Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part IX: The Carson City Coins
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Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VIII: The No Motto Half Eagles - Survival Estimates
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The odds against survival for these coins were on the order of 250-to-1, which qualifies as improbable…
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part VII: An Attrition Model for the Fairmont No Motto Half Eagles
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In this article, I will put the estimation procedure to work providing input data for an attrition model for the Fairmont NM half eagles.
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part VI: The No Motto $5s - Time Series Analysis
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As of late 2024, the Fairmont Collection comprises more than 8,000 US gold coins, graded by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and bearing “The Fairmont Collection” pedigree on their holders…
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part V: Did the Künker Sale Coins Come from the Fairmont Hoard?
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On September 30, 2020, a striking set of 449 US gold coins was sold by the German auction firm Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG (“Kunker”) in Osnabrück, Germany…
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part IV: "Fairmonted"?
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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?”
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part III: The Ungraded Fairmonts
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Preparing a hoard of 400,000 gold coins for market is not simple…
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part II: The Non-Pedigreed Fairmonts
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I quickly realized that Fairmont coins have almost always been submitted to PCGS for certification and grading…
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part I: The Pedigreed Fairmonts
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