Category Archives: Cherrypicking

Jeff Garrett: Tips for Cherrypicking by Coin Variety

Jeff Garrett shares suggestions on how to tackle collecting die varieties   By Jeff Garrett for NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation) …… One of the most highly anticipated numismatic books of the year is the just-released Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins, Sixth Edition, Volume II. The book was released on Monday, […]

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$2.50 Indian Gold Coins: Ripe for Cherry Picking

By Bullion Shark LLC ……   The Saint-Gaudens $20 doublea eagle and $10 eagle gold coins were introduced in 1907 after years of discussion, design, model creation, and production problems–not to mention the controversy about the initial lack of the motto, “In God We Trust”. President Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to redesign U.S. coinage then shifted […]

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First Read: A Guide Book of Modern United States Dollar Coins

First Read, a continuing series of essays about classic and contemporary works of numismatic literature… Review by Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek ….. A new era in United States coinage dawned in 1971 with the launch of the Eisenhower dollar. It was the first dollar coin issued since the Peace dollar series ended in 1935. Unfortunately […]

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