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Learn about buying, selling and collecting rare U.S. gold coins with Douglas Winter Numismatics and read related articles on this blog.

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March 29, 2021

A New Batch of Fairmont Fives Sell at Auction

March 29, 2021/ Doug Winter
A New Batch of Fairmont Fives Sell at Auction

The Fairmont coins have been selling now for around three years and for those of us who specialize in Liberty Head gold, this hoard has been a revelation…

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Fairmont Collection, auction sales, half eagles, coin collections, coin collecting
March 11, 2021

Five Brief Takes: Civil War Gold

March 11, 2021/ Doug Winter
Five Brief Takes: Civil War Gold

There are few areas in the rare date gold market that have seen more price increases and collector interest in the past decade than Civil War gold…

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March 11, 2021/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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Civil War coins, Civil War gold, Civil War, Civil War gold coins, coin collecting, five brief takes
March 02, 2021

A Rare HM-2 1838-C Half Eagle with Perfect Reverse

March 02, 2021/ Doug Winter
A Rare HM-2 1838-C Half Eagle with Perfect Reverse

The 1838-C is among the most sought-after Classic Head half eagles. It is a one-year type and a first-year-of-issue…

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March 02, 2021/ Doug Winter/ 2 Comments
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Charlotte coins, Charlotte $5, Charlotte Gold, Classic Head half eagles, Classic Head gold, half eagle, half eagles, recently sold, gold coin varieties
February 22, 2021

Five Brief Takes: Dahlonega Quarter Eagles

February 22, 2021/ Doug Winter
Five Brief Takes: Dahlonega Quarter Eagles

I’m beginning a new series of blogs about US gold coins entitled Five Quick Observations…

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quarter eagles, Dahlonega coins, Dahlonega Mint, Dahlonega, Dahlonega $2.50, Dahlonega quarter eagles, five quick observations, five brief takes
February 11, 2021

The Curious Case of the 1855-C Gold Dollar

February 11, 2021/ Doug Winter
The Curious Case of the 1855-C Gold Dollar

I can’t think of a single branch mint gold coin which has performed as poorly from a price perspective as the 1855-C gold dollar…

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February 11, 2021/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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gold dollars, gold dollar, Charlotte gold dollars, Charlotte, Charlotte Gold, coin values
February 02, 2021

Half Eagles of the Reconstruction: Philadelphia

February 02, 2021/ Doug Winter
Half Eagles of the Reconstruction: Philadelphia

The half eagles struck at the Philadelphia mint from 1866 through 1877 include a number of low mintage issues which, while undeniably rare, are curiously underappreciated…

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Philadelphia half eagle, Philadelphia half eagles, Philadelphia Mint, reconstruction, reconstruction era, rare gold coins, coin collecting ideas, coin collections
February 01, 2021

The Old West Collection of Carson City Half Dollars

February 01, 2021/ Doug Winter
The Old West Collection of Carson City Half Dollars

Douglas Winter Numismatics is proud to announce its first Concierge Sale™ of 2021: the Old West Collection of Carson City half dollars…

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Old West collection, Carson City, half dollar, Concierge Sales, specialized collections
January 27, 2021

Simpson III: A Quick Auction Analysis

January 27, 2021/ Doug Winter
Simpson III: A Quick Auction Analysis

Heritage Auctions sold Part Three of the Bob Simpson Collection…by analyzing the prices realized, we can get a better grasp of what is going on with the high-end segment of the US gold coin market…

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auction sales, auction prices, auction prices realized, auction results, auction representation, Simpson Collection, Bob Simpson, auction analysis
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
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