1969-S Lincoln Cent With a Doubled Die Obverse This coin is exceedingly rare. The Secret Service confiscated the early specimens until the U.S. Mint admitted they were genuine. Counterfeits abound but usually have the wrong mint mark. However, in May 2014, a mother in Texas found one while going through rolls of coins. PCGS graded the coin AU-55, […]
A very rare 1955 penny which was struck with a doubled die sold for a new world record price of $124,875 at an unreserved auction by GreatCollections on Sunday, March 1st. This 1955 Double Die Lincoln Cent, graded PCGS MS-65+ RD CAC, sold March 1 in a GreatCollections auction for a record $124,875 The auctioned
The Long Beach Expo was Feb. 20-23 and Heritage Auctions brought in the big bucks. The piece that took top lot during the Expo’s U.S. Coins section was an 1875 $10 in AU-50 that realized $360,000. (shown below).
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A small gold coin with a face value of $2.50 when it was struck in northern Georgia in 1830 sold for a record price of $480,000 to an anonymous Georgia collector in an auction in Atlanta Thursday night, February 27, 2020.
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The Long Beach Expo was Feb. 20-23 and Heritage Auctions brought in the big bucks. The piece that took top lot during the Expo’s U.S. Coins section was an 1875 $10 in AU-50 that realized $360,000
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The U.S. Mint sales of 2022 American Silver Eagles. Of late more recently — until now, only the 2022-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle has registered gains
Georgia state quarters from 1999 have several types of errors, according to the U.S. Coins Guide website. The biggest error involves coins struck on experimental metals, called planchets, intended for the Sacagawea dollar.
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Last week’s release of dollars recognizing innovation in Tennessee started a near-four week wait before the next U.S. Mint scheduled product launch, resulting in what will probably be lackluster weekly sales reports for a time going forward.
A group of 128 rare Massachusetts Bay Colony coins, nearly all certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC), has realized over $2.9 million in a Heritage Auctions sale. Averaging an astounding $23,000 apiece, the coins from the collection of numismatic researcher Christopher J. Salmon were offered on August 22, 2022. The top lot was a 1652 Willow Tree Sixpence graded NGC AU 55
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Sotheby’s saw exceptional results for several medals in its focused July 26 auction titled Buzz Aldrin: American Icon in New York City, including $226,800 for Aldrin’s New Frontier congressional gold medal. The lots were from the personal collection of Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., perhaps best-known for his role as Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot.
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