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What didn’t sell at the World’s Fair of Money offers hints on where to look for bargains right now By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty
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What didn’t sell at the World’s Fair of Money offers hints on where to look for bargains right now By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty
NGC identify a counterfeit 1924 Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle. The 1924 Double Eagle is by far the most common date in the Saint-Gaudens series. NGC has graded more than 300,000 examples–an astonishing number, particularly given that the coin’s total mintage was just over 4.3 million pieces. For many years, however, the 1924 was considered to be relatively rare, and collectors in the mid-20th century found it difficult to locate high-grade examples. Most of these coins were shipped overseas (primarily to banks in Europe), and few specimens remained in the United States. When the Europea...
A 1933 US gold coin that was never issued after Franklin D Roosevelt removed America from the gold standard sold for a record $18.87 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on June 8.
A 1933 US gold coin that was never issued after Franklin D. Roosevelt removed America from the gold standard sold for a record $18.87m.
The $20 coin sailed past its pre-sale estimate price of $10-15 mn.