What Was Lacking from Fairmont/"Hendricks": What We Have Learned from the Missing Pieces of the Puzzle

What Was Lacking from Fairmont/"Hendricks": What We Have Learned from the Missing Pieces of the Puzzle

The April 2022 Stack’s Bowers sale of the Fairmont/”Hendricks” set of Liberty Head half eagles, eagles, and double eagles has been analyzed by a number of numismatic sources…

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Why No Motto Philadelphia Half Eagles May be the Best Value in Today's Dated Gold Market

Why No Motto Philadelphia Half Eagles May be the Best Value in Today's Dated Gold Market

I have written these words before but I still feel that the No Motto Philadelphia half eagle date run, issued from 1840 through 1865, contains a number of under-appreciated issues. These issues clearly don’t include the 1862-1865 which are now in strong demand due to their Civil War issuance, but which do include nearly all the dates made between 1840 and 1861.

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