Monthly Archives: August 2019
Six Winners in PCGS First Discovery 2019-W San Antonio Quarter Quest
Five fortunate collectors in Utah and a lucky collector in Texas were the first to submit to Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) examples of the new 2019 America the Beautiful San Antonio Missions National Historical Park quarter-dollars with the coveted West Point mint mark.
As part of the continuing PCGS Quarter Quest program, the six will split the $2,000 bounty and each receive $333 [...]
Gold Posts Fourth Monthly Gain; U.S. Mint Bullion Sales Mixed in...
Precious metals futures mostly rose on Friday and for the week, and they all scored sharp increases in August with gains ranging from 1% to almost 12%.
Gold for December delivery declined $7.50, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,529.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Standish Donates $250,000 To Portage Central High School
In gratitude for his academic and athletic education, well-known professional numismatist Michael "Miles" Standish has created a $250,000 trust fund for his Portage, Michigan high school.
The 1983 graduate of Portage Central H.S. also paid for an 8½ foot tall, bronze statue representing the school's mascot, the Mighty Mustangs, that was formally dedicated at the entrance of McCamley Field football stadium at the school on Thursday, August 29, 2019 [...]
SS Central America Sunken Gold Treasure In Five-Ounce PCGS Holders
Historic sunken gold treasure, originally discovered by 49ers during the heydays of the California Gold Rush and untouched in the miners' gold field packets for more than 160 years, is now available in grand format PCGS-certified holders each containing five ounces of the precious metal.
All of the gold dust was recovered from the fabled "Ship of Gold," the SS Central America that sank in 1857 [...]
Stack’s Bowers 2019 ANA US Currency Auction Highlights
The Stack's Bowers Galleries Official United States Currency Auction at the ANA World's Fair of Money realized an impressive $5,320,620 in total sales from two live auction sessions and one internet only session.
In total, the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official ANA Auction that featured coins and paper money from the United States and around the world realized over $30.6 million [...]
1964 Kennedy Sets $156,000 Record In Stack’s Auction
The Stack's Bowers Galleries official auction of the 2019 ANA World's Fair of Money set several records for United States coinage earlier this month in Rosemont, Illinois.
Among these was lot 5231 of their Rarities Night session, a 1964 Kennedy half dollar produced as part of an unreported Special Mint Set (SMS) and certified SP-68 by PCGS. After intense bidding, it sold for an astounding $156,000, setting a new record for the most valuable non-error modern United States coin ever sold at auction [...]
NGC Certifies One Of The First Ten Morgan Dollars From The...
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has certified one of the first 10 Morgan Dollars struck by the San Francisco Mint. This incredible piece of numismatic history is now graded NGC SP 64.
Hundreds of millions of Morgan Dollars were struck from 1878 to 1921. Today, they are among the most popular coins with collectors because of their classic design, large size and historical significance [...]
Silver Marks First Loss in Five Sessions, Gold Slips 0.8%
Precious metals futures divided Thursday with gold and silver lower and platinum and palladium higher. Silver's decline was its first in five sessions and after claiming a more than two-year high on Wednesday. Gold's loss was its second in a row after peaking to a more than six-year high on Tuesday.
Gold for December delivery fell $12.20, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,536.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2019-P San Antonio Missions 5 Oz Silver Uncirculated Coin Released
Today, Aug. 29, the United States Mint launched another collector product that commemorates San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas. On Monday, the agency issued quarters emblematic of the national park. Its release today features the same design but in a much larger format -- a three-inch coin struck in five ounces of 99.9% fine silver.
The U.S. Mint's 2019-P San Antonio Missions Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin went on sale today at noon EDT for $154.95 [...]
US Mint Sales: 2019-S Proof Silver Eagles Top 112,000
Sales of 2019-S Proof Silver Eagles hurdled the 100,000 level, the latest figures from the United States Mint show.
Released earlier this month, the 1-ounce .999 fine silver coin from the San Francisco Mint advanced 25,186 in a week for a 20-day total of 112,612. It was the U.S. Mint's top weekly seller [...]