By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner Stack’s Bowers has now sold five incarnations of the Fairmont Hoard at auction. The data from these sales is large enough to form valid conclusions about prices for a wide variety of half eagles, eagles, and double eagles. As I have previously written, the rare date […]
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By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner Tom Bender is a good client of mine as well as a friend, and it was with great interest that I followed the sale of his Carson City gold and gold dollar sets in the recent Heritage 2022 (post) ANA auction. Before I discuss my dozen […]
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By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner The April 2022 Stack’s Bowers sale of the Fairmont/”Hendricks” coins likely has forever changed the rare date gold market. This is the second article in a multi-part series that will focus on this sale and the specific coins that it contained. * * * Some “Hendricks” […]
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The Carson City Mint operated from 1870-1893, producing some of the most sought-after coins in US numismatic history, ranging from dimes to double eagles, and Heritage is pleased to present a Showcase Auction covering many of the outstanding products of this western mint. This auction will be open for bidding exclusively at coins.HA.com until Monday, […]
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By Victor Bozarth for PCGS …… In parts one and two of my series on collecting Carson City coinage, I discussed all of the small silver and dollar coin issues produced at the Carson City Mint, famous for its “CC” mint mark. While most of the Carson City Morgan Dollar issues are available across the […]
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A shoot-out straight out of the Old West drove the final price of a 151-year-old gold coin to a world record Thursday night at Heritage Auctions, as an 1870-CC $20 Liberty sold for $1.62 million USD. Heck of a way to kick off the auction house’s four-day US Coins Signature Auction. Bidders fought long and […]
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After four decades, the value increases for Eliasberg’s Carson City gold coins warrant attention By Rusty Goe ….. The Eliasberg Brand As each decade passes, the significance of the Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. brand in numismatics escalates. Although many great collectors existed before Eliasberg burst onto the scene, many were contemporary with him, and […]
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