Condition Census 1840-D Half Eagle Highest Graded Example Approved by CAC

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is thrilled to announce the incredible Hendricks Set of half eagles from the Fairmont Collection, a landmark feature of their Spring 2022 Showcase Auction. Spanning the Classic Head and Liberty Head half eagle series from 1834 through 1908, the Hendricks Set exhibits the superior quality and completeness that has become a hallmark of the … Read more

Unique 1854 New Orleans Gold Coin Returns Home

1854 New Orleans Gold Coin

Historic sunken treasure is finally back in The Big Easy after a 167-year journey from the California Gold Rush, an arduous railroad trip across Panama, and being submerged more than 7,000 feet underwater when the S.S. Central America sank in 1857 A unique, sunken treasure gold coin that made its way from New Orleans to … Read more

Charlotte and Dahlonega Southern Mint Gold at DLRC

1861-D $5 Obverse

Numismatics is filled with a wide range of historical aspects, but one of the most popular focuses for collections is Southern Mint Gold Coins. These collections primarily include Charlotte and Dahlonega issues, with the occasional New Orleans addition. But rarely do we get the opportunity to showcase such a wide variety of pieces as in this week’s offering of the Southern Mint Gold … Read more

Rare Georgia Gold Rush Coin Brings Record $480,000

1830 $2.5 Templeton Reid gold coin

A small gold coin with a face value of $2.50 when it was struck in northern Georgia in 1830 sold for a record price of $480,000 to an anonymous Georgia collector in an auction in Atlanta Thursday night, February 27, 2020. It is one of the finest known of less than two dozen surviving examples … Read more

1830 $2.50 Templeton Reid Gold Coin Highlights Auction

1830 $2.5 Templeton Reid gold coin

The finest PCGS MS-61 certified 1830 $2.50 Templeton Reid pioneer gold coin is being offered in the official American Numismatic Association National Money Show auction by Kagin’s Auction on February 27th in Atlanta, Georgia. The privately issued mint state specimen was struck just a few miles away from the auction venue in Milledgeville as a … Read more

Museum Showcase Features Southern Gold Coins

National Money Show 2020

The American Numismatic Association National Money Show attendees have the opportunity to see some of the world’s most beautiful and valuable coins, paper money and related numismatic treasures not seen anywhere else. The Museum Showcase features rare and historic items from the ANA’s Money Museum and items generously lent to the ANA from private collections. … Read more