Availability of New Orleans Double Eagles in MS62 and Higher Grade with CAC Approval
/I’d say that as of October 2021, locating a CAC approved New Orleans double eagle in PCGS/CAC MS62 or MS63 is virtually impossible…
Read MoreSo...You've Decided to Collect Liberty Head Double Eagles...
/The decision to collect this series should not be made lightly as Liberty Head double eagles have the distinction as being among the most difficult and longest-lived series in all of 19th/early 20th century American numismatics.
Read MoreThe 12 Greatest Type One Double Eagles
/Type One Liberty Head eagles were made for circulation from 1850 through 1866…
Read MoreHow Rare Are Non-Shipwreck Gem Type One Double Eagles? An Update from 2016
/When the number of properly graded non-shipwreck MS65 Type One double eagles from both grading services is combined, the total is likely to remain less than 20 for some time to come…
Read MoreIs It Still Possible to Put Together A Nice Set of New Orleans Double Eagles?
/Let’s say an upscale collector makes a decision to put together a complete 13-coin set of New Orleans double eagles. Putting monetary concerns aside, is it possible in 2018 to even bother to attempt this project?
Read MoreSo...You've Decided to Collect Type Two $20 Liberty Head Double Eagles...
/Type Two double eagles are not as popular as their Type One and Type Three counterparts. The reasons for this are not exactly clear, as Type Two issues are very collectable as this article will show.
Read MoreSix Liberty Head Gold Issues Which Have Been "Ruined" by the Grading Services
/The powers that be at PCGS and NGC have never sat down and said “let’s deliberately ruin such and such issue by misattributing them or miscalculating them.” Unfortunately, this is exactly what they have done on a number of important U.S. gold coins. I have selected six. There are more, but these examples are egregious enough to merit discussion.
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