A donation of $100,000 to the Professional Numismatists Guild will go entirely to the hobby’s effort to fight fakes. Half of the money came from Wayde Milas, RARCOA Chief Executive Officer in Willowbrook, Ill. Half came from Standard Numismatics LLC President Brett Charville. His firm is located in Chicago. The two had agreed to merge their firms, […]
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Doubled dies or the “doubled die” variety, is one of the most popular die varieties for collectors. Because doubled dies are so popular, there is a lot of information out there about these varieties and they are often seen for sale on internet auction sites such as Ebay. Unfortunately, not all of the information out
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From CCN.com: John McAfee has been really bold when it comes to predicting the price of bitcoin, claiming that each unit of the cryptocurrency will be worth $1 million by the end of 2020. The cybersecurity expert had first said in July 2017 that one bitcoin would be worth $500,000 by the end of 2020.
SEC delays Van Eck SolidX Bitcoin ETF decision until Sept (med-high impact) With so much hope for crypto adoption riding on a bitcoin ETF this may have pinched some nerves. The decisive date was pushed back a month to consider the rule change that would pave the way for the first official crypto exchange traded
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By the time the $20 bill honors Harriet Tubman, cash may be something of a rarity. The Treasury Department’s recent announcement that Tubman and other women will grace $20, $10, and $5 bills starting in 2020, is a long overdue tribute to some of the country’s greatest civil rights heroes and suffrage activists. But the
In this video we cover some coin basics – What is the Mint Mark on a Coin? and Where is the Mint Mark?
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A superb example of an extremely rare 140-year-old U.S. coin that sat, untouched and perhaps unknown, in a family safe is among lots in highest demand being offered at Heritage Auctions’ U.S. Coins Auction March 14-16. Heritage Auctions will offer this rare 1879 $4 Flowing Hair at its March U.S. Coins Sale. (Imaged by Heritage
An ultra-rare 1838 half-dollar coin could fetch as much as $500,000 at the Whitman Baltimore Winter Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center on Nov. 14.
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I recommend common government-minted one-ounce bullion coins. First, the Silver American Eagles and Canadian Maple Leaf coins. These coins are common, highly recognizable, composed of .999 fine or better silver, and are not prone to high premiums like rare uncirculated early US silver coins. These coins do generally carry a $1-3 premium per ounce, but
Why the Specimen 1964 Kennedy half dollar could be series’ most valuable
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