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August 20, 2020

How You Can Buy Rare Gold Coins at Discounted Prices

August 20, 2020/ Doug Winter
How You Can Buy Rare Gold Coins at Discounted Prices

In the past few months, I’ve noticed a trend amongst my clients: many of them are using bullion or generics to finance their rare coin purchases…

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August 13, 2020

DWN Buys Finest Known Oregon Five Dollar Gold Piece

August 13, 2020/ Doug Winter
DWN Buys Finest Known Oregon Five Dollar Gold Piece

Douglas Winter Numismatics recently purchased the single finest known example of the rare 1849 Oregon “Beaver” five dollar gold piece, graded MS62 by PCGS…

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Oregon gold, Oregon beaver, finest known, PCGSm, Territorial gold, auction records, auction wins, rare gold coins
August 05, 2020

What I Learned About Liberty Head Half Eagles from the Fairmont Hoard

August 05, 2020/ Doug Winter
What I Learned About Liberty Head Half Eagles from the Fairmont Hoard

The Fairmont coins offer us a pretty unique perspective on many facets of Liberty Head half eagles…

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August 05, 2020/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
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half eagles, half eagle, Fairmont Collection, coin hoards, auctions, stack's bowers auctions, liberty head half eagles, liberty head gold, rare gold coins, coin collecting
July 27, 2020

Doug on the Coin Week Podcast!

July 27, 2020/ Doug Winter
Doug on the Coin Week Podcast!

When my friend Charles Morgan of Coin Week contacts me with an idea for a podcast, I’m always interested…

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July 27, 2020/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
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July 20, 2020

Ten Affordable Pioneer Gold Types for the Casual Collector

July 20, 2020/ Doug Winter
Ten Affordable Pioneer Gold Types for the Casual Collector

It takes deep pockets and lots of patience to specialize in Pioneer or Territorial gold…But there are a number of issues which are perfect for the more casual collector…

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July 17, 2020

DWN Sells Finest Known Wass, Molitor & Co. 1855 $20.00

July 17, 2020/ Doug Winter
DWN Sells Finest Known Wass, Molitor & Co. 1855 $20.00

Douglas Winter Numismatics recently sold the single finest known example of the 1855 Small Head Wass, Molitor & Company Small Head $20.00, graded MS62 by PCGS and approved by CAC.

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July 08, 2020

When Did Type One Double Eagles Become Popular?

July 08, 2020/ Doug Winter
When Did Type One Double Eagles Become Popular?

Prior to 2000, the supply of high quality Type One double eagles was so limited that had there been an uptick in demand, not enough coins would have been available to satisfy new collectors…

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Type One double eagles, double eagles, doubleeaglebook.com, collecting coins, SSCA, $20 gold
July 01, 2020

When Did Civil War Gold Become Popular?

July 01, 2020/ Doug Winter
When Did Civil War Gold Become Popular?

I thought it would be interesting to discuss how and why Civil War gold issues became very popular…

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June 23, 2020

How Rare Are Non-Shipwreck Gem Type One Double Eagles? An Update from 2016

June 23, 2020/ Doug Winter
How Rare Are Non-Shipwreck Gem Type One Double Eagles? An Update from 2016

When the number of properly graded non-shipwreck MS65 Type One double eagles from both grading services is combined, the total is likely to remain less than 20 for some time to come…

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double eagle, double eagles, Type One double eagles, Type One double eagle, 1861 $20.00
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FEATURED COINS
$1.00 - 1873 Trade PCGS MS66 CAC, OGH
$1.00 - 1873 Trade PCGS MS66 CAC, OGH
$57,500.00
$1.00 - 1860-S PCGS MS64
$1.00 - 1860-S PCGS MS64
$14,000.00
$1.00 - 1903 Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson, PCGS PR67CAM
$1.00 - 1903 Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson, PCGS PR67CAM
$39,500.00
$2.50 - 1840-O PCGS MS62
$2.50 - 1840-O PCGS MS62
$15,500.00
$3.00 - 1856-S PCGS MS63
$3.00 - 1856-S PCGS MS63
$62,500.00
$5.00 - 1836 PCGS MS64 CAC, ex S/B Pulaski sunk 6/14/1838
$5.00 - 1836 PCGS MS64 CAC, ex S/B Pulaski sunk 6/14/1838
$48,500.00
$5.00 - 1851-O PCGS MS61
$5.00 - 1851-O PCGS MS61
$18,500.00
$5.00 - 1872-CC CACG EF45
$5.00 - 1872-CC CACG EF45
$19,500.00
$5.00 - 1876-CC PCGS AU58
$5.00 - 1876-CC PCGS AU58
$67,500.00
$10.00 - 1861-S PCGS AU55
$10.00 - 1861-S PCGS AU55
$17,250.00

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