Rare Two-Year Type This is the “Large Letters Head of 38” type, which is a distinct two-year type, which shows a more ornate portrait of Liberty on the obverse. The first issue of this two-year type – the 1838 -is far too rare in AU condition for most type collecting pursuits, as only 80 to…
Tough Uncirculated. $3 Civil War Issue The financial stresses and uncertainties of the Civil War caused widespread hoarding of all precious metal coinage during the war years. The U.S. government suspended specie payments in 1861, so gold coins did not circulate at par and there was limited demand for the three dollar gold piece in…
Only a Couple Hundred Struck and Given to Members who Worked on the Apollo 11 Project “That’s one small step for man. One Giant Leap for Mankind.” We’ve all heard the words, and 50 years ago today was the day those words were spoken into the cosmos upon man’s first exploration to the Moon. NGC…
Authored by Pater Tenebrarum via Acting-Man.com Intra-Market Divergences Galore US big cap stocks have rallied to new highs in recent months, but just as in the rally from the low of the February 2018 mini-panic to the September/October 2018 peak, sizable divergences between different indexes have emerged in the process. New highs in the big…
Satiny Sashaying Saint The 1911 claims one of the few mintages of less than 200,000 coins, but the story of its availability is similar to that of other issues in the series. Most examples were exported to European markets, either directly from New York to London or through Ottawa, Canada. Those pieces that avoided melting…
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