On November 2, 2022, Heritage Auctions will offer Mike Coltrane’s U.S. coin collection at an unreserved Signature Sale. Mike enjoyed a variety of numismatic pursuits including currency (to be sold in a Showcase auction on October 30), coins, and related financial documents. He was a student of history, always seeking to learn something new as […]
The Numismatic Detective Agency chief investigator Ron Guth posted in the Agency’s blog about the Undated C. Bechtler $5 150 G., 20 C., Kagin 15 variety. Undated C. Bechtler $5, Beaded Border, 150 Grains, 20 Carats, K-15, Rarity 7 Images courtesy of the Professional Coin Grading Service Guth points out based on the Agency’s Condition […]
Stack’s is offering some of the rarest issues that came out of the Georgia gold rush. 1840-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle obverse. Stack’s Bowers is offering a selection of vintage US gold coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) that were struck at the Dahlonega Mint, which was active in Georgia from 1838 to 1861. […]
The Dahlonega Mint struck numerous gold coins that can add a unique twist to your collection. Contrary to popular belief, the first significant discovery of gold in America was not in California in 1848 but in the lower Piedmont area of North Carolina in 1799. Conrad Reed, the son of a local farmer, found a […]
On Friday evening, a group of Southern Gold Society members & guests traveled to Chattanooga Whiskey, a short drive north from Dalton, site of the 2022 Georgia Numismatic Association Coin Show. Located across the street from the famous Chattanooga Choo Choo, the whiskey distillery became the first one to operate in Chattanooga since Prohibition. In […]
1840-D Liberty Head Half Eagle (Obverse). Winter 3-B. Tall D. MS-61 (PCGS). 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 […]
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 […]
Heritage Auctions senior numismatist Sarah Miller recently shared on social media that a 1861-D gold dollar struck by the Confederacy is up for bid in their United States Coins Signature Auction #1327, February 18-21, 2021. The coin’s catalog description reads: 1861-D G$1 AU55 PCGS. Variety 12-Q. The 1861-D is one of the most famous gold […]
1861-D $5 NGC/CAC VF35. An elusive and historically significant southern branch mint issue that has an official mintage of just 1,597 pieces and an unknown (but tiny) production under the auspices of the Confederacy. Numismatics is filled with a wide range of historical aspects, but one of the most popular focuses for collections is Southern Mint […]
The obverse of the 1830 $2.50 PCGS MS61 gold coin struck by private assayer, Templeton Reid. (Photo courtesy Kagin’s) 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 […]
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