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Greg Reynolds provides an in depth review of Jay Brahin’s Select Group of $20 Saints to be auctioned on Platimun Night at the Fun Show

The US Mint will halt all sales of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin will end on December 31 at 3 p.m

The Legendary 1913 Liberty nickel, 1927-D double eagle anchor $30+ million Heritage FUN US Coin Auction. Spectacular examples abound as Orlando, FL plays host to the Heritage Auctions’ biggest Rare U.S. Coin Auction of the year, Jan. 6-10

For the sixth consecutive year, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will provide a scholarship to send a deserving young numismatist to the 2010 annual American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Most Famous 1913 Nickel: The Olsen Specimen. A profile and History. Recently dubbed “The Mona Lisa of Rare Coins,” the Olsen specimen is the second finest of just five known examples and is currently graded PR64 NGC.

Bowers and Merena Auctions will commence its 2010 auction schedule with the Orlando Rarities Sale. The auction will be conducted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, beginning at 6 p.m. ET at the Doubletree Resort-Orlando International Drive.

Doug Winter provides some thoughts on the 2009 Coin Market Comes to a Close, Where Are We and Where Are We Headed?

One thing was clearly on the minds of collectors at the $9.4 million+ Heritage Auctions Houston U.S. Coin Auction on Dec. 6, and that was gold. More than 3,600 bidders participated in the event, which sold through fully 93% of the lots offered, or 87% by dollar value.

Morton & Eden’s sale of The Stack Collection of Renaissance Medals Brings £1.8 million. The collection of important Renaissance medals formed by leading New York dealer-collector Lawrence R. Stack was sold by specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London on December 9 2009.

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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Legend Numismatics, a coin dealer specializing in high-quality, rare U.S. coinage, announced the sale of the entire Sunnywood “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Toned Morgan Dollar Collection to a private collector who wishes to remain anonymous

The United States Mint today unveiled the new designs for the Presidential $1 Coins that will enter into circulation next year. The 2010 coins will honor former Presidents Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln.

Bonhams First Coin Auction Had Areas of Incredible Strength, Most Notably in US Gold. The December 3rd Coins and Banknotes sale, presented by Bonhams New York, was the first of its kind to be held at the auctioneers’ New York showrooms

The Jay Brahin Collection, a selection of seven key date Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles assembled by a collector with a keen eye for quality will be offered as a part of Heitage’s Platinum Night festivities at 2010 January Orlando, FL FUN US Coin Auction, taking place January 6-10 in Orlando

Greg Reynolds has posted Part 3 of his series on Naturally Toned Coins. Greg discusses this issues with dealers and experts such as Jeff Issac, Joe O’Connor, Jeff Ambio and Rich Uhrich.

Princeton University Numismatic Collection Acquires 7th Century “Jesus” Coin. Alan Stahl – Curator of Numismatics stated, “The most important thing is that it’s the first time the image of Christ is used as the main image on the coin,”

Morton and Eden LTD. has reported the sale of a Russian Order of St. Catherine Medal which was acquired by a private collector for £322,000 at the recentMorton and Eden Auction in London.

Doug Winter offers up an article on The Philadelphia Gold Coinage of 1870. As usual, exceptional article and insights for the dated gold collector

PCGS has Updated their Guarantee, and for the first time we know of, one of the major grading services has given out details of the top 12 buybacks under the guarantee.

Heritage announced a New Gold Indian Cent Error Coin to be Sold at FUN. Exactly five Indian cents are known on gold planchets, according to information available. Among them are three dated 1900, this piece dated 1905, and an example dated 1906.

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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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation introduces NGC Mobile, a new mobile site that allows collectors to verify an NGC certification on cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices.

Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will commence its 2010 auction schedule as an Official Auctioneer of the New York International Numismatic Convention (N.Y.I.N.C.).

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASADQ: CLCT), announces the unveiling of a completely new version of its popular web site, www.pcgs.com.

New market commentary from Doug Winter on The Evaporation of the Premium Factor in the Carson City $20 Gold Coin Market

A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd are delighted to announce that they have been chosen to auction the extensive collection of Renaissance and later medals formed by the New York connoisseur and fine art collector, Michael Hall.

Last week, Stack’s celebrated its 74th anniversary with a tremendous three-day auction sale of U.S. coins, tokens, and paper money. Significant realizations abounded in every category and the sale realized a total of nearly $5 million!

Heritage Releases Most Complete New Book on Gobrecht Dollars. Edited by Heritage Chief Cataloger Mark VanWinkle, with essays by Michael L. Carboneau, James C. Gray, John Dannreuther and Saul Teichman and illustrated by the collection of Julius Korein, M.D

US District Court Judge Richard Leon—well known for his pro-government views—has issued a ruling upholding the State Department’s refusal to disclose information about the controversial decisions to impose import restrictions on coins of Cypriot and Chinese type.

The United States Mint announced the new design that Americans will see on the reverse (tails side) of Native American $1 Coins next year.

Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, dazzled bidders with an extensive selection of coins and paper money from around the world as part of Bowers and Merena’s Official Auction of the November 2009 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.

Business already is good for a Wilmington, Delaware bullion and rare coin First State Depository, but it’s expected to be even better in the weeks ahead now that a major New York City bank depository has told many of its customers to remove their valuables.

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