PNG Now Accepting 2020 Awards Nominations
The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) is now accepting nominations for its 2020 awards, according to PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman.
“Each year the PNG publicly...
Purpose & Service in Numismatics: Tom Snead
By Antoinette Rahn
Tom Snead, founder, and president of Palm Island Coins & Currency is among the fortunate people who do what they love and...
Issue Highlights: April/May 2020
Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the April/May 2020 issue...
3 Ways COVID-19 Pandemic May Help Coin Collecting
Businesses closing down, churches locking their doors, schools sending kids home until after spring break – maybe even the rest of the school year…...
Stuck At Home Avoiding COVID-19? Here Are 5 Numismatic Activities To...
It looks like many of us will be spending the next couple weeks at home, avoiding mass gatherings and staying home from work or...
Coin of the Week: 1838-D Classic Head Half Eagle
By Antoinette Rahn
This marks the beginning of an exciting weekly blog post for COINage, in partnership with Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). Welcome to...
Gold Prices Plunge Below $1,600; Dow Sheds Nearly 2,000 Points, Tripping...
It's another bad day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,700 points this morning after the opening bell, halting trading...
Buying Pre-1933 Gold Coins? Now May Be The Time To Grab...
I visited my coin dealer last week and managed to snag a deal I would not have thought possible just a few short years...
Purpose & Service in Numismatics: Michael O’Higgins
By Antoinette Rahn
Gobrecht Numismatics of Hollywood, Florida, is celebrating 50 years of business this year. Achieving a milestone of 50 years in 2020 seems...
Gold Prices Up, Interest Rates Down — Time To Buy Gold...
After many quarters of robust growth, the stock market has been plunging on fears of the spreading Coronavirus -- a pandemic that's already claimed...
Rare Georgia Gold Rush Coin Brings Record $480,000 in Atlanta
Historic coin is “coming back home”
A small gold coin with a face value of $2.50 when it was struck in northern Georgia in 1830...
Gold Prices Retreat After A Run for $1,700 Earlier This Week
Gold prices have been easing back a bit after making a solid run for the $1,700 threshold this past Monday. By the end of...
Coin & Currency Anti-Counterfeiting Seminar Produces Fast, Positive Results
A seminar for law enforcement officials conducted by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) during the recent February 2020 Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp &...
Gold Prices Skyrocket, Stocks Tank Amid Coronavirus Scare
It was a wild Monday on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 1,031 points, marking the third-worst single-session drop in history....
Proof Sets: Collecting Them & Buying Them
Proof coins are among the most popular annual United States Mint offerings. Struck by specially prepared dies and made with polished planchets, proof coins...
PCGS Graded 21 of Top 25 Most-Expensive United States Coins Sold...
21 Including A $3.96 Million Coin That Crossed Over To PCGS
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) closed the books on 2019 by proudly announcing that...
Gold Prices Start Week Slightly Softer
Gold showed signs of cooling just a bit yesterday following a high of nearly $1,585 last Friday. Part of the fall back is attributed...
Noted Numismatist Miles Standish Designs Miss Liberty Silver Bullion Coins
Fulfilling a long-time dream, well-known professional numismatist and award-winning author Michael “Miles” Standish has designed unprecedented one and two-ounce, colorized silver proof coins, each...
Stable Silver Prices May Offer Buying Opportunity
With all the talk about gold prices, it's important to stay in tune with the silver bullion market, too. And as we've seen in...
5 Noteworthy Coins Set to Sell at Long Beach Expo
By Antoinette Rahn
With a mintage of just 100 coins, the 1875 $10 Liberty Eagle coin is a scarce and historic piece, and one example...