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Five Brief Takes: Carson City Half Eagles here). My plan is to do these on a fairly regular basis; perhaps two or three times per month. I am always looking for topics, so if you have any suggestions, send me an email at dwn@ont.com. * * * Carson City half eagles continue to be very popular with collectors. Unlike their 10 dollar and 20 dollar counterparts, this series is completable with no six-figure rarities, and there are enough affordable collector grade coins to satisfy the whole gamut of gold coin budgets. A lot has been happening in this area of late, so here is five brief takes into ...

Partrick, Simpson Collections Highlight CSNS Event at Heritage Auctions April 22-25   The event represents the official auctions scheduled during the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) annual convention, which was canceled. Public lot viewing will be available by appointment only and the firm is also offering its virtual lot consultation to bidders, following its popularity among clients. A trio of high-value Early Mint Pattern Trophy The auctions present an important selection of early American coins, one of which has never before offered at auction: one of the four existing 1792 Ju...

A New Batch of Fairmont Collection Half Eagles Sells at Auction Liberty Head half eagles sourced from the Fairmont Collection in their recent March 2021 Las Vegas auction. There were numerous nice collector-grade coins but no rarities, and virtually no coins that would sell for over $10,000. All the coins were graded by PCGS and a sizable percentage were approved by CAC. How did these coins do? Let’s break down some of the coins by mint and try to make sense of the prices. The Fairmont coins have been selling now for around three years and for those of us who specialize in Liberty Head ...

Partrick, Simpson Collections highlight CSNS event at Heritage Auctions April 22-25 1796 With Pole, C-2, B-2a, High R.4, MS65 Red and Brown NGC. CAC. Our EAC grade MS67. DALLAS, TX .- More than 2,500 lots from 14 single-owner collections and from clients around the world highlight Heritage Auctions' U.S. Coins Signature Auction, April 22-25 on HA.com. The event represents the official auctions scheduled during the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) annual convention, which was cancelled. Public lot viewing will be available by appointment only and the firm is also offering its virtual l...

1838-C is among the most sought-after Classic Head half eagles. It is both a one-year type and a first-year-of-issue. It is not an especially scarce date but it is extremely difficult to find Choice, as evidenced by its low populations at both PCGS and CAC. The current population of 1838-C half eagles graded AU55 or AU58 by PCGS stands at nine, while two have been graded in Uncirculated by this service. CAC has approved just three coins in AU55 to AU58, and a single piece in Uncirculated (an MS63+ which I sold in 2020). There are two varieties of 1838-C half eagle. These are as follows (no...