A funny thing happens to gold and silver most Decembers. Prices tend to go down and this December may be the best time buy gold and silver since last summer. Prices for both metals have been on a slight downward trend, from a high of $1549 on September 3 for gold to $1460 as this article is being wr...
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Rare 1943 Penny Brings 200K at Auction In 1943, the US Mint began producing one-cent coins made of zinc-plated steel in order to conserve copper, a strategic mineral. Hundreds of millions of “steel cents” were minted that year, but due to oversights at each of the three mints, a few...
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The finest-known 1885 Trade dollar sold for $3,960,000 million to collector Dell Loy Hansen of Logan, Utah at the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Auctions Jan. 10, topping more than 30 other bids. Graded PR66 by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), it is one of only five known examples of 1885 p...
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Fans and collectors of rare US currency will have an opportunity to toss their bids into the ring at the FUN Currency Signature Auction taking place in Orlando, Florida from January 9-14. Held during the annual convention of the Florida United Numismatists, bidding on the first of six sessions start...
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Heritage Auctions held an auction of US Territorial Gold and early colonial coins in Chicago on October 11-14. It included a Kellogg & Co. $50 California gold coin considered the “king” of territorial gold coins.
Pre-Revolutionary colonial coins from New England, Virginia, and New Jer...
This year there has been a spate of counterfeit discoveries in Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s eastern Maritime Provinces. Merchants in the Halifax area have reported several instances of fake Canadian and US bills showing up, most recently in the Halifax suburb of Dartmouth.
A September 11,...
