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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 07, 2025

Tale of the Tape 3: Battle of the 1841-O and 1859-O Eagles

January 07, 2025/ Doug Winter
Tale of the Tape 3: Battle of the 1841-O and 1859-O Eagles

The concept is simple: we take two comparable coins and give them rigorous head-to-head comparisons…

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tale of the tape, coin battle, boxing match, eagles, gold eagles, New Orleans gold
August 28, 2024

The State of the Southern Gold Market, Summer 2024

August 28, 2024/ Doug Winter
The State of the Southern Gold Market, Summer 2024

The Great Southern Gold Draught of 2023-2024 finally came to an end in August, 2024...

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August 28, 2024/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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auction sales, auction prices, auction prices realized, auction results, auction reviews, auctions, ANA, Stack's Bowers ANA auction, southern gold, New Orleans gold, Dahlonega gold
September 21, 2023

Assembling a Non-Specialized Set of New Orleans Gold Coins

September 21, 2023/ Doug Winter
Assembling a Non-Specialized Set of New Orleans Gold Coins

Isn’t a “non-specialized” set of a specialized area such as New Orleans gold a contradiction?

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New Orleans, New Orleans gold, coin collecting, coin collections, coin collecting ideas, coin collecting advice, coin sets, gold coin sets
June 09, 2023

A Post-Fairmont Date-by-Date Analysis of No Motto New Orleans Eagles

June 09, 2023/ Doug Winter
A Post-Fairmont Date-by-Date Analysis of No Motto New Orleans Eagles

Thanks to the Fairmont Hoard, No Motto eagles have seen the greatest number of changes of all the major types of New Orleans gold when it comes to Condition Census coins…

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March 27, 2023

It's Time to Rewrite the Price Guides for Nice Southern Gold Coinage (At Least Half Eagles)

March 27, 2023/ Doug Winter
It's Time to Rewrite the Price Guides for Nice Southern Gold Coinage (At Least Half Eagles)

I’m going to focus on the Southern gold half eagles which were offered for sale on March 23rd…

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March 27, 2023/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
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January 17, 2023

DWN Sells Rare Uncirculated 1850-O $20.00

January 17, 2023/ Doug Winter
DWN Sells Rare Uncirculated 1850-O $20.00

Douglas Winter Numismatics recently sold one of the few known Uncirulated 1850-O double eagles…

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April 20, 2020

The 12 Greatest New Orleans Gold Coins

April 20, 2020/ Doug Winter
The 12 Greatest New Orleans Gold Coins

As the first segment in what will be a multi-part series, I’m going to focus on the 12 greatest coins from the New Orleans mint…

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January 04, 2019

So...You've Decided to Assemble (A Set Of) New Orleans Liberty Head Half Eagles...

January 04, 2019/ Doug Winter
So...You've Decided to Assemble (A Set Of) New Orleans Liberty Head Half Eagles...

The New Orleans mint produced Liberty Head half eagles from 1840 through 1857 and again from 1892 through 1894. There were a total of 16 different issues constituting three distinct types.

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So You've Decided to Collect, New Orleans Liberty Head half eagles, New Orleans half eagles, Liberty Head half eagles, Liberty Head gold, coin collecting advice, coin collection, New Orleans, New Orleans gold, New Orleans half eagle
September 24, 2018

Five Undervalued (and Reasonably Affordable) New Orleans Gold Coins

September 24, 2018/ Doug Winter
Five Undervalued (and Reasonably Affordable) New Orleans Gold Coins

To celebrate the publication of my new book on New Orleans gold coinage I am going to feature a series of interesting blogs which touch on various aspects of these issues…

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FEATURED COINS
$1.00 - 1860 PCGS PR64CAM
$1.00 - 1860 PCGS PR64CAM
$12,500.00
$2.50 - 1840-D NGC AU50
$2.50 - 1840-D NGC AU50
$13,950.00
ON HOLD - $3.00 - 1888 PCGS MS66 CAC
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ON HOLD - $3.00 - 1888 PCGS MS66 CAC
$28,000.00
ON HOLD - $5.00 - 1806 Knobbed 6, 7x6 Stars, PCGS AU58 CAC
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ON HOLD - $5.00 - 1806 Knobbed 6, 7x6 Stars, PCGS AU58 CAC
$20,000.00
$5.00 - 1839-C PCGS AU50
$5.00 - 1839-C PCGS AU50
$19,500.00
$5.00 - 1847-C PCGS MS61
$5.00 - 1847-C PCGS MS61
$14,500.00
$5.00 - 1860-D NGC MS63
$5.00 - 1860-D NGC MS63
$53,500.00
ON HOLD - $5.00 - 1870-CC PCGS EF45+ CAC, ex Fairmont
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ON HOLD - $5.00 - 1870-CC PCGS EF45+ CAC, ex Fairmont
$122,500.00
$10.00 - 1847 PCGS MS61
$10.00 - 1847 PCGS MS61
$5,500.00
$10.00 - 1852-O PCGS MS60
$10.00 - 1852-O PCGS MS60
$85,000.00
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