Thinking of starting a new collection? Why not start with United States Commemorative coins! Collecting commemorative coins is like compiling a photo album of the nation’s history. These coins represent so many aspects of American – from dramatic battles to Olympic games, from presidents to national parks – each collector can build a set that [...]
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We recently had the opportunity to cherrypick a group of key-date 1932-S Washington quarters from which we selected a handful of pieces ranging from AG-3 up to AU-53, with several stops in-between. Each coin is an ideal representation of its assigned grade. The key-date 1932-S quarter, struck in the first year of the design type, [...]
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In 1915 visitors from all over the world converged on a veritable new city that had been built of lath and plaster on the San Francisco shorefront. Building upon the tradition established by the 1876 Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia), 1892-1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago), the 1900 Paris Exposition, the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and other [...]
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One of the most exciting things we’ve ever been involved in was being a part of the original distribution of the gold coins recovered from the treasure ship S.S. Central America. Sailing from Panama, stopping in Havana, then continuing on its way to New York, it encountered an unexpected hurricane. In those days forecasting of [...]
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Back in 1970 the General Services Administration (GSA) began selling silver dollars from the fabulous United States Treasury Hoard. About three million coins were involved, many of them being the previously very rare Morgan dollars from the Carson City Mint. Collectors were ecstatic, as many varieties previously not easily found were now at hand, and [...]
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