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    FUN Coin Show 2022

    FUN Coin Show 2022

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jan 10th 2022

    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 …
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    1977-D Kennedy Half Transitional Off-Metal Find in Circulation

    1977-D Kennedy Half Transitional Off-Metal Find in Circulation

    Posted by JonSullivan on Nov 24th 2021

    (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 …
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    New 2021-W Gold $10 Eagle Struck with "Unfinished Dies"

    New 2021-W Gold $10 Eagle Struck with "Unfinished Dies"

    Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 27th 2021

    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 …
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    The Error Coin Market is Hot - Error Coin Market Report

    The Error Coin Market is Hot - Error Coin Market Report

    Posted by JonSullivan on Oct 11th 2021

    We’ve said it a number of times in the latest blog posts, but the error coin market is hot as a whole. Recent auction results among some of the large auction firms showed strong prices on most of the mint errors sold. Yes, some fell through the cracks, but we were impressed with the results as a whole. Everything from common off-center cents to major proof errors all, as a whole, fetched strong …
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    ANA World's Fair of Money, August, 2021

    ANA World's Fair of Money, August, 2021

    Posted by JonSullivan on Aug 23rd 2021

    The ANA Worlds Fair of Money in Rosemont, IL ended a few weeks ago. It was a blow-out of a coin show, with lots of activity both in buying and selling—particularly in selling. We were surprised at how active the buyers were, and we sold a number of coins in 4 figures as well as coins in the under $1,000 price range. Although our total sales were still a relatively small number, at least compared t …
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    Error Coin Market Report - July 16th, 2021

    Error Coin Market Report - July 16th, 2021

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jul 16th 2021

    Error Coin Market Report - July 16th, 2021Wow, what a July it has been for the error coin hobby, as well as for coin collecting as a whole! We can officially say that the coin market is “hot” and not feel like we are in any way exaggerating. Coin shows and auctions are hot, with coins realizing high prices or selling quickly. Anything fresh tends to go fast, and coins that are not “fresh” are …
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    The Error Coin Market and Proof Errors

    The Error Coin Market and Proof Errors

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jun 4th 2021

    Mint error coins have been hot in auctions. You can pretty much pick any auction from most of the various venues, and see some very high prices realized! And although there are certain areas that are not as popular right now (certain proof errors do to the quantities that have come out of late, certain state quarter errors, and actually some of the scarcer older off-metal types), other areas are v …
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    Buying Major Mint Errors Wholesale

    Posted by JonSullivan on Feb 19th 2021

    As of mid February, 2021, we are happy to have recently been able to pick up a few collections as well as miscellaneous coins from other regular sources (dealers, auctions, and the like.) Really, we pretty well scour the market for coins that are good errors to then offer to you our customers. So what are some of the things we deal with or situations we find ourselves in as mint error buyers? …
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    A New Mule and Welcome to 2021

    A New Mule and Welcome to 2021

    Posted by JonSullivan on Jan 16th 2021

    A New MuleThis morning, a friend sent a link to a Coin World article (below), and the exciting headline read that a new mule had been discovered in a bag of dollar coins—what a great bit of error news! The mule involves a 2014-D Sacagawea obverse muled with a Liberty design reverse. It’s not as obvious a mule as some at first glance, since the reverse is used on the cousin of the Native American d …
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    The Error Coin Market November 2020

    The Error Coin Market November 2020

    Posted by JonSullivan on Nov 11th 2020

    Auctions & Coin ShowsIn a normal year, there would have been a few very large coin shows since the ANA, and a myriad of small coin shows. This year however, there was a smattering of very small shows (with lots of masks and the like), and no big shows at all since March when the ANA in Atlanta, Georgia was held.As a result, the market has been unusual to say the least. Dealers have had to find inv …
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