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Showing posts with label Numismatic News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Numismatic News. Show all posts
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Spot Prices Decline, Create Buying Opportunities

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The spot price of silver has gone down a bit in recent days. It has gone much lower than the record highs of the beginning of the year. The ...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Metal Prices May Lead To Melting of Common Silver Coins

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Above, a 2022 American Silver Eagle. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Currently, the silver spot price per troy ounce at Comex is around $82.00. With...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Coins: What Do You Think Is The Biggest Challenge Facing New Collectors Today?

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Above, the 2023 National Money Show in Phoenix. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Since silver has risen to $36/toz over the past several weeks, my bu...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Silver Follows Gold's All-Time Highs

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Above, a 1928 Peace silver dollar. Photo by Armand Vaquer. As this blog post is being written, silver's spot price is at $36.255/toz acc...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Kennedy Half Dollar Sparked Interest In Numismatics

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Above, Franklin and Kennedy silver half dollars. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Back in the early 1960s, my dad got me interested in coin collectin...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

Numismatic News: Holding History In Your Hands

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Above, the Lawrence and Smith Saloon on Main Street in Boise, Idaho, circa 1890. How many Morgan silver dollars are in each gent's pocke...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

Do You Know Your State’s Sales Tax Exemption Status?

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Above, the National Money Show in Phoenix this year. Photo by Armand Vaquer. One of the things that irritate coin and precious metals collec...
Friday, October 6, 2023

Books For Your Numismatic Library

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Above, my copy of the 1976 "Red Book". Photo by Armand Vaquer. Since I have re-entered the world of coin collecting, I currently s...
Saturday, August 5, 2023

What To Do With an Inherited Coin Collection

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Above, Franklin and Kennedy silver half dollars I inherited from my father. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Many coin collectors/investors of the ba...
Friday, August 4, 2023

Silver and Gold Encourage Collectors, Investors

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Above, a 2023 American Silver Eagle Proof set. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Silver's spot price may be down a bit, but that only encourages s...
Friday, July 28, 2023

Sealed Bag of Franklin Half Dollars May Be Worth $100,000

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Above, Franklin silver half dollars. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Generally, from different articles I have read, Franklin silver half dollars ar...

Numismatic News: Base Metal Coins Stay Hot

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Above, Morgan silver dollars continue to sell well. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The spot price on COMEX dropped yesterday after reaching over $2...
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Replies To Numismatic News On Counterfeit Coins

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Above, the counterfeit coins I bought last year. Photo  by Armand Vaquer. Recently, Numismatic News asked this question: Have you encounter...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Franklin Half Dollar Often Overlooked

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Above, some of the Franklin half dollars in my collection. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Last year, when I had a locksmith open a strongbox that h...
Friday, May 19, 2023

What Is U.S. Legal Tender?

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Above, a 1945 Walking Liberty half dollar. Photo by Armand Vaquer. With more states (about ten of them) passing laws allowing gold and silve...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Get Physical With Precious Metal Ownership

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Above, a 2023 American Silver Eagle. Photo by Armand Vaquer.   "If you can't hold it, you don't own it!" The above saying ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

U.S. Mint Issuing Lincoln Silver Presidential Medal May 1

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  Above, the Lincoln Silver Presidential Medal. Image by the U.S. Mint. President Abraham Lincoln will be honored with a presidential silver...
Monday, April 24, 2023

The Scorned 1965 Washington Quarter

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Above, a 1944 Washington quarter. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Back in 1965, the U.S. Mint stopped minting dimes and quarters out of silver. My d...
Monday, March 27, 2023

National Money Show Attendance Numbers

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Above, the main entrance to the National Money Show. Photo by Armand Vaquer. It is hard to believe that the National Money Show in Phoenix w...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Mints To Hold Conference In Canada

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Above, yours truly and Mitch Geriminsky with U.S. Mint Director Ventris  C. Gibson at the National Money Show earlier this month in Phoenix....