A collection of stories from Paul Fraser Collectibles: Gold and silver coins hidden for years in a garage bring $88,000 in Philadelphia After reading this, you may decide that clearing out your garage isn’t such an unappealing idea after all… Read the Full…
A collection of stories from Paul Fraser Collectibles: Only block to feature the rare US ‘Type 1b stamp’ sells for $50,000 Sold for comfortably above its pre-sale estimate was this US one cent blue block of four, with a fifth stamp attached. Dated to 1851,…
Paul Fraser Collectibles reports on the sale of a rare 1943 Lincoln penny: ‘World’s most valuable penny’ brings $1.7 million for charity in the US A famous, one-of-a-kind Lincoln cent from World War Two has been sold by a New Jersey coin dealer for a…
The following press release comes from Heritage Auctions: “(Orlando, Florida) — A rare U.S. nickel that was owned over the years by an infamous Egyptian King and a Los Angeles sports team owner, and was the centerpiece in an episode of a popular television…
Precious-Coin Market May Lose Its Luster Financial News – Yahoo! Finance WallStreet Journal Saturday May 3, 2008 By Carolyn Cui “The gyrations in gold prices have upended the market for precious coins just as a lot of new investors have rushed in. Coin…
‘Special’ state quarters add up to chump change Stupid Investment of the Week By Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch May 1, 2008 “It’s not collecting, it’s speculation,” says Jon Hanson, a rare coin dealer in Wellesley, Mass. “You are…
Collection of rare pennies fetches $10.7 million A Van Nuys man parts with his stash and draws collectors from around the world to Long Beach auction. Los Angeles Times By Susannah Rosenblatt and Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers February 17, 2008…
The Professional Numismatists Guild released the following warning regarding fake “Godless” dollars being sold online (Fallbrook, California) — Rare coin experts are warning that 2007-dated Presidential dollar coins, deliberately altered after…
Godless coins worth pretty penny By SHANNON BUGGS Houston Chronicle March 15, 2007 “An unspecified number of the more than 300 million new George Washington presidential $1 coins made it through the minting plants in Philadelphia and Denver without getting…
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