Tough Uncirculated. $3 Civil War Issue The financial stresses and uncertainties of the Civil War caused widespread hoarding of all precious metal coinage during the war years. The U.S. government suspended specie payments in 1861, so gold coins did not READ MORE
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1911 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS65+
Satiny Sashaying Saint The 1911 claims one of the few mintages of less than 200,000 coins, but the story of its availability is similar to that of other issues in the series. Most examples were exported to European markets, either READ MORE
1885 Liberty Nickel NGC MS67
Pop 3, None Higher Key Date Lib Nickel The 1885 has been recognized for more than a century as the coin to have, the key to the set of Liberty nickels. Only 1.4 million pieces were struck and pieces were set aside shortly after READ MORE
1914-D Lincoln Cent PCGS MS65RD
Positively Perpetually Popular The 1914-D Lincoln cent is a key issue in the series, from a low mintage of 1.1 million pieces. Unfortunately, despite the low mintage figure, the 1914-D was largely overlooked by contemporary collectors and few high-quality examples READ MORE
1852 Humbert $10 NGC MS61
Rare Mint State Territorial Gold Piece Moffat & Co., in its role as semiofficial branch mint and United States Assay Office of Gold in California, struck both over-dated (1852/1) and normal-date 1852 ten dollar gold pieces of 884 fineness using READ MORE
1898-S $20 Liberty NGC MS 65
In the top tier of existing specimens – only 7 graded higher! A stunner from the turn of the last century – seldom seen any finer, it is sure to please the most discriminating of U.S. Gold collectors. Sports a READ MORE
Three 1907 High Reliefs PCGS MS61, 62 and 63
One-zee, Two-zee, Three-zee The 1907 High Relief Double Eagle is one of the most popular coins ever struck by the United States Mint. The coins are sculptural in appearance and are considered by many to be the most beautiful regular READ MORE
1837-42 Bechtler $2.50 NGC AU58
1 of only 13 For All grades by NGC This is the 70g. 20c variety. As early as the spring of 1831, Christopher Bechtler formulated a plan to mint quarter eagles and five dollar gold pieces at his Rutherfordton, North READ MORE
1885 Gold Dollar PCGS/CAC PR67 DCAM
Simply Splendidly Stunning Of the 1,105 gold dollar proofs struck in 1885, PCGS has certified a total of 107 submissions. That figure comprises all designations and almost certainly includes duplications. From among those 107 submissions, only 14 have received a READ MORE
1807 Bust Right Half Eagle PCGS MS62
This Bust is Right Always important as final-year type in the transitional year when Robert Scot’s design was retired and John Reich’s Capped Bust Left design was introduced, the conditionally rare Bust Right half eagles are always appealing to type READ MORE