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CoinWeek April 27 - May 3, 2009

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Bowers and Merena Auctions has acquired sister company North American Certified Trading (NACT) and will now offer expanded direct buying and selling of exceptional quality rare coins, including bullion coins.

The much anticipated Platinum Night section of Heritage’s Central States Signature Sale in Cincinnati concluded last night. Preliminary Reports conclude that the market still has legs and that high quality coins are easily finding new homes at strong prices. The Adams-Carter 1804 Class III Silver Dollar AU58 PCGS brought $2.3 Million !

Heritage will auction the collection of “Joseph C. Thomas,” at Central States this week. Numismatic writer Greg Reynolds feels the Thomas collection is the best collection of U.S. silver coins to be sold at public auction since John J. Pittman’s U.S. coins were auctioned in October 1997 and May 1998.

Ira & Larry Goldberg will be hosting their Pre-Long Beach Auction #53 on May 24-26th. The auction consists of a great selection of US coins along with World Coins and Ancients including a UNIQUE Valentinian I (AD 364-375) Silver Multiple of 24 Miliaresia, the largest silver coin known of the Roman Empire.

It is always an exciting event when a newly discovered numismatic rarity is reported. Such was the case when an 1817/4 half dollar was unearthed (literally!) by contractor George Williams while raking fill in upstate New York. This is the eighth known specimen of this rare overdate, originally offered in Heritage’s January 2006 FUN Auction, shortly after it was discovered, and now available again in Heritages upcoming Central States Signature Auction.

Mark Naber, founder of ForgeryNetwork.com, answers a few questions about collectable coin forgeries and the purpose of ForgeryNetwork.com.

Doug Davis from the Numismatic Crime Information Center provided new information on the lastest numismatic crimes reported.

Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics provides some Pre CSNS show news including some interesting things tahat are quietly happening right now. For the first time in months, we are seeing a number of “smaller” collectors selling or consigning their coins. Yet, the bigger buyers (yes, whales) are all trying to buy. At the same time, this past week we were privy to hear of SEVERAL-multi-million dollar GOLD deals transacting. We ourselves are involved in one.

Tim Shuck has added 3 new coin profiles in the Coin Guide Section of Coinlink as follows:

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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CoinWeek April 20-26

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Stella Coin News (SCN) announced their latest online reference book, The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes. Originally published in 1991 by late author, David Lawrence, the ground-breaking reference is now available to all collectors free of charge for their personal use.

Ponterio & Associates, Inc., a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will offer almost 3000 lots featuring an exceptional selection of world coins and currency hailing from Russia, China, Mexico, Cuba, Australia, Latin America and more at the International Coin Fair this week

Doug Winter provides a profile on one of his favorite coins, the 1845-O Quarter Eagle. This is an issue he likes for a variety of reasons. It’s rare, it’s enigmatic and it has an interesting numismatic background.

We Are Back - Our Apologies for the lack up updates overthe past 4 days. However, we are back and will be posted new items throughout the day untill we are caught up!

As we roll towards the mid-way point of the numismatic year, this is a good time to step back for a second and reflect on value. Doug Winter provides some thoughts on “Hunting For Value In Today’s Rare Coin Market” using the 1795 Half Eagle and eagle as an example.

Scott Schechter, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Certified Collectibles Group, will present “Modern Coins – Everything You Need to Know” at the the CSNS convention.

Until three years ago, no one even knew that the 1770 Nuevo Reino Pillar Dollar existed. That changed quickly, however, when an amazing stash of 14 coins was found during the bulldozing of a parking lot in Bogota. Heritage will be auctioning off this Discovery Coin at the CSNS convention.

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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CoinWeek April 13-19, 2009

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A HEADS UP - New content will be a bit slow getting added to CoinLink between April 16-22nd. The CoinLink offices will be closed as we will be in Costa Rica for some R&R and Research. We appreciate your understanding and patience, but rest assured we will be back in full form upon our return.

The rarity of the 1802 half dime is well known to collectors of United States coins. Only 35 or so pieces are believed known in all grades. Heritage is auctioning off one of the finesest in Cincinnati .

The only serial #1 star note from the Bicentennial $2 series known to exist in private hands will be offered by Heritage Currency Auctions of America in its Central States auction, May 1

The dozens of articles which comprise “From One to Seventy” were written by NGC Research Director David W. Lange and originally ran in The Numismatist, the monthly journal of the American Numismatic Association. Dave has now updated them all for NGC’s website.

Laura Sperber talks about WHEN CHEAP IS NOT CHEAP ENOUGH. Over the past several months Legend has handled millions of dollars worth of coins. ALL were either PCGS or NGC graded. Most were perceived to be solid for the grade (at least that is what they were sold as). Sadly, LESS than 40% of the coins were accurately graded or did not have problems.

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Counterfeit Indian Peace Medals by Tom DeLorey. Many U.S. numismatic items have been counterfeited or otherwise imitated over the years. Near the head of this list are the Indian Peace Medals issued by the United States government from the 1790s up to 1890, of which perhaps 90% of the allegedly rare pieces are fakes.

Tim Shuck has added 5 new coin profiles in the Coin Guide Section of Coinlink as follows:

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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CoinWeek April 6-12, 2009

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The third and final part of the stunning Diana Collection - coins of the British Empire from Asia & Europe, will be sold by Baldwin’s auction department on the May 5th. Here is a preview of the auction and some of the highlights.

ANA Executive Director Larry Shepherd has announced that Seventeen members of the American Numismatic Association have accepted nominations for positions on the 2009-11 Board of Governors

Barry Stuppler, President of the American Numismatic Association, cautions that there are many false and misleading statements repeatedly made about gold as part of a diversified portfolio. Read what he has to say.

Since the publication of Doug Winter’s book “The Insider’s Guide to Collecting Type 1 Double Eagles” in 2002, this has been one of the strongest and most avidly collected areas in the entire U.S. coin market. Find out why here !

Bowers and Merena’s Official Auctions of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention and the ANA National Money Show Realize Nearly $10.5 Million

After six years of looking, the penny finally dropped for metal detectorist Clive Nobbs. This is no ordinary penny. More than 1200 years old, it is an exceptionally rare silver penny of Queen Cynethryth

Doug Winter discusses Why are some coins clearly undervalued? The answer to this question is worth a little more exploration. Here are some things to consider about the valuations of coins.

Laura Sperber provides some insight and thoughts on the Generic Saints and $20 Lib market in this Legend Numismatic Market Report, while looking for answers as to Why Premiums are Falling.

Heritage reports that preliminary figures from show total prices realized of nearly $14 million over the course of the five days of the Baltimore, MD Signature US Coin Auction on March 27-31, 2009.

Ponterio & Associates, Inc. to present nearly 3,000 world coin and currency lots at the Chicago International Coin Fair in late April. Auction Will Feature an Exceptional 1925 Poland Second Republic 5 Zlotych, Ex. Farouk Collection, Plus Two Outstanding International Banknote Collections

Westminster Mint, Inc. of Minneapolis, one of the U.S.’s largest silver bullion dealers, today announced the launch of an international contest for the design of its new one-ounce .999 pure silver “Green Coin,” to be unveiled in July 2009.

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Richard Giedroyc of HCC Rare Coins is a new contributor and has posted an article titled THE BULLS, THE BEARS, AND CALIFORNIA GOLD COINS which looks at some of the background of the Cal Fractional series.

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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