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7 09, 2018

2018 Palladium Proof Coin Sells Out In Minutes

By |2018-09-07T22:13:31+00:00September 7th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on 2018 Palladium Proof Coin Sells Out In Minutes

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, Editor  The 2018 palladium proof coin that many dealers, collectors, and investors have waited months for finally arrived yesterday – and it's already gone! The United States Mint 2018 American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Proof Coin went on sale September 6 at noon Eastern Time and sold out in minutes. The coin's four-figure price of $1,387.50 didn't deter customers, either. Only 15,000 palladium proof coins were offered and less than seven minutes after launch, none were available. The 2018 palladium proof coin is already selling for between $1,900 and $2,500 on eBay, though many are listing the [...]

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20 08, 2018

Newly Discovered 1854-S $5 Gold Coin Sold for $2.1 Million at Heritage Auctions

By |2018-08-20T22:17:40+00:00August 20th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Newly Discovered 1854-S $5 Gold Coin Sold for $2.1 Million at Heritage Auctions

Newly discovered fourth existing 1854-S $5 gold piece initially called a fake One of the world's rarest coins, the fourth known genuine surviving 1854-S San Francisco Mint $5 gold piece  – initially believed to be a fake – sold for $2,160,000 Thursday, August 16, by Heritage Auctions in Philadelphia. The 19th-century gold rarity is one of just 268 struck by the San Francisco Mint in 1854, an extraordinarily low mintage for a U.S. gold coin produced during the California Gold Rush. Of the three remaining 1854-S $5 Liberty half eagle gold coins, one is sequestered in the National Numismatic Collection [...]

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3 08, 2018

CDN Exclusive: NGC’s Mark Salzberg Shares His Vision for the Future of Collectibles Certification

By |2018-08-03T22:20:53+00:00August 3rd, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on CDN Exclusive: NGC’s Mark Salzberg Shares His Vision for the Future of Collectibles Certification

CDN Publisher John Feigenbaum recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Salzberg, chairman and grade finalizer at Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). Salzberg, who received the American Numismatic Association (ANA) Presidential Award in 1998 and was named the ANA Numismatist of the Year in 2006, has handled some of the world's rarest and most fascinating coins. He has also helped standardize grading across the coin industry and has published numerous articles about rare coins and the marketplace. In this interview, Salzberg tells about the serendipitous occurrence that got him involved with collecting coins as a young boy, his early days as a dealer, and his [...]

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26 07, 2018

5 Reasons GSA Dollars Are Top Collectibles

By |2018-07-26T22:15:14+00:00July 26th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on 5 Reasons GSA Dollars Are Top Collectibles

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, Editor It seems GSA dollars are always in demand no matter what coin show I go to. I'll find them at pretty much every booth – excepting, of course, those run by currency, ancient coin, and world coinage dealers. GSA dollars got their name from the General Services Administration (or GSA), which throughout the course of the 1970s sold these silver dollars, which had been leftover from a government hoard. GSA dollars are a top want list item for countless collectors and enjoy a relatively robust pricing track record, even during more challenging periods in the marketplace. [...]

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7 07, 2018

Seller of Counterfeit NGC Holders Brought to Justice

By |2018-07-07T04:24:44+00:00July 7th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Seller of Counterfeit NGC Holders Brought to Justice

SARASOTA, Fla. (July 3, 2018) - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) reports that a seller of counterfeit coins in counterfeit NGC holders has pleaded guilty to importing counterfeit coins and bars into the United States. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. NGC first became aware that Jonathan Kirschner of Moorestown, New Jersey, was selling counterfeit NGC holders in mid-2017. NGC gathered additional details and shared this information with a federal investigator. On June 25, 2018, NGC was informed that Kirschner had been taken into custody and pleaded guilty. “NGC will vigorously protect its intellectual property and the coin collecting [...]

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4 07, 2018

Rare 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Pattern Discovered, Heading for Auction

By |2018-07-04T22:10:30+00:00July 4th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Rare 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Pattern Discovered, Heading for Auction

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, Editor   An extremely rare 1916 Standing Liberty quarter pattern was recently certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and will soon be heading to auction. The coin, graded PF61, is only the second specimen known to exist. The proof coin was formerly graded and slabbed by another third-party coin grading company as a regular 1916 Standing Liberty quarter – itself a series rare key date – but was identified by a numismatist at Heritage Auctions as something rarer still than an “ordinary” 1916 Standing quarter. The coin was subsequently submitted to NGC, where the coin was confirmed [...]

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