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Learn about buying, selling and collecting rare U.S. gold coins with Douglas Winter Numismatics and read related articles on this blog.

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January 09, 2025

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VIII: The No Motto Half Eagles - Survival Estimates

January 09, 2025/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VIII: The No Motto Half Eagles - Survival Estimates

The odds against survival for these coins were on the order of 250-to-1, which qualifies as improbable…

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December 20, 2024

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VII: An Attrition Model for the Fairmont No Motto Half Eagles

December 20, 2024/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VII: An Attrition Model for the Fairmont No Motto Half Eagles

In this article, I will put the estimation procedure to work providing input data for an attrition model for the Fairmont NM half eagles.

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December 20, 2024/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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February 16, 2024

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part IV: "Fairmonted"?

February 16, 2024/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part IV: "Fairmonted"?

After reading a draft for one of my blog pieces, Doug suggested: “How about writing one on which Type 1 $20s were most heavily Fairmonted?”

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February 06, 2024

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part III: The Ungraded Fairmonts

February 06, 2024/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part III: The Ungraded Fairmonts

Preparing a hoard of 400,000 gold coins for market is not simple…

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January 03, 2024

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part II: The Non-Pedigreed Fairmonts

January 03, 2024/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part II: The Non-Pedigreed Fairmonts

I quickly realized that Fairmont coins have almost always been submitted to PCGS for certification and grading…

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December 27, 2023

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part I: The Pedigreed Fairmonts

December 27, 2023/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part I: The Pedigreed Fairmonts

Due to its sequential marketing and the secrecy shrouding its source and content, our knowledge of the Fairmont Collection continues to evolve as its serial sale continues…

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November 21, 2023

Five Random Observations About the Most Recent Fairmont Sale (November, 2023)

November 21, 2023/ Doug Winter
Five Random Observations About the Most Recent Fairmont Sale (November, 2023)

Here are five random observations about the rare date gold market which are based on prices realized at the auction…

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April 20, 2023

Fairmont 5Peat: An Analysis of Auction Prices

April 20, 2023/ Doug Winter
Fairmont 5Peat: An Analysis of Auction Prices

I decided to pick a random but varied group of 19th century issues from the five Fairmont sales and analyze prices realized…

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November 21, 2022

Has the Market Begun to Undervalue Fairmont Coins?

November 21, 2022/ Doug Winter
Has the Market Begun to Undervalue Fairmont Coins?

The dispersal of the Fairmont Hoard began in 2018…

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