2021-02-04T09:49:43-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
For the first 20 or so years that NGC graded coins, any pieces submitted that were deemed unacceptable for certification were returned in a plastic sleeve. These became affectionately known as “body bags”. As the term indicates, receiving these was quite an [...]
2021-01-04T16:30:16-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Who is the fairest of them all? A strong argument can be made for a Prooflike Morgan Silver Dollar. There are few numismatic delicacies as aesthetically appealing as a deeply Prooflike silver dollar. These coins are simply stunning. Anyone who [...]
2020-12-23T09:29:37-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Last week, Heritage Auctions offered the Maurice Storck Collection that contained several interesting coins bought in person at the 1954 King Farouk Palace Sale. These coins had been off the market for decades and performed extremely well. Mr. Storck was a coin dealer at the [...]
2020-12-23T09:38:29-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Like everyone else, you are probably searching for holiday gift ideas to please that hard-to-buy-for friend or relative. Shopping this year is even more difficult, with most of your options limited to online shopping. As we bring 2020 to a [...]
2020-12-23T09:37:21-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Most major players in the rare coin market have been concerned about the COVID-19 crisis’s impact on the US economy. However, numismatics has been flourishing during these challenging times. With so many staying at home with extra time on their [...]
2020-12-23T09:34:33-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
During my tenure on the ANA Board of Governors, including my time as president from 2015 to 2017, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) has struggled to secure funding for its educational mission. Annual membership dues barely covered the cost of producing and shipping [...]
2020-12-23T09:28:54-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Next week, Heritage Auctions will be offering the Maurice Storck Collection. Storck was a coin dealer who was active starting in the 1950s and famously attended the King Farouk sale that was held in Cairo, Egypt in 1954. When he died last year at the age of 97, [...]
2020-12-23T09:27:42-05:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
US gold coins have been a fascination of mine since the start of my career in the 1970s. Back then, there was a high demand and a significant premium over gold spot prices for common date US gold coins. We [...]
2020-09-21T15:53:43-04:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Years ago, Charles Anderson, owner of Whitman Publishing, began a collection of US Pattern coins. The collection grew into one of the most complete ever assembled. That collection sold intact to the mega-collector Bob R. Simpson in 2007 for over $30 million — the [...]
2020-09-03T15:52:14-04:00By Jeff Garrett|Articles by Jeff Garrett|
Consider Collecting Colonial Coins A few weeks ago, NGC announced that it had recently certified hundreds of additional colonial coins from the extraordinary collection assembled by Donald G. Partrick. NGC had certified about 350 colonial coins from the collection in 2014, and [...]
