Recently, one of the Deep Cameo 2014-W National Baseball Hall of Fame gold $5 half eagle, rated Proof 70 by PCGS, sold on eBay at the end of March for $3,995, more than nine times the U.S. Mint’s retail price of $424.75.
Archive | News
RSS feed for this section
2014 Hall of Fame Coin Auctions for Nine Times the Initial Price
Comments Off on 2014 Hall of Fame Coin Auctions for Nine Times the Initial Price
•
Continue Reading →
Young Orioles Fan First to Buy Baseball Commem
A twelve-year-old Orioles fan was the first purchaser of the U.S. Mint’s National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin, when they went on sale today at Noon at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. Cole Bank, 12, of Vienna, Virginia took a social studies test before school hours, so he could attend the Expo, […]
Stack’s Bowers’ Incredible American Coin Hoard
When a numismatist like Lawrence R. Stack says that he’s “never seen anything like it”, the coin world pays attention. Stack’s Bowers has announced the acquisition of one of the greatest American coin hoards ever to be discovered, and you’ll be seeing key lots at the Whitman Baltimore Expos.
Whitman Publishing Announced Commemorative Updated Edition of Q. David Bowers’s Coins and Collectors at Spring 2014 Expo
In 2014, Whitman Publishing announced the release of Coins and Collectors: Golden Anniversary Edition, marking the 50th year since the best-selling original was published. The 416-page hardcover book is illustrated in full color and retails for $29.95. It will debut at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo, March 30, 2014, and then will be […]
Comments Off on Whitman Publishing Announced Commemorative Updated Edition of Q. David Bowers’s Coins and Collectors at Spring 2014 Expo
•
Continue Reading →
John Mercanti Designs Two New Australian Proof Coins
John Mercanti, who retired from his position as Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint in 2010, continues to design coins. His latest? Two new high relief Australian Proof 2014 coins celebrating Australia’s wedge-tailed eagle.