As the economy continues to struggle with rising unemployment numbers (heading toward 10%), tight credit for small businesses, bankruptcies and housing foreclosures increasing 15% in the first half of 2009, it should be no surprise that we are also seeing the activity of the coin collecting community shift their priorities. With less disposable income we are seeing [...]
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As the Economy Goes, So Goes the Coin Market
Posted in Economy, coin condition, coin investments, collector investments, key date investments, knowledge is power, rare coin investment, tagged adams carter class 3 1804 silver dollar, As the Economy goes, bankruptcies, CAC, Certified Acceptance Corporation, coin collecting, coin collection, coin eye appeal, coin portfolio, down market, economic downturn, Economy, fresh coins, gold bullion, housing foreclosures, investment space, jittery economy, John Albanese, luster, market value, mint state grade, premium coins, proof grade, rare coin market, series rarity, silver bullion, So goes the coin market, strike, tight credit, true rarity, unemployment on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MORGAN DOLLAR COLLECTORS? CAN YOU, DO YOU WANT TO, ABSORB THE BINION HOARD IN THE UP COMING BOWERS & MERENA AUCTIONS?
Posted in Gammill Numismatics, Stand Alone Coins for Investments, coin investments, collector investments, internet auctions, key date investments, knowledge is power, numismatics, rare coin investment, tagged 2008 Collector’s Choice Auction, Binion Hoard, Bowers and Menera Auctions, Cartwheel, coin collecting, Coin Rolls, Common Date Morgan Dollars, key date morgan silver dollar, key date peace silver dollar, Morgan Dollar, Morgan Dollar Collectors, Morgan Dollar Hoard, Morgan Dollar Rolls, Morgan Silver Dollar, Peace Dollar, Peace Silver Dollar, Rare Coin Investments, telemarketers, TV coin shows, Vernon G Stwart Collection on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, August 22, 2008 Bowers and Merena Auctions will open their September 2008 Collector’s Choice Auction. The auction closes on September 17th. This auction will include the Vernon G Stewart Collection as well as material from the famous Binion Hoard. I have never seen so many rolls of common date coins of every denomination [...]
Civil War Tokens……The Rattlesnake Token
Posted in Gammill Numismatics, LLC, colonial flags, copper tokens, numismatics, tagged civil war history, civil war store cards, civil war tokens, coin collecting, colonial flags, copper tokens, copperheads, Gadsden flag, gammill civil war tokens, gammill coin collecting tokens, gammill token, gammill token collector, hoarding of copper coins, patriotic civil war tokens, rattlesnake flag, rattlesnake token, token collectors on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Civil War Tokens
THE RATTLESNAKE TOKEN!
Collecting Civil War tokens is an interesting pursuit just loaded with history of the Great War between the States. Regular issues of US coinage was hoarded during the Civil War and this dramatically restricted merchants ability to make small change. In response to this situation, many of the merchants had tokens made [...]
