Coin Collecting

The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) has launched phase two of a coordinated plan to challenge import restrictions on ancient coins by the US State Department. bu importing asmall packet of 23 very common, inexpensive, Cypriot and Chinese coins. The coins were seized and the ACCG plans to sue.

Heritage Auction Galleries has announced that noted numismatist Win Callender has joined the company as a Professional Numismatist and Consignment Director at its Uptown Dallas headquarters.

Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics provides another Market Report. She states “In our opinion, the coin market right now is like the stock market was in late March” Read it and judge for yourself.

The status of the 1856-O double eagle as the rarest New Orleans twenty, from a paltry mintage of 2,250 pieces, was established as long ago. Heritage is auctioning off the only known Specimen example known. Many specialists believe that this is the single most important New Orleans double eagle in existence, and one of the most important O-mint coins of any denomination.

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Greg Johnson wrote a short article in Volume 5, Issue 5 (May 2009) of The E-Gobrecht titled “1849 Quarter Dollar Date Positions“. During the past two plus years I have examined every 1849 quarter that I could find trying to attribue one he purchases. Here is his ” working hypothesis”.

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

• Braided Hair Cent, 1839-1857
• Standing Liberty Quarter, Type 1, 1916-1917
• Indian Head Quarter Eagle, 1908-1929

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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You’re a serious coin collector. You’ve done all the “right” things. You’ve learned how to grade, become a knowledgeable specialist. Your collection is well on the way to being complete but you aren’t ready to sell it. What can you do in the interim to add value to it? Doug Winter gives some pointers in his article on How To “Brand” Your Coin Collection

Ponterio & Associates, Inc. held the Official Auction of the Chicago International Coin Fair (C.I.C.F.), April 23-25, 2009. The auction realized a total of $1,510,300 offering close to 3,000 lots of coins and currency from around the world

The United States Mint will present the second redesigned one-cent coin (penny), bearing an image representing Abraham Lincoln’s formative years, at a ceremony in Indiana on May 14.

While the Adams-Carter 1804 $1 grabbed the headlines at Platinum Night of the Heritage CSNS auctions, the overall success of both the rare coins and the rare currency is the hidden story in the whole night. Even if you take out the $2.3 million on the 1804 $1, you still have an almost $42 million auction.

Laura Sperber provides a Market Report on the CSNS Show just concluded this past weekend. She states “Nice fresh coins are clearly still selling and are bringing super strong money. The biggest problem-actually our biggest problem, nice coins can NOT be replaced and we do not see any where enough of them to make money with.”

The famed Quartermaster Collection, containing many of Australia’s most valuable and highest quality gold coins, will be going to auction on the 4th of June 2009, in what is expected to be the most prestigious numismatic event in this nations history.

Featuring many of Australia’s rarest coins, this Auction will be unlike any other seen in Australia.

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Bruce Lorich the renowned expert on British coinage (Hammered and Milled) provides a bit of historical background and insight on the Rise of the Gold Standard in 14th-century England, Coins of the first three Edwards & Richard II.

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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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:

• Liberty Head Quarter Eagle, 1840-1907
• Liberty Walking Half Dollar, 1916-1947
• Classic Head Half Cent, 1809-1836

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