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A 1945 Silver Threepence certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) realized £62,000 (almost $74,000 USD) -- more than double its presale estimate -- in a March 25 onlineonly auction presented by Baldwin's of St. James's. No live bidding was allowed due to the coronavirus situation.

The tiny silver coin, graded NGC MS 63, was found in an ordinary Whitman folder and brought to Baldwin's of St. James's in London in a plastic envelope, or flip. It is only the second example known to numismatists [...]

On Sunday, January 19th, thousands of collectors, dealers and professionals placed bids at GreatCollections (www.greatcollections.com), ignoring previous auction records and price guide values, to compete for perhaps the freshest collection of U.S. coins brought to market in over a decade.

The group of coins, almost 100 in total, were part of the "Ultimate Collection," put away by a single collector 25-30 years ago and not unearthed until late 2019 [...]

The NGC Registry (NGCcoin.com/Registry) continues to grow and now includes more than 15,000 participants, 135,000 sets and 1.1 million coins. NGC Registry participants, we thank you for sharing your collections with us and the world!

Each year, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGCcoin.com) recognizes the top collectors and collections in the NGC Registry. Ten winners were selected in each of our Best Classic Set and Best Modern Set categories along with five Best Presented Set winners, five Best New Set winners and six Custom Set winners [...]

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has now graded more than 45 million coins, becoming the first third-party coin grading service to achieve this important milestone.

NGC has led the industry for many years. In 2010, it became the first third-party grading service to reach 20 million coins graded. By 2018, that number had doubled to 40 million coins -- another milestone reached first by NGC [...]

Legend Rare Coin Auctions presented their 32nd Regency Auction, conducted as the official auction for the PCGS Members Show in New Orleans. Featuring over 630 lots, this auction included a separate session for silver dollars, held Wednesday, May 15, while type coins and gold were offered on Thursday, May 16.

Important collections were offered, including the Pug Collection, the Issaquah Estate, selections from the Vanderbilt Collection, the Wolverine Collection, the Northern Lights Collection of Proof Buffalo Nickels, and other very impressive properties from many different consignors [...]

The Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo gathered collectors from all over the country to Baltimore's Inner Harbor for the first of three exciting Expo auctions in 2019.

This event met with resounding success, with over $10.3 million in United States coins sold out of $21,035,520 in overall prices realized [...]

The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, writers, bloggers and content producers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals and tokens as collectibles, presented its annual awards for 2018 on Thursday, August 16, in Philadelphia. This year marked NLG's 50th anniversary.

To be eligible for consideration in any of the 2018 Numismatic Literary Guild award categories, entries must have been published, released, or posted on the Internet between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018 [...]

The United States Mint produced just over 3.57 billion coins for circulation in the first three months this year, marking their slowest first quarterly pace since 2014.

U.S. Mint data also offers mintages for Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore quarter, the first of five 2018-dated quarters with unique designs [...]

The Stack's Bowers and Ponterio bi-annual Hong Kong auctions are always highly anticipated and heavily attended. The firm's most recent April 2-5, 2018, auction was no exception, featuring the "Q. David Bowers/R.B. White" Collection of Chinese Copper Coins, as well as other major coin and currency rarities.

In total, the Stack's Bowers and Ponterio April 2018 Hong Kong auction realized in excess of $11 million [...]

Coin rarities will be in abundance at Heritage Auctions' April 25 to 28 sales events held in conjuction with the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) Convention in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Sale highlights include a proof specimen of the 1836 Classic Head Quarter Eagle, an extraordinary 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round Fifty Dollar Gold Piece, a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round Fifty Dollar Gold Piece, and a 1856-O Liberty Double Eagle [...]