Paul Gilkes
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Disappointment from novelty item (opens the original)
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An unidentified collector from Texas thought that he had hit the numismatic jackpot when he pulled from general circulation what he suspected could be a 1974 Lincoln cent struck on an experimental aluminum planchet. What the collector actually discovered was a replica or copy piece missing the necessary imprint of the word COPY under the requirements of the Hobby Protection Act, passed by Congress in 1973 and signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon. Replicas of the 1974 aluminum cent as of
‘King of Morgan dollars’ in online auction (opens the original)
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A Professional Coin Grading Service Mint State 65 1893-S Morgan dollar once held, separately, in the numismatic collections of power collectors J.M. Clapp, Louis E. Eliasberg Sr., and Bob Simpson realized $1,181,250 in an Aug. 9 online auction by GreatCollections. The price realized included the 12.5% buyer’s premium to the $1,050,000 closing price bid by a Midwest collector. There were 101 bids placed by 12 unique bidders, according to GreatCollections. The coin sold unreserved after spirited b
Silbury Coins picks five ancient rarities to auction (opens the original)
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Five extremely rare examples of ancient British coinage spearhead the second part of Silbury Coins’ offering of the London Collection, with auction lots closing on Oct. 15. John Philpotts, the numismatic firm’s ancient coin specialist, notes “these five coins are special pieces which we expect there to be much interest in. We felt that the only fair way to offer them for sale would be via auction, giving all interested parties a chance to bid.” The rarities will be offered alongside the much-ant
Heritage Summer FUN tops $12 million (opens the original)
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All images courtesy of Heritage Auctions. Heritage Auctions’ July 16 to 18 sale of more than 1,400 lots of United States coins held in conjunction with the summer edition of the Florida United Numismatists Convention in Orlando realized prices totaling $12,398,453.A 22% buyer’s fee was added to the closing price of each lot.1797 Draped Bust half dollarA newly documented 1797 Draped Bust half dollar, Overton 101a (cataloged in United States Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836 by Donald Pars
EAHA auction lots date to Revolution (opens the original)
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Images courtesy of Early American History Auctions. An online auction by Early American History Auctions closing at noon Eastern Time Aug. 29 featured 146-lots of numismatic and historical material dating as far back as the American Revolutionary War.Featured categories included Colonial currency, encased postage stamps, Civil War slave badges, and historic autographs.Civil War dog tagOne of a handful of Civil War soldier identification tags, commonly called dog tags, hand-engraved by Union sold
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