Monthly Archives: January 2019
Heritage’s FUN and NYINC U.S. & World Coin & Currency Auctions...
Heritage Auctions' early January numismatic sales topped $71 million for the fourth consecutive year, the company announced Jan. 18.
In just three short weeks, high-dollar bids for U.S. Coins, World & Ancient Coins and World Paper Money reached seven figures in some cases at auctions held during the Florida United Numismatic Convention (FUN) and the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) [...]
NGC Introduces Small Multi Coin Holder
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has announced a new NGC Small Multi Coin Holder, a single holder that can encapsulate two coins.
This holder provides a visually appealing and convenient display option for two-coin sets or matched pairs, such as the 2012-S San Francisco Silver Eagle Set or a 2018 Mint State Silver Eagle and a 2018-W Proof Silver Eagle [...]
Palladium Rallies on Week; Gold, Silver and Platinum Decline
Precious metals futures declined Friday and most of them fell on the week. Palladium slipped from its record close but still soared by more than 4% from a week ago. Gold's loss on the day brought it down for the week.
Gold for February delivery declined $9.70, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,282.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
PCGS Partners With AMF For Special Labels On Apollo 11 Commemorative...
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation (www.amfcse.org), a nonprofit organization that honors and memorializes those astronauts who have sacrificed their lives for the nation and the space program by sponsoring the Space Mirror Memorial, and by implementing innovative educational technology programs, has selected Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) to create a special label to celebrate the launch of the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins.
PCGS has prepared special inserts featuring the AMF logo juxtaposed against the sun rising behind the earth [...]
NCIC To Offer Numismatic Crime Investigations Class at Long Beach Expo
The Long Beach Expo will host an in-depth Numismatic Crime Investigations class on Jan. 31, 2019 in Long Beach, California.
The class will be presented by the Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) and will provide investigators with the basic skills, knowledge and resources to effectively investigate a crime related to coins, paper money and related numismatic items [...]
Gold Dips 0.1%, Palladium Jumps for Another Record
Precious metals futures finished divided Thursday with platinum and palladium higher and gold and silver lower. Palladium logged its second straight record settlement -- its ninth record close in ten sessions.
Gold for February delivery dipped $1.50, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,292.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
1885 Trade Dollar Realizes $3.96 Million at Heritage Sale
The finest-known 1885 Trade dollar -- among the rarest and most enigmatic issues in all of American coinage - sold for $3,960,000 million through Heritage Auctions Thursday evening, Jan. 10, following a winning bid cast by collector Dell Loy Hansen of Logan, Utah.
The standing-room-only crowd at Heritage Auctions' Platinum Night U.S. Coin Auction roared with laughter and applause after Hansen bested more than 30 bids to make hobby history [...]
Rare 1943 Lincoln Cent Sells Above Estimate Contrary to Reports
An uncorrected reporting error republished by more than 1,000 media outlets worldwide negligently included a bogus pre-auction estimate of the 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent auctioned Jan. 10, 2019 by Heritage Auctions.
South West News Service (SWNS), a global wire service, issued an article to its subscribers stating that the coin was expected to sell for the inaccurate estimate of $1.7 million [...]
NGC-Graded Ancient and World Coins Top Heritage January New York Sale
Coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) topped the Heritage Auctions World and Ancient Coins sale held January 6-7, 2019 in New York. In all, 10 lots of NGC-certified coins realized prices greater than $100,000.
The sale's highlight was the 1728 Netherlands East Indies Gold Proof Pattern Ducaton, graded NGC PF 64, that realized $336,000, far exceeding its pre-auction estimate of $80,000 to $100,000 [...]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Launches New Auction Archives
Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce a complete rebuild and relaunch of their online Auction Archives, available at archive.stacksbowers.com.
The site now features nearly 650,000 past auction records, including many Stack's and American Numismatic Rarities sales dating back to 2002, which have not been available before [...]