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Just added over $25,000 in new numismatic listings to my eBay store. US and World coins, exonumia, world sets, and some bullion.
You will also find all numismatic books and literature on sale for 30% off. In addition, over 500 other listings are on sale through November. These items offer a 15% discount.
I invite everyone to visit my store and thank you for all of your past business.
Kenny
Click below to visit my store. I have also created a bargain bin category. In time, I will be adding hundreds of listings to this category.
Flagship Coins and Currency at 2018 Baltimore Whitman Spring Coin Show – Numismatics with Kenny
2018 American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar Young Numismatist Scholarship Auction Donation Request
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Coins From Various Dealers at 2018 Baltimore Whitman Spring Coin Show
2018 American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar YN (Young Numismatist) Scholarship Auction Donation Request
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Coin Chemistry: Surface Reactions-Elliot Hertzenberg – Wilmington Coin Club March 2018 Presentation.
2018 American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar YN Scholarship Auction Donation Request
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Thank you to all of my first 500 subscribers. To celebrate, here is a video about the Three Dollar Gold Piece.
This video focuses on the Three Dollar Gold Piece. The coin was designed by James B. Longacre, who also designed the Indian Head Cent and numerous other coins.
This series is especially rare – the highest mintage was in 1854, with only 138,618 coins struck. The lowest mintage was in 1881, with 500 coins struck. This is not including the unique 1870-S, which is part of the Bass Foundation Collection and can be seen in my video “Quarter Eagles and $3 Gold Pieces – Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection at the ANA Money Museum”. Needless to say, every date and mintmark combination in this series is classified as scarce or above.
The 1870-S Three Dollar Gold Piece is unique – there are no other ones in any collection. The coin was sold in a B&R auction in October of 1982 and sold for $687,500 in EF-40. Today, the Red Book estimates the price of the coin, in EF, to be about $6,000,000.
The denomination was minted from 1854 to 1889. They were struck at Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dahlonega, and New Orleans.
The coin was authorized for striking by the Act of February 21, 1853.
Here is a quote from the straight from the Red Book –
“Today, some numismatists theorize that the $3 denomination
Would have been useful for purchasing postage stamps of the day (with their face value of 3 cents) or for acquiring 100 silver three-cent pieces (“trimes”), which were also in circulation at the time.”
