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STUNNING NEW “EUREKA HOARD” OF 1850 TYPE-I DOUBLE EAGLES

Gold has kindled the imagination of mankind throughout the centuries, and gold coins have been [...]

UPDATE: SAVED FROM THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE –

It was April 18, 1906 and the thriving international city of San Francisco was beginning [...]

SAVED FROM THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE

It was April 18, 1906 and the thriving international city of San Francisco was beginning [...]

FINEST KNOWN ACQUIRES WHAT HAS BEEN WIDELY REGARDED AS THE WORLD’S MOST VALUABLE COIN

When you think about classic United States gold coinage, one often thinks of pieces from [...]

WW II GOLD HOARD OF LANSON CHAMPAGNE

On September 1st, Hitler made good on his promise of domination and invaded Poland. It [...]

PURE CALIFORNIA GOLD HUMBERT COMMEMORATIVE

Augustus Humbert was the United States Assayer of San Francisco in 1851 and 1852. His [...]

FIRST UNITED STATES COIN

The Fugio Cent was the first Congressionally authorized coin to be minted by our young [...]

1809/8 CAPPED BUST $5 NGC MS64

A pristine and original specimen of this controversial overdate. Harry Bass owned two examples of [...]

MS65 HUMBERT REEDED EDGE $50 GOLD INGOT SELLS FOR $600,000!

The Augustus Humbert $50 gold ingots, as they were legally termed (known today as “slugs”), [...]

A WESTERN ASSAYER OF THE MARK TWAIN PERIOD

Conrad Wiegand was a boisterous man who was born in Philadelphia, worked for the US [...]