PNG

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...
Gold Prices

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…...
Coin Collecting

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...
Coronavirus Gold Prices

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...
Pre-1933 Gold Coins

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 & Silver Prices

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...
1830 Templeton Reid $2.50

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...
Coronavirus Gold Prices

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 Coins

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....
1974 Proof Coins by Bigstock

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...
1793 Chain Cent

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 & Silver Prices

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...
Silver Coins

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...