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    Fall Brings Back Error Collectors

    Fall Brings Back Error Collectors

    Posted by JonSullivan on Nov 2nd 2016

    Now that the summer is over, vacations are done, and we are getting well into the fall season, coins are back in the minds of collectors. This is true for the numismatic hobby at large, as well as for error coin collectors.  Coin collecting always picks up appreciably beginning in the fall and going on through winter and into spring. We’ve noticed the change here at Sullivan Numism …
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    ANA Worlds Fair of Money: Error Coins

    ANA Worlds Fair of Money: Error Coins

    Posted by JonSullivan on Aug 3rd 2016

    The ANA World’s Fair of Money is right around the corner, and we will be attending! The show has some 500+ tables, and thousands of collectors and dealers will be in attendance making for an exciting and fast-paced coin show. This year the show is being held at the convention center in Anaheim, California, which is right next to Disneyland. Here is a link to the ANA's information about the s …
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    15th Sacagawea/Statehood Quarter Mule Comes to Market

    15th Sacagawea/Statehood Quarter Mule Comes to Market

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jul 18th 2016

    (Image Courtesy of Coin World.)Another $1.25 Mule has come onto the market! This is one of the best known and most popular mint errors, with examples typically selling for $75,000 to $150,000. Simply defined, a mule is a coin which was struck with the dies of two different coin denominations.Such a coin has one denomination on one side and another denomination on the other. This has only occurred …
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    Baltimore Coin Show Report July, 2016

    Baltimore Coin Show Report July, 2016

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jul 16th 2016

    The Baltimore whitman coin show was a decent show this July, although as with all summer shows they aren't nearly as active as shows held at other times of the year. It was "as expected", with moderate buying and moderate selling, but overall satisfactory with enough of both activities to make the show well worth attending. Some of our regular customer were there, although a good number were …
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    Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo July 14th-17th, 2016

    Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo July 14th-17th, 2016

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jul 13th 2016

    We will be set-up at the Baltimore Whitman coin show this weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. Our table is "Sullivan Numismatics" #340, and we will have hundreds of rare mint errors with us for sale. This is slightly smaller than the winter or fall Baltimore shows, but is still worth attending as there will be hundreds of dealers in attendance. http://expo.whitman.com/baltimore-summer-expo/ If yo …
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    Error Coin Market Update: June 2016

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jun 16th 2016

    With the stock market bumping up and down at all-time highs, gold and silver staying relatively steady, and overall the economy somewhat “mixed”, where is the error coin market right now? At this point in time, it is generally good for most error coins. Some error coins aren’t selling well, while others we have trouble stocking due to none being for sale on the market, or simply prices movin …
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    1943 Steel Cent Strip--History

    Posted by JonSullivan on May 26th 2016

    Here is a interesting article on the 1943 steel cent strip, written by David Lange of NGC. The article gives some of the background of the 1943 steel cents, and then talks about how the pieces of steel cent strip came onto the coin market. We have handled many pieces over time, and all of it was rusty to some extent--this article will explain to you why that is. http://www.coinweek.com/deale …
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    Double-Struck 1880 Morgan Dollar Counterfeits

    Double-Struck 1880 Morgan Dollar Counterfeits

    Posted by JonSullivan on May 5th 2016

    There have been a lot of Chinese counterfeits coming into the coin market over the last 5-10 years, and occasionally error coins have been the target. Recently, we came across this lot of double-struck Morgan dollars on eBay, with a "Buy It Now" price of $135. They were being sold as "copies" and not as genuine, but the problem comes from them not being marked in a permanent way as being cop …
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    ANA Summer Seminars 2016: A Must Attend Event

    Posted by JonSullivan on Apr 25th 2016

    If you have never attended the ANA Summer Seminars, we highly recommend you do so! It is a must attend event for any serious numismatist, with classes on numerous subjects, and an excellent class on mint errors and varieties, which is being taught by well known die variety researcher and expert James Wiles. Below is a link to more information about the Seminars, and how to register. This is a re …
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    Vinyl 2X2 PVC Flips Will Damage Your Coins

    Vinyl 2X2 PVC Flips Will Damage Your Coins

    Posted by JonSullivan on Apr 20th 2016

    It is surprisingly how many people still use vinyl 2X2 coin flips to store their coins. Dealers and collectors alike are guilty of this, and the result are coins with a light hazy film of green PVC residue across the coin's surfaces, and sometimes even permanent damage to the coin. These PVC-coated coins have to be conserved in order to remove the damaging film of green. If you have any coins in s …
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