Category Archives: Fred Weinberg Collection

Heralded Simpson Collection Returns for Heritage’s Central States US Coins Event

Warren, Long Island and Fred Weinberg collections also among top attractions May 4-8   For some collectors, the more fertile the mine, the greater the treasure within. Such is the case with Heritage Auctions’ Central States US Coins Signature Auction, one of the premier annual events for the most serious collectors of numismatics. This year’s […]

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GreatCollections Offering the Cricket in the PCGS Sample Slab

GreatCollections is auctioning a very unusual, probably unique, PCGS sample slab containing a cricket. Dating to the late 1990s or 2000, the slabbed cricket was in the collection of error coin expert Fred Weinberg, who described it in an email as “the second most famous cricket after Jiminy Cricket!” [We respectfully demur, and point our […]

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Fred Weinberg’s Personal Error Coin Rarities on Display at Heritage Auctions’ ANA Booth

1880-S Major Off-Center Morgan dollar and Sacagawea Quarter Mule offer collectors a once-in-a-generation opportunity   Longtime collector and error dealer Fred Weinberg has decided to retire after 50 years of being perhaps the most famous face in Mint errors and earning his own pedigree for his error coins certified by PCGS. His retirement means fellow […]

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Mike Byers Mint Error News – NGC Certifies 1943 Lincoln Cent Struck on Curaçao 25 Centstukken Planchet

3.6 Grams (64% Silver/36% Copper) Ex: Fred Weinberg   By Mike Byers for Mint Error News …… This is a world-class 1943 Lincoln cent major mint error. It’s many times rarer than the 1943 copper cent. The United States Mint has produced coins for foreign governments at various times during its history. During World War […]

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