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Classic Commemoratives Offered in Special Month-Long Heritage Auction Heritage Auctions Classic Commemorative Coin Auction Heritage is offering a special month-long auction featuring classic US commemorative coinage minted during the period 1892-1954. This auction, with material intended for collectors of all budgets, is available exclusively through Coins.HA.com. Bidding is already open, with the concluding live session scheduled for 6 PM CT on Friday, January 15. This auction features over 1,...

Everything You Need to Know About Washington Quarters George Washington’s 1732 birth. The United States Congress ultimately approved a one-year quarter dollar that was issued in 1932 to the tune of over 6.2 million coins (5.4 million from Philadelphia, 436,800 from Denver, and 408,000 from San Francisco) at a time when that was quite a large mintage. The coin was so popular with the public that it returned in 1934 as an ongoing release that is still issued and widely collected today. Just...

Some Classic and Modern Key Date Silver Dollars: Bullion Shark Like all coin series, each features certain coins–often referred to as key dates–that are worth substantially more than the others in their series. But an important distinction must be made, especially for series that include a large number of coins like the Morgan and American Silver Eagle coins. Some dates are worth more in any grade due to their mintages and level of demand in the case of most modern coins whose populations a...

Jim Bisognani: It’s Time for My 10th Annual NGC Year in Review – Part 1     To say 2020 was an eventful year would be an understatement. We are all part of history by living through this pandemic, the likes of which the world has not witnessed in over 100 years. Yet, through science, determination and rapidly evolving technology, a fully functional vaccine is being administered to the heroic frontline medical staff and those most in need a mere nine months since COVID-19 infiltrated the U...

Tied for Finest 1935 Peace Dollar Offered by GreatCollections GreatCollections.com. 1935 was the last year of release for the Peace dollar series – indeed, it was the last year of production for any US dollar coin until the Eisenhower dollar debuted in 1971. By 1935, the United States Mint had gotten Peace dollar production down, and so the average 1935 comes fairly nice. Nevertheless, it is relatively scarcer in high Mint State, such as here. There are only two examples of the 1935 Peace do...

United States 1960 Lincoln Cent Overdate Varieties in Proof CoinWeek article, 1960 was a pivotal year for coin collecting in America. Rare coins, the traditional backbone of the hobby, continued to thrive, with many historic collections being built – some publicly, some privately. But the real buzz encircling the coin hobby centered on modern U.S. Mint issues. Collector interest in annual Proof Sets was growing year after year. A market for uncirculated coin rolls had developed, with specula...

The 10 Most Valuable Silver Dollars: Bullion Shark A common-date Morgan or Peace silver dollar – the most widely collected types of these coins — can be worth anywhere from $25 to $35 in low grade to $50 for a common date in MS60, $125 in MS65 and $700 in MS67, the highest grade for most dates. Then there are the truly rare silver dollars — those that have sold for the highest amounts ever in auctions or private sales that have realized from several hundred thousand dollars to over $10...

Many great numismatic collections are assembled with tremendous showmanship and fanfare. Others, however, are built quietly and with discretion, allowing the collector to appreciate the satisfaction of accomplishment and the joy of ownership. Often it is these cabinets that elicit the most excitement when they are presented to the market, as collectors compete enthusiastically to acquire newly re-discovered rarities. Such is the case with the magnificent Larry H. Miller Collection. Acquiring c...

  Here is a selection of rare and high-quality classic U.S. coins in Session 2 of the upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries December 18 auction, starting at 1:00 pm Pacific Time (4:00 pm Eastern). This beautiful premium Gem Proof Indian cent is fully struck with a generally satin texture to the finish. Nonetheless, direct lighting calls forth endearing reflective qualities from the fields, especially on the reverse. That side of the coin exhibits a light golden-tan patina, the obverse more bol...