Rare Coins

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Five Rare Coins Under $100 (Almost) Nobody Talks About

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez September 15, 2019

In coin collecting, almost everyone knows about the famous rarities… The 1913 Liberty nickel, 1894-S Barber dime, and – of course – the 1804 Draped Bust dollar. But what many numismatists don't hear about, or in some cases even know about, are the silent rare coins. These pieces are...

Six Top Coins to Buy Now

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez September 09, 2019

Want to buy coins but aren't sure which ones to go after? While there's no guarantee that anything you buy will go up in value, there are many coins that have performed quite well over the years and, if they keep up with long-term trends, are...

Collectors Seeking Rare & Valuable 2019-W Quarters From Circulation

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez August 01, 2019

The 2019 W quarters from the West Point Mint in New York are in circulation and collectors are going crazy trying to find these rare and valuable coins in their pocket change. But why are these new quarters being made at the West Point Mint? Why are they valuable?...

1793 Coins: Why Early Large Cents Are More Popular Than Ever Now

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez April 05, 2018

There's a very special reason large cents from 1793 are spending more time in the numismatic spotlight recently. They represent the very first official coinage of the United States Mint, which was established in Philadelphia in 1792 and began striking federal coinage in 1793. The United States Mint first...

The 27 Most Valuable Morgan Dollars

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez February 11, 2018

Morgan dollars are among the most popular United States coins around, and they are found in the collections of countless collectors new and seasoned alike. Most Morgan dollars are relatively common and circulated examples are often worth little more than their intrinsic silver content value. However, there are several...

The Cheapest Early American Coins for Your Collection

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez November 01, 2017

So many people want old coins for their collections, but the problem is many of them are so expensive. Some of America's early federal coins, which were first officially minted in 1793, are worth thousands of dollars each. So what's a collector on shoestring budget to do when he...

Rare Coin Collection Scores More Than $100 Million At Auction

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez April 17, 2017

The fifth and final installment of the D. Brent Pogue Collection auction series recently wrapped up in Baltimore, Maryland, and the sales totals from the sale broke all-time records. The coin collection, built over the course of some four decades by billionaire D. Brent Pogue and his father, Texas...

1804 Draped Bust Dollar Sells for Nearly $3.3 Million

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez April 07, 2017

One of the world famous 1804 Draped Bust silver dollars recently sold at a major auction in the United States for $3,290,000 million. It becomes one of the most expensive coins ever sold and earned the second-highest price ever paid for one of the classic silver dollars known as...

Before You Buy Rare Coins: 3 Things To Remember

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez April 03, 2017

I know many folks who buy rare coins because they have the money and want to earn more of it through reselling their coins down the road, when their investments may increase in value. But I also know many individuals who have bought rare coins and didn't make all...

Is It Wise To Invest In Rare Coins?

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez January 12, 2016

Rare coin investing: no three words in numismatics make me shudder more than these when they are laced together. Countless people enter the world of coin collecting not because they enjoy the art and history behind coins, but because they want to earn a fast buck. It's not entirely...

Copper-Nickel Clad Coins Become Hot Items at Auction: A Conversation with Clad Coin Expert Mitchell Spivack

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez June 02, 2015

On their 50th anniversary year, copper-nickel clad coins are receiving some much-deserved attention. I’m personally happy to see this, as copper-nickel clad coins offer many exciting collecting opportunities and even have a few scarce issues that are well worth collecting. These include the 1982 no-P Roosevelt dime, 1982 and...

D. Brent Pogue Collection Sale Recap – Records Fall During Landmark Rare Coin Auction

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez May 25, 2015

Bidders were on fire when the first 128 rare coins of the D. Brent Pogue Coin Collection went for sale on May 19 in New York during the much-anticipated Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sotheby’s sale. Overall, the 128 coins took in more than $25 million, and records fell in...

What Are Your Favorite Coins? Results of This New Poll Reveal What Some Coin Collectors Like

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez April 13, 2015

Whether you’re a coin collector or a coin investor, chances are you’ve got a favorite coin series. If I had to choose mine, I’d probably say it is the Lincoln cent, the very first series I ever started collecting. While Lincoln pennies are very popular with millions of coin...

Market for Rare U.S. Coins Heating Up In 2015 - Here's Why

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez March 10, 2015

Last year, sales of rare U.S. coins approached $536 million. It looks like things may get even hotter in 2015, during which we'll see the first offerings from the highly anticipated D. Brent Pogue sale.

5 Copper-Nickel Clad Washington Quarters You Should Buy While They’re Still (Relatively) Affordable

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez March 04, 2015

Do you collect Washington quarters? Perhaps you’ll want to spend a little time (and a few bucks) on buying some of the more recent issues from the popular eight-decade-old series.

Larry King Talks Coins, Including the 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar & Saint Gaudens Double Eagle

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez January 15, 2015

Larry King recently recorded a 25-minute interview with Ian Russell, who is the founder and president of GreatCollections Coin Auctions. The interview was taped at King’s Los Angeles studio for his television program, Larry King Now.

6 Old & Rare Coins You Can Find in Pocket Change

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez January 05, 2015

I think a lot of people believe all the valuable and rare coins have been removed from circulation and that there are few, if any, really good pocket change finds left to be made. While the old days of regularly spotting Barber coinage, Mercury dimes, Walking Liberty half dollars,...

1804 Silver Dollar, Other Rare U.S. Coins to Be Auctioned

Blog JM Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez October 08, 2014

Stack’s Bowers Galleries has announced they will hold a series of auctions starting on May 14, 2015 and lasting through September 21, 2017 and will offer the “most valuable rare coin collection" ever to cross the auction block.

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