Yearly Archives: 2017
NGC-Certified Coins Top Heritage ANA Sale
Coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) stood out in Heritage Auctions' recent Platinum Night sale, held in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Denver.
The sale was headlined by a group of nine NGC-certified Japanese Proof coins from the 1870s that sold for a combined $793,125 [...]
Gold Ends Near 2-Week Low, Silver Logs First Gain in Six...
Precious metals futures ended mixed Tuesday. Gold declined slightly while silver closed higher for the first time in six sessions.
Gold for December delivery shed $2.10, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,262.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set Sales at 96.7% of Maximum
New sales figures from the United States Mint show that there's not a lot of remaining 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Sets.
Collectors and dealers scooped up 217,514 sets, or 96.7% of the possible 225,000. That leaves 7,486 left, and that was as of Sunday, Aug. 6 [...]
NGC Authenticates ‘Mule’ Error on 2017 Canadian Timber Wolf Gold Coin
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has certified an extremely unusual "mule" error of the 2017 $2,500 Canadian In the Eyes of the Timber Wolf 1 Kilo Gold Coin.
A mule is an error in which the two sides of a coin were incorrectly paired. In this case, the large Royal Canadian Mint coin was struck with the obverse intended for the silver kilogram version [...]
Gold and Silver Mostly Flat in Start to New Trading Week
Gold and silver futures ended nearly flat Monday after both metals settled lower on Friday to mark their first weekly losses in four weeks.
Gold for December delivery added a dime to finish at $1,264.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Two Rare U.S. Cents Realize Nearly $500,000
Two of the rarest U.S. coins ever discovered sold for nearly $500,000 at a Heritage sales event held Aug. 2 in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Denver.
A newly-discovered 1943 Lincoln cent shot to $282,000 because it was made of the wrong material and a 1792 cent – lost for 130 years – sold for $211,500 [...]
Gold and Silver Log First Weekly Declines in Four Weeks
Precious metals futures ended mixed on Friday and for the week. Gold logged a third day of losses while silver drove its losing streak to four straight days, and both posted their first weekly declines in four weeks.
Gold for December delivery lost $9.80, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,264.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Lipton and Proskey Added to PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of...
On Friday, August 4, 2017, two more renowned numismatists joined the ranks of the PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame.
In the final days of this year's World's Fair of Money, during the PCGS Set Registry Luncheon, Kevin Lipton and the late David Proskey joined the esteemed list of numismatists that comprise the PCGS CoinFacts Hall of Fame [...]
225th Anniversary 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set Photos
This article presents photos of a United States Mint 225th anniversary product, the 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set.
Released Tuesday, Aug. 1, the San Francisco Mint-produced product includes 10 clad coins that feature enhanced uncirculated finishes [...]
Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison Helps “Shave Miles” Event Raise $10,000
With the help of nationally known television celebrity Rick Harrison and two Denver Broncos cheerleaders, prominent numismatists Michael "Miles" Standish, Jim Halperin and Orlando Rodrigo Lorenzana Williams got their heads shaved at the American Numismatic Association 2017 World's Fair of Money in Denver to raise money for two nonprofit organizations.
The event on August 3 generated $10,000 in donations that will be evenly divided between the American Numismatic Association and the Standish Foundation for Child & Family Centered Healthcare [...]