Monthly Archives: June 2018
Historic Rarities in Liptons’s ANA August 2018 World’s Fair of Money...
The only complete, four denominations set of the USA's first proposed coins, the 1783 Nova Constellatio patterns, along with the finest known 1792 Birch cent and the only privately owned 1792 Eagle-on-Globe copper pattern quarter dollar will be publicly displayed for the first time together in their "birthplace," Philadelphia.
The exhibit of these six historic, early American coins will be at the American Numismatic Association 2018 World's Fair of Money® in Philadelphia, August 14-18 [...]
Heritage Auctions Shows Comparable Sales for Ancient Coins
Collectors of ancient coins now have more information at their fingertips with Heritage Auctions' new feature, which serves up comparable auction results and census statistics on coins auctioned through HA.com. The auctioneer's World & Ancient Coins portal provides more information available in one convenient search.
Below nearly every ancient coin graded by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) in a Heritage Auction appears an Auction Comparable Results Grid and a Population Guide [...]
Precious Metals Decline Monday, June 25; Gold Logs New 2018 Low
Precious metals futures logged declines on Monday. Gold slipped a modest 0.1% but ended at a fresh low for the year.
Gold for August delivery fell $1.80 to settle at $1,268.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Heritage: 1854-S $5 Half Eagle to Cross Auction Block on Aug....
Heritage Auctions will offer an 1854-S Liberty Head Half Eagle, considered among the rarest of all U.S. coins, in its Aug. 16 Platinum Night sale during the ANA's 2018 Philadelphia World's Fair of Money.
Previously unknown and initially believed to be counterfeit, the gold piece is just the fourth specimen known to exist and will be the first to appear at auction since the 1982 sale of the Louis Eliasberg Collection [...]
SF Mint’s 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof Set Limited to 200,000
No more than 200,000 of the 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof Sets will be sold, the United States Mint announced last week.
Further restrictions include a 10-set per household limit across all sales outlets, including bulk orders from dealers, for the first 24 hours beginning on July 23 at noon Eastern Time [...]
Gold Ends Week Near 2018 Low; Voyageurs 5 oz Bullion Coin...
Precious metals futures climbed on Friday but they dropped for the week. Weekly losses for gold, silver and palladium were their second in a row.
One day after ending at its lowest price of the year, gold for August delivery edged up 20 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,270.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
American Innovation $1 Coin Act Passes Senate, Poised to Become Law
Collectors can expect another dollar coin series to run concurrently with the program of Native American $1 Coins. Legislation for a new multi-year series calls for the production of coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups.
The American Innovation $1 Coin Act, H.R. 770, passed in the House with amendment on Jan. 16 and it was just approved with an amendment in the Senate on Wednesday, June 20 [...]
Voyageurs National Park Quarter Photos
Several events supported the release of the quarter depicting Voyageurs National Park, the distinctive area in northern Minnesota that includes forests, lakes, islands, and miles of undeveloped shoreline. Geographically, the park is located on the Canadian Shield with its ancient rocks forming the core of the North American Continent.
On Monday, June 11, the quarter commemorating the site launched into circulation and the U.S. Mint started selling them in rolls and bags. Three days later, on June 14, the U.S. Mint and the National Park Service officially introduced the quarter in a ceremony [...]
World War I Centennial 2018 Navy Silver Medal Photos
This article shows photos of World War I Centennial 2018 Navy Silver Medals. The medal is one of five from the United States Mint commemorating the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces that were active during the First World War.
The United States Mint on Jan. 17 started selling proof silver medals with designs honoring and emblematic of the Navy, the Army, the Air Service, the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Coast Guard [...]
Astronaut Clayton Anderson to Autograph NGC Labels
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that American astronaut Clayton Anderson will individually autograph NGC certification labels.
From 2007 to 2010, Anderson was a part of three Space Shuttle missions and two consecutive International Space Station expeditions [...]