Category Archives: Robert Gilmore

1820 quarters, Auctions, Capped Bust Quarters, classic us coins, early proof coins, Errors & Varieties, George Earle Collection, Heritage auctions, Heritage Signature Auctions, Long Beach Auction, Norweb Collection, Press Release, Rare US Coins, Recent Articles & Video, Robert Gilmore, Signature Auctions, Unique coins, US Coins, Walter Breen

Heritage Auctions – Seldom Seen Selections: Only Known Proof B-4 1820 Capped Bust Quarter

Leave a comment

Before the Mint began their program of commercial proof offerings in 1858, no records were kept of how many proof coins were made during any particular year. In the early days, before about 1840, proofs were struck whenever a government official, such as the Secretary of State, requested specimen coins for diplomatic presentations, or when […]

The post Heritage Auctions – Seldom Seen Selections: Only Known Proof B-4 1820 Capped Bust Quarter appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

ANA, ANA Worlds Fair of Money, Chelsea Hoard, Collecting Colonial Coins, Collecting Counterfeit Coins, controversial, Counterfeiting, Counterfeits, david Fanning, Dealers and Companies, History of Counterfeit Coins in America, Jeremiah Colburn, Kolbe & Fanning, Kolbe & Fanning Booksellers, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers, Kolbe and Fanning, Numismatic Book Auctions, Numismatic Books, Numismatic History, People, Press Release, Press Releases, Recent Articles & Video, Robert Gilmore, Shows & Conventions, Thomas Wyatt, Unique & Unusual

Letters by Legendary Colonial Coin Forger Thomas Wyatt Offered at ANA

Leave a comment

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are proud to announce that they will be displaying for sale at this week’s American Numismatic Association (ANA) World’s Fair of Money (Booths 263 and 362) an exceptionally important group of six handwritten letters by the notorious forger Thomas Wyatt. The letters, all of which pertain to Wyatt’s creation of […]

The post Letters by Legendary Colonial Coin Forger Thomas Wyatt Offered at ANA appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek