lincoln cent in the number of people who collect it in some manner, and the 1895-P dollar has long been called “The King of Morgan Dollars.”

NGC has certified a Zachary Taylor Presidential $1 coin error that bears the date 2010 D. The Zachary Taylor coin was the fourth Presidential dollar released in 2009 and should correctly bear the date 2009, not 2010. This is the first time that the wrong date has been reported on an edge-lettered US dollar.

The 10th Hong Kong Champion Auction will be held on February 24 at the renowned Hyatt Regency Hotel in, Hong Kong, and features a rich selection of Chinese coins and banknotes certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and Paper Money Guaranty (PMG).

The United States Mint has released to the Federal Reserve Banks the first new Presidential $1 Coin of 2010, honoring former President Millard Fillmore.

In this Tom DeLorey article, you can examine US Pattern Coins, one of the most interesting fields in American numismatics.

Ken Potters discusses his thoughts on “Is it an Error Coin or a Variety?” along with how to differentiate between errors and varieties.

Doug Winter offers up a great article on “Deciding What Coins to Collect” after having conversations with a few new and more experienced collectors.

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Tim Shuck taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

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Doug Winter has an article titled “Secret” Varieties of Early U.S. Gold Coins. These are a few of the “secret” varieties that he would suggest collectors be on the lookout for.

Baldwin’s announced that they will be offering for sale by auction a portion of Roman coins from the Bishop’s Wood Hoard of 1895 as part of their 4-5 May 2010 London event.

Heritage will be presenting the Paulistana Collection of Brazilian coins, the most important and complete collection of Brazilian coins to appear in the world numismatic market for many years at the Chicago International Coin Fair in April

On March 2nd and 3rd, Stack’s will present items from The Eliasberg & Krause Collections, along with many other important numismatics properties at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The sale includes items from over 80 consignors and offers over 2,500 lots of coins, tokens, medals, and currency.

Greg Reynolds provides an interesting look inside the 20th Century Gold Club. This club is private, small, exclusive, and sophisticated. A major purpose of the club is to educate collectors, and another major purpose is to foster cooperation and friendship among collectors.

Baldwin’s 48th Hong Kong Coin Auction took place a little earlier than usual this year, in-line with the Hong Kong International Coin Convention and Antique Watch Fair. Here are the auction results.

Pinnacle-Rarities has posted a helpful article on the 5 Steps To Sell Right. Whether or not you need to sell, these five basic steps can help focus your collecting so you can receive maximum enjoyment and profit.

Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics provides another Market Report on the Long Beach Show

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Tim Shuck taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short exerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

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All four gold ingots from the S.S.Central America made the Top 10 list in the auction results from Heritage’s Long Beach Signature Sale. The top performer was the 55.05-Ounce Harris Marchand Gold Ingot which sold for $172,500.

Bowers and Merena Auctions, is preparing another phenomenal sale as the Official Auctioneer of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. A particularly diverse and important selection of United States currency is on hand for the auction.

Rich Uhrich had an interesting article in E-Gobrecht about The 1849 Dramatically Doubled Date Half Dollar. He states “I’ve always been intrigued by the 1849 Dramatically Doubled Date Half Dollar ever since I first saw it in The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars, by Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert, published in 1993.”

The United States Mint announced today that it will begin accepting orders for its 2010 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set on February 11, 2010, at noon Eastern Time.

Coming on the heels of Heritage’s offering of a 1943 bronze cent struck at Philadelphia in their January 2010 FUN Auction, Heritage has just sold this 1943-S bronze cent in the February 2010 Long Beach Auction for $207,000.

Doug Winter provides some insight on Stack’s Selling Two Important Dahlonega Gold Coin Rarities at their recently concluded January 2010 Americana sale held in New York.

A one-day seminar, “Introduction to Counterfeit Detection of United States Coins,” will be offered April 22 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn in Dearborn, Mich. The seminar is presented through the ANA’s Florence Schook School of Numismatics, and is in conjunction with the Michigan State Numismatic Society’s Spring Convention, April 23-25.

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Tim Shuck taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short exerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

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Greg Reynolds reports on the Unique 1907-D Proof Double Eagle recently purchased by Park Avenue Numismatics at the FUN show. This is a Must Read article for anyone interested in Branch Mint proof Gold.

Over the last two days, Stack’s held its annual January Americana in its private gallery in New York City. The sale began with a packed auction room and saw spirited and competitive bidding throughout both sessions. A total of $5 Million in rare coins and currency was sold.

The numismatic press recently announced that the new 2010 cents having a shield reverse were inexplicably released in Puerto Rico in advance of their scheduled February release date. NGC has received a number of these for certification

While working on the third edition of his Dahlonega gold coin book. Doug Winter reviews the PCGS and NGC population figures in order to help establish overall and comparative rarity levels for each issue from this mint

Laura Sperber provides some thoughts on The Size and Scope of Today’s Rare Coin Market. Always a good read, Laura offers up a “No Holes Bared” evaluation of the current market.

DVD’s of the educational presentations delivered at the Money Show of the Southwest are now available for collectors from Cointelevision.com, which is a free video news service website that offers video clips from these coin conventions as well as segments from many educational presentations.

Recently CoinLink has been running a number of articles centered around both the concept and desirability of “Origianl Surfaces” on coins. In the upcoming Stacks Americana Sale this week, there is a perfect example of the type of coin we have been talking about, Lot 3534 : an 1860-D Half Eagle PCGS MS-63.

Held as part of the 38th annual New York International Numismatic Convention, A.H. Baldwins & Sons New York Sale proved to be a welcome move away from the subdued bidding of 2009. The majority of the interesting lots offered during the course of the week were from the Baldwin’s/Dmitry Markov/M&M auction and the high prices achieved reflected the recent trend for buyers paying well above estimate for quality and rarity.

During 2009, Doug Winter wrote a series of “ten rarest” articles on all the major denominations of Liberty Head gold coinage. Here he presents The Ten Rarest Early Quarter Eagles.

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of – Coin News Daily – providing short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

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Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS at www.PCGS.com) will display a spectacular collection of early U.S. half dollars, offer special discounts for coins submitted for authentication and grading, and give collectors and dealers an opportunity to have their coins digitally imaged with the PCGS TrueViewTM photo service during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo (www.LongBeachExpo.com), February 4 – 6, 2010.

Greg Reynolds provides the definative assesment of Heritage’s Platinum Night auction which included an incredible selection of U.S. gold coins. The total prices realized for Platinum Night alone was more than $25 million. The most famous coin in the sale is the Olsen-Hawn 1913 Liberty Nickel, which realized about $3.74 million.

NGC recently graded the finest known example of a legendary Spanish rarity, the 8 Escudos of Charles II from the Spanish Mediterranean Island of Majorca.

Kerry Wetterstrom, representing the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, opposed adding U.S. import restrictions on coins at a Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) hearing November 13, 2009.

Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, conducted its Official Auction of the January 2010 New York International Numismatic Convention (N.Y.I.N.C.) and realized more than $2.5 million.

Doug Winter offers a re-evaluation of the Type Two Double Eagles; “As recently as a few years ago, collecting Type Two Liberty Head double eagles was very popular. A marketing firm located in the Southwest had actively promoted this series, other firms had jumped on the Type Two bandwagon and the series had caught on with collectors.”

A decade after its first appearance, the precedent-setting “Ship of Gold” display showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America again will dock in Long Beach, California.

Stacks will be offering the first silver coin of the new United States the Half Disme. This denomination is one of the 1792 coins struck before the cornerstone of the new Philadelphia Mint was laid.

Rare Coin Wholesalers (www.rcw1.com) has moved to new offices at 8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 440, in Irvine, California. The new phone number is (949) 679-1222, and the toll-free number remains the same, (800) 347-3250.

The United States Mint will open sales for rolls of 2010 Native American $1 Coins at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 22, 2010. The 25-coin rolls, priced at $35.95 each, contain circulating quality Native American $1 Coins from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia or Denver.

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of – Coin News Daily – providing short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

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Nearly every series has its key date(s), important coins that are required to complete a collection. However, throughout the entire panorama of American coinage, there are a few issues that stand out as major rarities. Heritage will be offering one at Long Beach, one of just 4 known , an 1849-C Open Wreath Gold Dollar

A new book by Richard Smith is the first comprehensive review of the Anglo Hannoverian Regal coinage since Welter and will become an essential reference book for all those interested in this area of numismatics.

Bowers and Merena kicked off 2010 with it’s Orlando Rarities Sale. The sale, with nearly 1,000 lots of rare and enticing United States, Colonial and Territorial gold coinage, was conducted in a single session on January 5. Total prices realized for the auction is in excess of $2.5 million.

Doug Winter provides some thoughts on the FUN Show in addition to another article on the 1883-O eagle which has become the coin du jour in the rare date gold market. This rare date, which for years was a cult item that was seemingly overlooked by all except for a small cadre of specialists

Laura Sperber shares here thoughts on the 2010 Fun show Market Report that concluded last week. Always informative and entertaining, Ms. Sperber calls them as she sees them.

The American Numismatic Association and the Professional Numismatists Guild have agreed to jointly sponsor the Official Pre-Show prior to the ANA World’s Fair of Money for three years beginning with the ANA Chicago convention in August 2011,

Stacks will be offering the Vermeule, Ward and Mexico Maxico Collections, showcasing ancient and world coins and medals on January 11th

Although most collectors and dealers may never personally own a seven-figure numismatic rarity, enjoying and learning about them now is easy and fun with the launch of the PCGS Million Dollar Coin Club™ (www.PCGS.com/Million-Dollar-Coin-Club), a free reference guide available from the Professional Coin Grading Service

The Olsen-Hawn 1913 Liberty Nickel sold for $3.74 Million shortly after 10:00 PM on Thursday, Jan. 7. It is the highest valued item in an auction extravaganza conducted by Heritage Auction Galleries in association with the annual winter FUN Convention

Ira and Larry Goldberg’s Jan 31- Feb 2, 2010 Pre- Long Beach auction catalog had been posted online, and the first coin that caught our eye was a stunning 1796 Draped Bust Quarter Dollar. . B-2, high 6. NGC graded MS-6

Heritage Auctions’ World Coins division kicked off 2010 with a bang over the New Year’s weekend at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, setting an in-house record total with its $11 million+ Signature® World Coin Auction, Jan. 3-4, with the most famous Canadian coin in existence, the best of three known George V 1936 Dot Cents, leading all coins

On January 9th, 2010, George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books offered for sale at public auction the remarkable numismatic library carefully assembled over seven decades by the New York numismatic firm Stacks.

Two Germans were caught in an Austria mountain town with 500 million dollars in counterfeit banknotes. It’s one of the biggest hauls of counterfeit dollars in Europe and included $1 Million Dollar Notes the culprits said they thought were real.

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