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March 04, 2025

Heritage Sells the Mississippi Collection - and the Type One $20 Market Gets Recalibrated

March 04, 2025/ Doug Winter
Heritage Sells the Mississippi Collection - and the Type One $20 Market Gets Recalibrated

Would the market—which was already saturated with higher grade Type Ones from Fairmont and the 2025 FUN sale—be able to absorb these new coins?

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March 04, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Market Blog
auction sales, auction prices, auction prices realized, Type One double eagles, coin values, coin market
January 28, 2022

How to Collect Coins in a Bull Market

January 28, 2022/ Doug Winter
How to Collect Coins in a Bull Market

If you are like most circa 2022 coin collectors, you’ve never experienced a true bull market…

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January 28, 2022/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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Coin collecting, coin collecting advice, coin market, rare gold coin market, bull market, buying tips, buying guide
December 06, 2021

A Pricing Anomaly is Seen on 1844-O Half Eagles

December 06, 2021/ Doug Winter
A Pricing Anomaly is Seen on 1844-O Half Eagles

Even counting for resubmissions, this is a significant number of 1844-O half eagles which have been graded in AU55 and higher grades…

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December 06, 2021/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Market Blog
coin pricing, coin prices, coin market, coin buying, 1844-O, half eagles, New Orleans half eagles
November 29, 2021

A Coin Which Personifies the "New Rare Gold Market"

November 29, 2021/ Doug Winter
A Coin Which Personifies the "New Rare Gold Market"

Stack’s Bowers recently sold at auction a US gold coin which I think really sums up the new, ultra-robust market for this area of the market…

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November 29, 2021/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
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New Rare Gold Market, Coin market analysis, coin market, auction sales, auction prices, auction prices realized, half eagles, CAC graded gold
January 11, 2021

Numismatic Radiology: How Cellphone Photos Took Over the Coin Market in 2020

January 11, 2021/ Doug Winter
Numismatic Radiology: How Cellphone Photos Took Over the Coin Market in 2020

Beginning about three or four years ago, I noticed an ever-increasing amount of my business involved cellphone pictures of coins…

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January 11, 2021/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
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coin photographs, coin photography, buying tips, coin buying, coin market, cell phone photos
April 15, 2020

Which Coins Will Best Survive The Recession...?

April 15, 2020/ Doug Winter
Which Coins Will Best Survive The Recession...?

I have selected four areas in the rare date gold market which I think will show the least amount of downside during the coming months…

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April 15, 2020/ Doug Winter/ 2 Comments
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recession, coin market, coin collecting, Coin market analysis, Rare coin prices, rare coin collecting, early gold, dahlonega gold
July 08, 2019

Why Aren't Truly Exceptional Branch Mint Half Eagles Worth More Money?

July 08, 2019/ Doug Winter
Why Aren't Truly Exceptional Branch Mint Half Eagles Worth More Money?

It is my belief that some truly exceptional U.S. gold coins are underappreciated for a number of reasons, and in this blog we’ll look at a few of these…

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July 08, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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branch mint, branch mint coins, branch mint gold, coin collecting, coin collecting advice, coin market, PCGS Registry sets, PCGS set registry
January 22, 2019

Where Are All The Great Coins?

January 22, 2019/ Doug Winter
Where Are All The Great Coins?

So…why do great coins seem so much harder to locate today?

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January 22, 2019/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
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coin collecting, coin collections, coin market, coin buying, great coins, great collections
January 31, 2018

The Economics of Coin Demand

January 31, 2018/ Doug Winter
The Economics of Coin Demand

The economics of numismatics is simple: the value of a coin is largely based on simple supply and demand ratios. (Right...?)

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January 31, 2018/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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coin demand, coin collecting, market trends, coin market, Dahlonega gold, Liberty Head quarter eagles, quarter eagles
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JUST ADDED - 25C - 1849-O PCGS MS63 CAC
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Date…….1849-O
Grade…….PCGS MS63 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.…….……35000
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…..…37500
Population (PCGS).……….….3/0
Population (NGC)……...………1/1
Population (CAC).….....….…..2/0
Serial Number……5414.63/61207008
PCGS Lookup Number.……….5414

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Date…….1873 T$1
Grade…….PCGS MS66 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.…….……70000
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…..…55000
Population (PCGS).……….…5/1
Population (NGC)….…………1/0
Population (CAC).….....….…..1/1
Serial Number……7031.66/9896848
PCGS Lookup Number.……….7031

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$1.00 - 1903 Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson, PCGS PR67CAM
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Date…….1903 LA Purchase, Jefferson
Grade…….PCGS PR67CAM
PCGS Price Guide.…….……42500
Population (PCGS).……….…2/0
Population (NGC)…..…..……0/1
Serial Number……87482.67/47742943
PCGS Lookup Number.…….87482

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$3.00 - 1856-S PCGS MS63
$3.00 - 1856-S PCGS MS63
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Date…….1856-S
Grade……PCGS MS63
PCGS Price Guide.….….……70000
Population (PCGS)……………5/3
Population (NGC)….….………7/1
Serial Number……….7975.63/59896861
PCGS Lookup Number…….7975

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JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1803/2 PCGS AU58 CAC
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Date…….1803/2
Grade…….PCGS AU58 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.…….……21500
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…..…20500
Population (PCGS).……….…91/136
Population (NGC)….…………88/149
Population (CAC).….....….…32/46
Serial Number……8084.58/47304665
PCGS Lookup Number.……….8084

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JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1806 Round Top 6, PCGS MS63 CAC
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Date…….1806 Round Top 6
Grade…….PCGS MS63 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.…….……42500
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…..…39500
Population (PCGS).……….…72/53
Population (NGC)….…………30/19
Population (CAC).….....….….18/20
Serial Number……8089.63/21041114
PCGS Lookup Number.……….8089

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Date…….1807 Capped Bust Left
Grade…….CACG MS61
PCGS Price Guide.…….…..…18500
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…….…17500
Population (PCGS).……….…26/138
Population (NGC)….…..………39/91
Population (CAC).…..……….….8/28
Serial Number……8809.61/109572726 1
PCGS Lookup Number.……….8101

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JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1808 PCGS MS63 CAC OGH
JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1808 PCGS MS63 CAC OGH
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Date…….1808
Grade…….PCGS MS63 CAC OGH
PCGS Price Guide.…….……32500
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…..…36000
Population (PCGS).……….…21/20
Population (NGC)….…………18/8
Population (CAC)..….....….….5/5
Serial Number……8102.63/5298241
PCGS Lookup Number.……….8102

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$5.00 - 1876-CC PCGS AU58
$5.00 - 1876-CC PCGS AU58
$67,500.00

Date…….1876-CC
Grade……PCGS AU58
PCGS Price Guide.….….……85000
Population (PCGS)……………9/2
Population (NGC)….….………10/3
Serial Number……….8340.58/61814607
PCGS Lookup Number…….8340

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ON HOLD - $10.00 - 1859-S PCGS AU55 CAC
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ON HOLD - $10.00 - 1859-S PCGS AU55 CAC
$38,500.00

Date…….1859-S
Grade…….PCGS AU55 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.…….……37500
CDN Greysheet/CPG.…..…30000
Population (PCGS).……….…4/0
Population (NGC)….…………3/4
Population (CAC)..….....….….1/1
Serial Number……8630.55/47726056
PCGS Lookup Number.……….8630

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