By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ….. “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear,” is an expression that has been around for at least 500 years. It emphasizes the near impossibility of turning something inferior or repellant into a valuable or attractive item. In coin collecting, some attempt this by […]
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CONECA, the international error coin and variety club, will be offering free examination of error and variety coins to collectors at educational tables at coin shows across the United States throughout this year and into next. The club, whose name stands for “Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America,” is the largest coin specialty […]
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By Mark Ferguson for PCGS …… Seriously… If you have a substantial collection–or inventory, if you’re a dealer–chances may be high that you own a rare, valuable die variety! In my estimation, thousands of important die varieties have been overlooked and are sitting in collections and dealer inventories, just waiting to be discovered. I see […]
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By Mark Ferguson for PCGS …… Seriously… If you have a substantial collection–or inventory, if you’re a dealer–chances may be high that you own a rare, valuable die variety! In my estimation, thousands of important die varieties have been overlooked and are sitting in collections and dealer inventories, just waiting to be discovered. I […]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has announced that it has expanded its popular VarietyPlus® variety attribution service to world coins, effective March 1, 2018. NGC launched VarietyPlus in 1996 to provide accurate attribution services for US coin varieties. A variety is a coin that is distinguished by characteristics specific to the dies that struck it. Many […]
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By CoinWeek …. Bullion coins are precious metal assets whose purity and standardization is guaranteed by a government authority. This purity and standardization (commodification, if you will) allows people to buy and sell bullion coins in ways that make them more useful as investment products. This appeal to the investment buyer in turn makes […]
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