Innehållsförteckning för November 2022 från Coins

AS COLLECTORS, we tend to be a pretty wary, savvy bunch. We tend to keep our eyes peeled whenever we receive a handful of change, just to see if there might be something new there. For example, the year 2022 will most likely be remembered as the year we first started going through our change for the American Women quarters. We just always like to think there might be some winners out there – coins worth far more than their face value – that will come into our possession with nothing more than a dose of good luck. And although the cynics among us may claim that the days of good errors and varieties have passed, we’ll make the counterargument that with both perseverance and a bit of luck, just…

Do you own any coins certified by either PCGS or NGC or both? There are collectors who only collect raw coins, coins that are not in slabs. If you’re in this category, then you probably won’t find this column very relevant or interesting. However, if you’re a collector who buys coins certified by either of the major services, then you may already own some with details grades. This is particularly the case if you’ve ever submitted coins for certification and grading. Back in the early days of coin certification, coins with problems submitted to either of the two major services would be returned to the owner in the dreaded “body bags.” In other words, they wouldn’t be certified and encapsulated, and the owner was just out the amount paid for…

Finding Inspiration from Fellow Collectors I’ve been collecting since 1956 when I was 8 years old, and my grandmother gave me her bag of Indian Head pennies. When I was 13, I went to work in our family’s record store where I was allowed to search through the cash drawer to add to my collection. But this story isn’t about me. It’s about my friend, Jack, who is even older than I am and started collecting from circulation 10 years earlier than me. I’ve been giving him my copies of Numismatic News to read for years, and recently he gave me a bag of coins that took him 10 years to collect. They are all uncirculated. What I mean is that they are no longer in circulation. He calls them…

The demand for truly rare coins continues to outstrip the available supplies. This is not only true for date rarities, but for condition rarities as well. The high end of the entire collectible and antique markets, of which coins are a part, is thriving at a time when interest rates are also high, consumer savings are dwindling due to inflation and the stock markets remain in the doldrums. The record prices being realized not only at auction, but in over-the-counter sales as well for the most desirable coins are being fueled by serious collectors and astute investors who have deep pockets and aren’t afraid to empty them. Buyers are aware that many of the rarities for which these shoppers duel have not been available for years. The market for generally…