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25 09, 2018

1792 Half Disme Sold For Record Price Of Nearly $2 Million

By |2018-09-25T22:06:24+00:00September 25th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on 1792 Half Disme Sold For Record Price Of Nearly $2 Million

The finest-known 1792 silver half disme, once in the possession of then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and personally owned by the first United States Mint Director David Rittenhouse, has been sold for a record $1,985,000 by Classic Coin Company of Bridgewater, New Jersey. It is the highest price ever paid for any U.S. half dime, a denomination struck between 1792 and 1873. The word “DISME” on the reverse of the 1792-dated coins is an early spelling of dime. The half dismes were the first coins struck under authority of the 1788 United States Constitution and the first struck by authority [...]

27 08, 2018

Numismatic Literary Guild Names Ron Guth Executive Director

By |2018-08-27T22:13:40+00:00August 27th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Numismatic Literary Guild Names Ron Guth Executive Director

The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) Board of Directors unanimously approved the appointment of Ron Guth of San Diego, California, to be the NLG executive director starting September 1, 2018. He succeeds Donn Pearlman of Las Vegas, Nevada, who agreed to serve in that role for a year following the August 2017 passing of long-time NLG Executive Director Ed Reiter. Guth is an award-winning author and researcher whose works include Coin Collecting For Dummies, The 100 Greatest Women on Coins, and the Encyclopedia of United States Gold Coins 1795-1933 (co-authored with Jeff Garrett). A certified public accountant, Guth has expertise in U.S. and world coins, operates GermanCoins.com [...]

30 07, 2018

Legend Rare Coin Auctions Shatters Records Yet Again in Las Vegas

By |2018-07-30T22:20:47+00:00July 30th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Legend Rare Coin Auctions Shatters Records Yet Again in Las Vegas

Firm's 27th Regency Auction sees fierce bidding throughout 604 lot auction Legend Rare Coin Auctions presented a powerful auction in conjunction with the July PCGS Members Only Show on Thursday, July 26, 2018. With a crowd of bidders in the room, large numbers of bidders online, and on the phone, many records fell. With 604 lots, the Regency Auction 27 was the largest single-day auction in the firm's history and featured several important named collections but kept its boutique appeal. While the summer used to be considered a slower-paced time of year, as the firm's president, Julie Abrams, explained this year, [...]