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 recognizes outstanding achievements in the hobby and the profession by...

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 love what they do. In the world of numismatics, that’s...

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 of COINage. Plus, we've included some sample pages for you...
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… Even if COVID-19 does relatively little further physical harm to...
Coin Collecting

Stuck At Home Avoiding COVID-19? Here Are 5 Numismatic Activities To Wile The Time...

It looks like many of us will be spending the next couple weeks at home, avoiding mass gatherings and staying home from work or school. What to do? Sure, you could Netflix and chill....

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 the first official Coin of the Week blog post, sponsored...
Coronavirus Gold Prices

Gold Prices Plunge Below $1,600; Dow Sheds Nearly 2,000 Points, Tripping Wall Street Circuit...

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 for 15 minutes. This comes on the heels of President...
Pre-1933 Gold Coins

Buying Pre-1933 Gold Coins? Now May Be The Time To Grab Some Good Deals

I visited my coin dealer last week and managed to snag a deal I would not have thought possible just a few short years ago. I purchased a lightly circulated pre-1933 gold coin type...

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 almost magical, but in reality, it’s the result of developing...
Gold & Silver Prices

Gold Prices Up, Interest Rates Down — Time To Buy Gold Coins… And A...

After many quarters of robust growth, the stock market has been plunging on fears of the spreading Coronavirus -- a pandemic that's already claimed multiple lives in the United States. Investors are weary and...