How to Detect Fake Silver Coins
Friday February 29, 2008
Although fake coins represent a very small percentage of the overall coin market as a whole, the risk of buying fake coins online, especially on eBay, is a real danger ... Read More
PNG to Host Free Collectors Seminars
Tuesday February 26, 2008
There's an old saying that claims there's no such thing as a free lunch. Well, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) is about to prove that old saying wrong, because ... Read More
Issue #12 of Die Variety News Features "Extra Beard" Cents
Friday February 22, 2008
It seems that I discovered the existence of Die Variety News #11 just in time, because reader Danny Chapman dropped me a line earlier this morning to tell me that ... Read More
Die Variety News #11 is Published
Tuesday February 19, 2008
Die variety expert Billy Crawford has recently published the latest issue of his outstanding, lushly photographed, free magazine, Die Variety News. The current issue may be one of his ... Read More
Frightened Liberty Pennies Lead $10.7 Million Cent Auction
Sunday February 17, 2008
A selection of so-called "Frightened Liberty" Chain Cents, which were minted in 1793 at the newly opened Philadelphia Mint, were among the 301 U.S. Large Cents in the Husak Collection ... Read More
Monroe Presidential Dollar Errors Report
Friday February 15, 2008
When leading error coin dealer Fred Weinberg began dropping hints a few weeks ago that some Monroe Dollars which had been struck on State Quarter planchets had escaped the Philadelphia ... Read More
Coin Dealer Ethics: Shill Bidding for Safety
Tuesday February 12, 2008
My fiancé, Curtis Clay, found a discussion on a German Numismatics Forum that he thought would make a great ethics discussion, and I agree with him, so consider the following ... Read More
Coin Grading Made Simple
Friday February 8, 2008
Learning how to properly grade coins is perhaps the biggest challenge new coin collectors face. Understanding the proper grade for a coin is core to establishing its value. ... Read More
Coin Dealer Ethics Follow-Up: Name Your Price?
Wednesday February 6, 2008
In the latest installment of the Coin Dealer Ethics column, we considered the scenario submitted by reader Jim Bucki, briefly stated as follows: A lady (Mrs. Smith) enters a ... Read More
Major Monroe Dollar Error Coins Confirmed!
Tuesday February 5, 2008
Coin World is reporting that the U.S. Mint has accidentally struck between 70,000 and 140,000 Monroe Presidential Dollars on planchets (coin blanks) intended for Statehood Quarters! The error coins ... Read More
2008 State Quarter Proof Sets on Sale
Friday February 1, 2008
The 2008 Statehood Quarter Proof Set was put on sale by the U.S. Mint beginning on January 24. The 5-coin clad Proof set is your first chance to get ... Read More