Error Coin Market Update December 2015
Posted by JonSullivan on Dec 8th 2015
The error coin market has been very active lately. Between eBay, major auctions, and business done with our clientele, it seems that the error coin market is generally very healthy, at least for us. There are of course some areas of weakness, and as a whole the error coin market has dropped off from some of the strength it was exhibiting several years ago, but overall we are happy with the a
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Building an Error Collection Part#5: Collecting Errors by Type
Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 28th 2015
Collecting by Error Type
There are some collectors who like to collect error coins by “error type.” Most of the time, they are looking for examples of that error type on any and all series of coins, but sometimes they also want to collect an error type for a particular series of coin. This is an exciting and pleasurable way to collect errors since pretty much every coin is visually diff
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Sullivan Numismatics Facebook Page
Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 27th 2015
For those of you on Facebook, we have a Facebook page. We post links to articles on error coins, new updates, and other information. It's anonymous to "like" the page, and you will get error coin information and news from us in your Facebook feed. We post the following information on Facebook:
1.Coin Show information
2.Error coin news
3.Error coin articles
4.Sullivan Numi
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Updated Coin Show Schedule for 2016
Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 27th 2015
We've just updated our coin shows schedule for next year, and will be having a table at 6 shows next year. Here is a link to view all the shows we are planning to set-up at. Coin Show Schedule Link: https://sullivannumismatics.com/coin-show-schedule
Coin shows are a fantastic way to see lots and lots of coins in-hand both on the coin show floor as well as in the auctions being held. The
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Unique 1998 ASE on Silver Commemorative Planchet
Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 26th 2015
We recently sold this unique 1998 American Silver Eagle struck on a silver commemorative planchet. Coin World published our short article about the coin, on their website. Maybe you can cherrypick an example in a roll of 1998 ASE's, since where there is one, there could be more! http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2015/10/check-your-1998-american-eagles-they-might-be-on-wrong-
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ANA Error Coin & Minting Process Correspondence Course
Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 14th 2015
One of the best places to get a good foundational education in mint errors and varieties is the American Numismatic Association's error coin and minting process correspondence course.The course was put together by Dr.James Wiles, and offers a broad overview of the minting process and errors and varieties.
The course is easy, but it packed with high quality content at the same time, maki
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ANA Worlds Fair of Money Report 2015
Posted by JonSullivan on Sep 30th 2015
Our corner table at the ANA. Jon on the left and Ash on the right.
This is the third time that the ANA World’s Fair of Money has visited Chicago, Illinois, but it is also the last time for a while. If you have not been able to attend due to the distance of the show, the next few years may change that since the show will be moving to Anaheim, CA in 2016, and then on to Denver, CO in 2017.
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Minting JFK Commemorative Gold Half Dollars
Posted by JonSullivan on Sep 14th 2015
We ran across this interesting blog post put out at mintnewsblog.com. It discusses and shows photos of the dies, planchets, and minting press for making the 2014 gold commemorative 50c coins. Here is a link to the blog post. http://mintnewsblog.com/2014/08/producing-24-karat-gold-and-reverse-proof-silver-kennedy-half-dollars/
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10c 1893 Barber Dime Die Cap Find
Posted by JonSullivan on Aug 26th 2015
We recently purchased and subsequently sold a unique 1893 Barber dime obverse die cap, which Coin World magazine put into an article. Rather than tell the details of the story, just read it through this link on Coin World's website: http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/08/bingo-hall-purchase-yields-rare-1893-barber-dime-error.3.html
Look through your coins--you may have a ra
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ANA World's Fair of Money 2015
Posted by JonSullivan on Aug 3rd 2015
Stop by our table to see hundreds of errors
The ANA World's Fair of Money is about a week away, and we are gearing up to attend. The show is one of the very best of the year, with over 500 tables of rare coins from ancients, to U.S. coins, to our speciality, mint errors. Here is a link to the show: https://www.money.org/worldsfairofmoney This is one of the few coin shows that
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