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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Gold and silver have gotten a lot of attention recently as the gold price reaches five-year highs and silver, although lagging gold, shows signs of new life. But whether it’s coins, metals, stocks, or Beanie Babies, investors should resist the temptation to follow the crowd blindly. That doesn’t mea...
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The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has certified one of the first 10 Morgan Dollars struck by the San Francisco Mint in 1878. The US demonetized silver in 1873 and the popularity of silver dollars dropped dramatically in favor of the more convenient paper currency introduced after the Civil ...
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The recent death of longtime dictator Robert Mugabe reminds us of the effects politics can have on the value of money. It’s bad enough when ostensibly well-meaning policymakers fiddle with a nation’s economy and money supply, but when despotic regimes dictate programs in their own interests, economi...
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Wonder if that quarter in your change is worth something? Or if the old penny your uncle says is worth a fortune really is? Sure, the answer is probably somewhere on the inter-webs, but connections aren’t always available, and online info isn’t necessarily accurate. It’s better to rely on experts an...
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One of only two known examples of a 1975 proof of the Roosevelt dime released without a mintmark will go on the auction block September 6 at the Long Beach Coin and Currency Expo. The live and proxy bidding is part of a Signature Auction of US coins conducted by Heritage Auctions. The Wrong ...
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In 1951, notorious bank robber Willie Sutton (may have) told a reporter that he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” Whether he said it or not (Sutton denied it), he had a point.
Those days if you wanted cash, legally or otherwise, you went into a bank. While they still have bund...
An extremely rare 1894-S dime sold for $1,320,000 on August 16 at the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction at the 2019 American Numismatic Association’s World's Fair of Money. The 1894-S Barber dime is considered No. 6 on the list of all-time US collectible coins. Of 24 coins likely struck that...
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On September 10 Heritage Auctions will present a Special Offering of Error Coins at an online-only auction. Focusing on minting errors on US coinage, 546 examples will go on the block in an unusual offering of a single type of collectible coin.
What are Error Coins?
Known as ...
