Monthly Archives: October 2018
Gold Gains in October for First Monthly Increase in Seven Months;...
Precious metals futures finished mixed on Wednesday and for the month of October. Gold ended at a three-week low but still scored a healthy monthly increase, its first in seven months.
Gold for December delivery declined $10.30, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,215 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [....]
PCGS Grades Rare 1854-S $5 Gold Coin
The fourth known 1854 San Francisco Mint Liberty Head Half Eagle, discovered earlier this year and subsequently sold at auction this past August for more than $2 million, now is in a Professional Coin Grading Service holder.
The current owner took the coin to the Baltimore Winter Expo to submit to PCGS, which was running their popular Crossover Special, and the historic coin today is encapsulated as PCGS XF-45 [...]
Joel R. Anderson Collection Part III Sale Tops $8.6 Million
Stack's Bowers Galleries' Oct. 25 sale of Part III of the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money realized $8,619,240 in the firm's Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo in Baltimore.
Among the many rarities featured in the catalog, the highlight was the finest known 1890 $1,000 "Grand Watermelon" Treasury Note which realized over $2 million [...]
World War I Centennial 2018 Marine Corps Silver Medal Photos
The United States Mint on Jan. 17 started selling proof silver medals honoring the U.S. Marines Corps, the Army, the Navy, the Air Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
They are produced to support the commemorative World War I Centennial Silver Dollars which Congress authorized under Public Law 113-212 to memorialize America's involvement in WWI [...]
NGC Certifies Additional Coins, Medals and Tokens From Newman Collection
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has certified an additional 137 coins, medals and tokens from the Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
These selections are included in Newman Part XI, the final of a series of auctions of the legendary collection, and will be sold by Heritage Auctions, Nov. 7-10, 2018 [...]