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Staggered gold bars

Gold Snaps Three-Week Winning Streak

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Most precious metals futures gained for a second straight day Thursday, ahead of the Christmas holiday break on Friday, but they all still posted...
Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Silver Dollar Designs

2021 Christa McAuliffe Silver Dollar Designs Unveiled

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The United States Mint recently unveiled designs for the commemorative 2021 Christa McAuliffe Silver Dollar. McAuliffe, the first participant in NASA's Teach in Space...
1894-S Barber Dime, graded PCGS PR65+

Buyer of Historic 1894-S Barber Dime Crosses it to PCGS

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The anonymous winning bidder for one of the most famous United States coins, the ultra-rare 1894-S Barber Dime that recently sold at auction for...
The Del Monte Note

Famed “Del Monte” Error Note Offered Jan. 22 in Heritage Currency...

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When is a banana sticker worth $25,000? When it's stuck to the front of a $20 bill. Heritage Auctions will offer the famed "Del Monte Note"...
Fake 1791-CC Trade dollar

ACEF Warns Feds About Online “Coin” Seller

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ACEF Warns Feds About Online "Coin" SellerPromptly acting on a tip from a concerned collector, the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation's (www.ACEFonline.org) Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (ACTF) has notified law enforcement agencies and online shopping platform Amazon.com about a seller who is in apparent violation of federal laws involving reproductions of rare coins.

The seller using the name SeTing offered nine reproductions of coins and fantasy dates, but none of the accompanying coin images indicated any of the items were properly marked "COPY" as mandated by the Hobby Protection Act [...]

Gold bullion and charts

Precious Metals Rise Wednesday, Dec. 23

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Precious metals gained Wednesday. Silver performed the best, rising 1.5%. Gold's increase was its first in four sessions. Gold for February delivery lost $7.80, or...
1894-S Barber Dime, graded NGC PF 65

NGC-Certified 1894-S Barber Dime and 1794 Dollar Each Top $1M in...

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NGC-Certified 1894-S Barber Dime and 1794 Dollar Each Top $1M in SBG SaleTwo vintage US coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) each realized more than $1 million in a Stack's Bowers Galleries (SBG) auction on December 17, 2020. An NGC-certified example of the legendary 1894-S Barber Dime realized $1,440,000, while an NGC-certified 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar realized $1,050,000 as part of the Larry H. Miller Collection sale.

The 1894-S Barber Dime is among the most treasured rarities of US numismatics. Only 24 examples of the 1894-S Barber Dime were struck by the San Francisco Mint and just nine are known to exist today, including two that are heavily circulated [...]

Photo 2020-S Maryland American Innovation Dollar - reverse side

US Mint Sales: 2020 Maryland American Innovation Dollars Debut

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US Mint Sales: 2020 Maryland American Innovation Dollars DebutThe latest round of U.S. Mint sales figures offer first showings for rolls and bags containing uncirculated American Innovation dollars for Maryland.

Depicting a design showcasing the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mint's newest dollar products launched Dec. 14 and registered seven-day combined sales of 755,500 coins [...]

Five gold bullion bars

Palladium Rises Tuesday, Dec. 22, As Other Metals Decline

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Palladium gained Tuesday while other precious metals declined. Gold and platinum each lost 0.7%. Silver sank 3.2% after posting a more than three-month high...

Gold Declines; Silver Logs 3-Month High

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Gold Declines; Silver Logs 3-Month HighGold, platinum and palladium declined in their start Monday to the holiday-shortened trading week. Silver, meanwhile, advanced 1.3% to score its best finish in more than three months.

Gold for February delivery gave back $6.10, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,882.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

CAC Grading CEO and Founder John Albanese

CAC Grading Auction Generates Six Figures for Numismatic Groups

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A private auction tied to a limited CAC Grading label issue has generated a six-figure sum that will be distributed to nonprofit numismatic organizations...