Spectacular PCGS-Certified Morgans Command Record Prices in Sotheby’s Auction
(June 11, 2018) — The recent Sotheby’s Historic Coins and Medals Auction in New York set new price records with Morgan silver dollars certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) for authenticity and grade. “The six most valuable coins sold in...Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society Donates $50,000 to Support ANA’s Summer Seminar Program
The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society has donated $50,000 to support the American Numismatic Association’s Summer Seminar. The donation includes a “matching” funds campaign to supplement the proceeds of the Young Numismatist Benefit Auctions. The money also...U.S. Medals and Tokens Featured in New MEGA RED, 4th Edition
(Pelham, Alabama) — Collectors of exonumia (tokens, medals, and similar coin-like objects) will enjoy more than 50 pages devoted to their interests in the fourth edition of MEGA RED (the Deluxe Edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins). Eight of the book’s...Bureau of Engraving and Printing – The Monthly Production Report for April 2018 Has Been Posted
The Monthly Production Report for April 2018 Has Been Posted. Please click here to access the...Legend’s Largest Auction Shatters Records in New Orleans
Anchor collections attract largest number of bidders in firm’s history (Lincroft, NJ—May 18, 2018) Nearly double the number of lots in a typical Regency Auction, Legend’s 26th Regency, held over two days in New Orleans attracted the largest number of viewers,...“Dollar Day” Session of Legend’s 26th Regency Auction a Record Breaker!
In its first ever two-day auction, Legend Rare Coin Auctions’ Regency Auction 26 began with an explosive start. The first day’s offering, focused solely on silver dollars, anchored by the P.F.M. Collection of Morgan Dollars, selections from the world-famous Aurora...PCGS Detects Deceptively Altered Colonial Rarity
A drastically but deceptively altered 1792 Washington Eagle “cent” submitted to Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) underscores the alarming skills of some so-called “coin doctors” and why it is essential to have rare coins expertly and independently...New 2019 BLUE BOOK Expanded With Full-Color Sections
(Pelham, AL) — The newest edition of the Handbook of United States Coins debuts in late May 2018. Known to collectors as the Blue Book, it is the best-selling annual guide to wholesale prices paid by U.S. coin dealers. The 304-page 76th edition, with a 2019 cover...Kenneth Bressett Named First Editor Emeritus of the Red Book
Hobby Legend Is Honored in the New 2019 Edition (Pelham, AL) — Kenneth Bressett, longtime editor of the Guide Book of United States Coins (popularly known as the “Red Book”), has retired into Whitman Publishing’s newly created position of Editor Emeritus. The 2019...![[PB]](https://i0.wp.com/coinsblog.ws/library/images/Photobucket.png?w=1080 "CoinsBlog on Photobucket")
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