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Jeff Garrett: Tips for Collecting Twenty Cent Pieces

An important question for most collectors when tackling this series from the 1870s is: Which coins are beyond my reach?   By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… Among the most short-lived series of United States coins are the Twenty Cent pieces struck from 1875 to 1878. Although the coins were made for […]

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The Twenty Cent Piece: One of the Shortest Chapters in American Numismatics

By Bullion Shark LLC …… Proposals for a twenty-cent coin date to 1791 and then 1806 but were rejected at the time. Although no twenty-cent coins were issued until much later from 1875 to 1878 (the second briefest period of any U.S. coin denomination after the $4 Stella gold coin), Americans had long been familiar […]

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Tom Bender’s Collection, Featuring Elite Troves of Carson City Coins, Indian and Lincoln Cents, Offered at Heritage Auctions August 22-28

“Duke of Carson City Coins” among most important in all of U.S. numismatics A passion can be sparked by any number of factors. In the case of renowned U.S. coins collector Tom Bender, a call to his brothers renewed his interest in a hobby handed down from his father. “I started collecting coins as a […]

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The Mystery of the Only Known 1870-S Half Dime

By Bullion Shark LLC …… In 1870, when a new mint facility was being built in San Francisco for the “Granite Lady“, as the building was known, there was a plan to place a complete set of 1870 coins struck in San Francisco in the building’s cornerstone. The only problem is that not every denomination […]

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Proof Cameo 1843 Seated Liberty Half Dollar Offered by GreatCollections

With a fine provence and spectacular toning, GreatCollections is offering the only certified Proof Cameo 1843 Seated Liberty Half Dollar. Graded as a PR 65, this spectacularly toned example is fully lustrous, shows no distracting marks, and would be the star of any collection of American Proof coins. Bidding for this remarkable top population coin […]

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Gem Proof 1849 Dime Offered in Stack’s Bowers June 2022 Auction

By Christopher Maisano – Numismatist, Stack’s Bower Galleries …… The 1849 Proof dime is a rarity among Liberty Seated coinage and Proof coins as a whole. The example featured in lot 1249 of the Stack’s Bowers Galleries June 2022 auction is easily one of the rarest and most desirable coins in the sale. Graded Proof-66 […]

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United States Dollars – Gobrecht Dollar 1836-1839

The suspension of silver dollar production was lifted in 1831 under United States Mint Director Samuel Moore, enabling the resumption of the mintage of a coin not made in this country since 1804. It wasn’t until 1835 however, under Mint Director Robert M. Patterson, that efforts to actually produce the coin moved forward. The dollar […]

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Seated Liberty Dollars Are Much Rarer Than Morgan and Peace Dollars

By Bullion Shark LLC …… Liberty Seated Dollars, designed by United States Mint Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht, were issued from 1840 to 1873 and were the first silver dollars issued since 1804. They are not as well known or as widely collected as Morgan and Peace dollars mainly because it is a challenging series to […]

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Preview: Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2016 Baltimore Auction

The Whitman Expo in Baltimore, held this year from November 3 to November 6, always sees several auctions being held, and this time is no exception. Stack’s Bowers will hold three different auctions offering United States coinage and United States paper money as well as a separate auction held in conjunction with the annual convention of the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (also known as C4)

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Classic U.S. Coins – Key Date Coins for Less Than $2,500, Pt. 2: Half Dimes

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #340 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds …… During the history of coin collecting in the United States, most coin enthusiasts at one time or another have sought to complete, or nearly complete, a set of […]

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