The Lincoln cent has been a favorite of collectors for many years. Part of the appeal lies in the fact that it is the first circulating U.S. coin to feature a likeness of an real person; who just happens to be one of the most respected and admired ... Because copper was a critical war material , cents in 1943 were produced on zinc-coated steel planchets. That event resulted in the inadvertent creation of two Lincoln cent rarities, the first the copper cents dated 1943, ...

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Lincoln Cent, Bronze, Wheat Ears Reverse, 1909-1958 : Coin Guide

Additional encouragement came from looking through a collection of well-worn late 19th and early 20th century coins kept by his grandfather in an old leather coin purse. Current collecting interests ... CoinLink does not buy or sell coins or numismatic material , and has no ownership interest in any web site listed within CoinLink. All News and Article links are direct, without framing, to the original source, which is solely responsible for the content. ...

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Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle, Reduced Diameter 1829-1834 : Coin ...

The BD-4 variety was unknown until Robert P. Hilt discovered a specimen in the Byron Reed Collection in 1972. Harry Bass purchased that coin at the sale of the Byron Reed Collection (Spink, 10/1996), lot 99, and it now resides in the ...

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Unique Items: 1797 Die Trial $5 Five Dollar Struck in copper ...

The coin is graded NGC ChAU. Strike: 5. Surface: 5. Fine Style. It had not traded publicly since the landmark 1990 Sotheby’s sale of the Hunt Collection where it fetched $214500 – at the time an astonishing price for a coin of this type ...

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First PNG “Dealer’s Deal” a Winner in Vegas : Coin Collecting News

This is a unique opportunity to acquire a coin from the earliest years of the Philadelphia Mint, a coin that was obviously made for some special purpose. Ex: Reed Hawn Collection (Stack’s, 8/1973), lot 24; Stack’s (3/1996), lot 359; ...

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Unique Items: 1807 Draped Bust Half Dollar, SP65 : Coin Collecting ...

To the coin market gurus who emphatically state that collecting by date or variety is a dying endeavor, I would answer that this is not the case. To refute this, one need only look at the fact that in this golden era of numismatic ...

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A twelfth PCGS-certified note also survived the fire without damage, a Series 2003 $1 star note (Fr. 1929-F), graded Gem New 65 PPQ, that the collector obtained free when he joined the PCGS Currency Collectors Club . ...

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The information presented by Carlson suggests that this coin has an incomplete pedigree back to 1884, and was probably acquired by Newlin from an unidentified Mint officer who kept it in his possession from the time it was struck in ...

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Unique Items: 1878 $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle Pattern - Judd-1570 ...