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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.

We have also made changes to The Bullion Report with daily news and article updates, and a weekly analysis of the “Premiums Over Spot” for Gold and Silver Bullion products.

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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.

You can access ALL the News Here