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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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May 13, 2025

Collecting New Orleans Eagles

May 13, 2025/ Doug Winter
Collecting New Orleans Eagles

Here are a number of suggested collecting strategies for New Orleans eagles…

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June 20, 2024

So...You Want to Build an Exceptional Type Set of Early US Gold Coins...

June 20, 2024/ Doug Winter
So...You Want to Build an Exceptional Type Set of Early US Gold Coins...

When we refer to “early US gold coinage,” we are typically discussing American gold coins struck prior to 1835 in three denominations…

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December 08, 2023

DoubleEagleBook.com : The Online Guide to Type One Double Eagles

December 08, 2023/ Doug Winter
DoubleEagleBook.com : The Online Guide to Type One Double Eagles

You need a good reference and you need a good specialized dealer if you are beginning a Type One $20 set...

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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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March 11, 2022

A Dozen Undervalued Liberty Head Half Eagles

March 11, 2022/ Doug Winter
A Dozen Undervalued Liberty Head Half Eagles

Viewed as a whole, the long-lived Liberty Head half eagle series contains more “undervalued” issues than perhaps any other American gold coin type…

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January 28, 2022

How to Collect Coins in a Bull Market

January 28, 2022/ Doug Winter
How to Collect Coins in a Bull Market

If you are like most circa 2022 coin collectors, you’ve never experienced a true bull market…

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December 08, 2021

How Not to Get Ripped-Off When Buying Rare US Coins

December 08, 2021/ Doug Winter
How Not to Get Ripped-Off When Buying Rare US Coins

This series of blogs, to be published over the course of the nest few months, is a step-by-step guide to purchasing vintage United States gold coinage with relatively low risk…

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November 01, 2021

Three Boxes of 20

November 01, 2021/ Doug Winter
Three Boxes of 20

The Box of 20 isn’t for everyone. It takes an incredibly disciplined collector to stick to buying just 20 coins; especially if he is a coin weenie who not only likes coins but also enjoys the thrill of the hunt…

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May 24, 2021

Five Brief Takes: Early Gold

May 24, 2021/ Doug Winter
Five Brief Takes: Early Gold

As a dealer who handles more than his fair share of early gold, I’d like to share five brief observations which I have made relative to the current coin market…

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