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The Summer slowdown which often occurs in July really never hit us—we’ve been buying and selling a lot this month. This is largely because collectors are still actively building their error coin collections, but also because we have had a lot more mint errors to offer of late. During 2020 and 2021, most coin dealer’s inventories quickly became rather small. Shutdowns related to the Covid pandemic, …

A few weeks ago the Central States coin show was held in Schaumburg, IL. It was the first time the show had been held since the 2019 show was held, due to the events over the last few years. It was great to be back at the show, and especially since it was so well attended both with dealers and collectors. Admittedly, it has historically been a slower show for mint errors (although a great show for …

Below is the link to our latest article for PCGS on mule errors.https://www.pcgs.com/news/mule-mint-errors-the-rarest

ANA National Money Show 2022As the ANA National Money 2022 coin show in Colorado Springs, CO draws to an end, we can say that is has been a success for us. There was a good amount of activity, with both buying and selling (especially selling) on the show floor. Other dealers who deal in non mint error material seemed to have a decent show as well. The show is not historically as active as some of …

Read on PCGS' website our most recent article on off-metals. https://www.pcgs.com/news/off-metal-error-coins (Image Courtesy PCGS.)

Over the last few years, the coin market as a whole has been very active, buoyed by increased demand from collectors, high precious metals prices, and perhaps even Covid-19's effect of giving people in general more "home time" and therefore more time to focus on singular pursuits such as coin collecting.Whatever the reasons, the coin market has been hot across the board, from regular U.S. coins, t …

Here is a link to a recent PCGS article we wrote, which discusses PMD (post mint damage) versus mint made damage. It is important to understand the difference between the two types. https://www.pcgs.com/news/deciphering-mint-errors-versus-post-mint-damage?fbclid=IwAR3-f2pAlbmm_ix1_PdhmRwWQj9wT1PuwoEy6ZTUa0XkH_YOLJVbMvzcH2s …

FUN Coin Show 2022It was a great FUN show 2022. From the beginning of the show on dealer day on Wednesday through the end of the show Saturday, sales were brisk and purchases were good as well. Although we have not done a final tally, it was probably our best FUN show for sales ever, with both wholesale and retail activity strong. Collectors came into the show looking to buy coins, and the had the …

(Shown above: NGC 50c 1964 kennedy half transitional on clad quarter planchet MS64)Transitional off-metals are not something you would necessarily expected to find in circulation, but this lucky collector did, as detailed in the Coin World article shown below. A transitional off-metal is an error type involving a change in coin metals for a coin design, and occurs when a planchet made up of the ol …

There is a newly discovered mint error 2021-W quarter ounce gold American Eagle, struck with unfinished dies! PCGS just certified a number of examples. The 2021-W date/mintmark combination is only used for striking proof gold 1/4 eagles, but these discovery pieces have business strike surfaces. Some 60+ pieces were discovered by the discoverer, Gerald Medel, upon searching thousands of 1/4 gold co …