What’s New This Week……….
The first-ever public display of the one-of-a-kind set of 1943 bronze Lincoln cents from the Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints will be hosted by Professional Coin Grading Service and Legend Numismatics, Inc. during the first three days of the Florida United Numismatists convention in Tampa, Florida, January 6, 7 and 8, 2011.
Doug Winter writes on the Fab Five type three $20 Liberty Head Double Eagles. “There are five ultra-low mintage Type Three Liberty Head double eagles that were produced for circulation during the 1880's and 1890's.”
Greg Reynolds, in his weekly column, writes on the PCGS SecurePlus Prgram. “I explain the PCGS SecurePlus program in part 1. Here in part 2, Don Willis, the president of the PCGS, responds to the explanation that I put forth in part 1.”
More than 100 Orange County California bank notes from the collection of the late William ("Willie") Pannier will be among the highlights of the pre-Long Beach Expo auction to be conducted by Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles in Beverly Hills, California, January 31 – February 2, 2011.
On January 8, 2011, numismatic booksellers Kolbe & Fanning will conduct a public auction sale at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention.
Steve Roach writes on rare slabs and their impact on the price of a coin. “Some collectors wouldn't agree with the statement, ‘buy the coin, not the slab,’ because to them, the slab is just as important as the coin.”
NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Austin Purvis taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.
We have also made changes to The Bullion Report with daily news and article updates, and a monthly analysis of the “Premiums Over Spot” for Gold and Silver Bullion products.
View all the latest rare coin news here
CoinLink 01 Dec, 2010
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