A Pair of 5’s and a 3 The 1857-S Liberty double eagle was a rare issue in high grade before the recovery of the treasure from the S.S. Central America. Fortunately for present-day collectors, more than 5,000 examples were discovered in READ MORE
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1855-O Liberty Eagle NGC AU58
A Flashy O-mint $10 Lib Only 18,000 eagles were minted in New Orleans throughout 1855, as gold coin production shifted to the new San Francisco Mint, which had opened the previous year. Apparently, very few were saved as this issue READ MORE
1907 Wire Edge High Relief $20 PCGS MS64
Still Worth Way Over Melt Often called the most beautiful American coin design, the Saint-Gaudens double eagle exhibited intricate treatment of the drapery and equal depth of the reverse design, rendering a three-dimensional appearance rarely seen on American coins before READ MORE
1915-S Pan Pac Octagonal $50 PCGS MS63
Eight-Sided & Quite Large Holding an example of the Octagonal fifty dollar gold pieces struck to commemorate the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, one notices several things. Chief among them are the coins’ size, shape, weight, and intricate design. Of READ MORE
1901-S Barber Quarter PCGS MS66
Don’t Throw Away This “Key” (Date) David Lawrence calls the 1901-S the “King of all Barber Quarters” because of its low mintage and low survival rate. Only 72,664 Barber quarters were struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1901, a READ MORE
1834 Classic Quarter Eagle NGC MS65
A Real Classic The 1834 remains the most plentiful Classic Head quarter eagle issue in high grade, despite its mintage of little more than 112,000 pieces being significantly lower than the production totals of the following two years. In the READ MORE
1899-S Liberty Double eagle NGC MS65
A Rare Gem Although the San Francisco Mint struck slightly more than 2,000,000 double eagles in 1899, many of them were used in foreign banking and business transactions. Additionally, many of the extant examples were repatriated from European holdings in READ MORE
1653 Gold Crown England NGC MS 65 Ex. Kroisos Sale Stacks, January 14, 2008
Finest known 1653 Gold Crown, and possibly for any date of this rare denomination and type Of the highest quality, an attractive and lustrous example, sure to please the most discriminating of collector or dealer – a coin of this READ MORE
1854 Arrows Seated Quarter PCGS MS65+
Gem Two Year Type Rep In 1853, the weight of the quarter dollar was reduced from 6.68 gm to 6.22 gm, and the reduction was noted on the coins by the addition of arrows on each side of the date READ MORE
1910-S Saint Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65+
Gem, and Then Some Roger Burdette estimates a total of 9,500 pieces survive from a mintage of more than 2.1 million 1910-S double eagles. About 70-75% of those were repatriated from foreign holdings. Such coins would be an unlikely source READ MORE