Consumers in San Francisco and along the West Coast were handling a rarity in the mid-1860s. As their counterparts in the east were vanishing from circulation during the Civil War, silver coins in San Francisco were circulating much more extensively – including the 1864-S Seated Liberty quarter, which turned out to be a major rarity. […]
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A counterfeiter was hoping that this transplanted mintmark would fly under the radar By Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ….. In 1855, the relatively new San Francisco Mint began striking quarters. At first, annual mintages were typically only a fraction of what was produced at the Philadelphia Mint. For instance, the 1861-S has a mintage […]
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By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) …… In the previous installment, I discussed counterfeits struck from dies made from damaged and repaired genuine source coins, with many starting as holed examples. And in this installment, I will also review a holed example and the struck clones for a popular Liberty Seated variety, the […]
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By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek ….. Stack’s Bowers Galleries is hosting a series of important U.S. coin, Americana, and paper money auctions from March 24 through 26 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, with additional internet sessions scheduled from March 29 through April 1. Normally held in conjunction with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles […]
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Consumers in San Francisco and along the West Coast were handling a rarity in the mid-1860s. As their counterparts in the east were vanishing from circulation during the Civil War, silver coins in San Francisco circulated much more extensively – including the 1864-S Seated Liberty quarter, which turned out to be a major rarity. Consumers […]
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By CoinWeek …. At GreatCollections on Sunday, December 6, bidding ends for this 1853 No Arrows Seated Liberty quarter, graded MS-66 by PCGS and approved by CAC. This piece was also part of the famed Eliasberg Collection. The honor of top pop 1853 No Arrows quarter at PCGS goes to a pair of quarters graded […]
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Collecting United States coins by mintmark varieties did not become popular until the publication in 1893 of Augustus G. Heaton’s Treatise on Mint Marks
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Collecting United States coins by mintmark varieties did not become popular until the publication in 1893 of Augustus G
By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) …… A follow up to the 1927-S Liberty Standing Quarter article in this continuing series on deceptive struck counterfeits, this research article on another “quarter” features the 1854 Huge O Liberty Seated variety. Documented examples to date include two TPG-reviewed specimens, with the presumed genuine repaired source […]
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Counterfeit Carson City 1870 Quarter By Max Spiegel, Numismatic Researcher – Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… The 1870-CC is the key to the Seated Liberty quarter series. Read about the counterfeit that was submitted and how our experts recognized it. One of the most interesting fakes that NGC has received in the past […]
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Medallion Also Available to Current American Numismatic Association Members Sponsoring a New Member A free silver medallion is being offered to collectors joining the American Numismatic Association (ANA) as a new member. The limited-edition medallion is also available to current ANA members who sponsor a new member (both the new member and the sponsoring member […]
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1871-CC 25C AU55 PCGS. CAC Note: The vertical marks in the photo on scratches on the holder and not the coin A group of twenty-five cent pieces took center stage as Heritage presented Part Four of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection in New York, October 28. This final section of the collection, devoted to Gene […]
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