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Historic 1804 Silver Dollar Sells For $3.88 Million in Heritage Auction

Coming to us from CoinWeek, is the news that an historic “Class I” 1804 Draped Bust silver dollar has sold for  $3,887,500 at the Heritage coin auction at the ANA World Fair of Money convention in...

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1921 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Sells For $117,500

A 1921 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded MS61 by NGC sold for $117,500 in Heritage’s recent auction at the 2013 Summer FUN Show.  The 1921 double eagle is one of the more rare mintages, with almost all...

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NGC Finds Rare Morgan Dollar Variety In Bulk Submission

CoinWeek reports on a rare find by a NGC coin grader who was working through a bulk submission of nearly 1,000 Morgan Dollars. As you can see from the photo on left, the die that made this San...

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Is It Time To Retire “Old Abe” On The Penny?

The obverse of the 1909 Lincoln cent is the longest-running coin design in U.S. history, and was the first design featuring a President to appear on American coinage. After 104 years, do you think it’s...

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Itty Bitty Silver Coin Committee – Collecting Tiny Circulated Silver Coins

Al Doyle’s latest “Silver 101” column at CoinWeek is titled “Don’t Lose These Little Silver Coins,” covering some of the tiny silver coins that circulated in Europe as late as the mid-20th century. He...

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1998 Silver Eagle Found Struck on .900 Fine Silver Dollar Planchet

West Coast coin collector Deb Beibesheimer has revealed to the public one of her newest acquisitions: a 1998 American Silver Eagle struck on a .900 fineness commemorative silver dollar planchet. The...

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Mint State 1893-S Morgan Sells for $235,000 At Heritage Auction

High grade coins, especially in key dates, continue to rock the cash register this year. This MS64 NGC 1893-S Morgan Dollar went for $235,000 in the recent New York auction by Heritage. 1893 saw the...

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1913 : A Rare-Date Year For Coins

Al Doyle at CoinWeek has an interesting article on how 1913 was a year that saw really low mintages on several different U.S. coins, and brings up the idea of collecting a 1913 set. Perhaps you’re...

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“Perfect” Key Date 1993 Gold Eagle Sets Record At Auction

A 1993 half-ounce American Gold Eagle proof coin, graded a perfect PF70 DCAM by PCGS, was recently auctioned for a record $22,825 by GreatCollections. This amazing price for a modern bullion coin is a...

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Gainesville Coins’ Night At the Oscars: Our Top Three Fashion Picks

Another night at the Oscars? Not for Gainesville Coins. This year, the ladies were all about looking natural and elegant. Our top fashion picks? For one, Lady Liberty. She dazzled on our red carpet...

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Coins to Match your Renaissance Fair Character

Renaissance Fair is once again in full swing in the Tampa Bay area and we’ve selected the Ren-Fairest coins of all for the occasion. For all you Medieval Mavens we know these coins and bars aren’t...

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Gold Nobel Peace Prize Realizes Over $1 Million at Auction

At the Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore this week, one item in particular catalyzed the action in the auction room. The 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to Argentine scholar and diplomat Carlos...

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Cointastrophes! (No. 1: The Hungry Girlfriend)

Cointastrophe (koin-tas-truh-fee) noun: any misfortune, mishap, or failure relating to coins; a coin-related fiasco On a fairly regular basis, a customer visits our showroom and shares an interesting...

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The Legendary Great White Buffalo – Immortalized in Gold!

The 1998 Canadian $200 gold White Buffalo coin was the second release in a four-coin series released by the Royal Canadian Mint to commemorate beliefs and traditions of First Nations people, the Native...

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Asking The Experts: The 3 Coins Would You Choose Over All Others

Check out the newest feature article at Gainesville Coins, where we ask the experts which three coins would they choose over all others? See what some of the leading numismatists, bullion analysts, and...

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Has the Perth Mint Solved the Milk Spot Mystery?

Any serious coin collector knows that the nefarious milk spot will often sully the surface of your favorite coinage. Milk spots are white deposits that leave unappealing blotches on many silver coins...

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Saint-Gaudens “Family Tree”

“I think our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness. Would it be possible, without asking permission of Congress, to employ a man like Saint-Gaudens to give us a coinage that would have some...

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ASE Sales on Pace for Record-High

After strong demand for bullion swelled U.S. Mint sales to their best clip of the calendar year to end August, the mint’s flagship coin, the $1 American Silver Eagle, has steadily picked up its pace of...

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1916-2016 Gold Centennial Coins in Silver?

In a move that a large swath of U.S. coin collectors have lauded, the U.S. Mint plans to launch a centennial commemorative coin program next year. The one-year commemorative series will honor a trio of...

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1933 Double Eagle Case Back in the Courts

Everyone’s favorite classic American coin, the illegal-to-own 1933 $20 Gold Double Eagle, is back in the spotlight. A decade-long saga between the U.S. government and one family that believes it...

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