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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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May 13, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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New Orleans eagle, New Orleans eagles, New Orleands Gold, New Orleans gold coins, coin collecting ideas, coin collecting advice, collecting New Orleans gold
March 04, 2025

Heritage Sells the Mississippi Collection - and the Type One $20 Market Gets Recalibrated

March 04, 2025/ Doug Winter
Heritage Sells the Mississippi Collection - and the Type One $20 Market Gets Recalibrated

Would the market—which was already saturated with higher grade Type Ones from Fairmont and the 2025 FUN sale—be able to absorb these new coins?

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March 04, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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auction sales, auction prices, auction prices realized, Type One double eagles, coin values, coin market
February 26, 2025

The DWN Guide to Buying Rare US Gold Coins

February 26, 2025/ Doug Winter
The DWN Guide to Buying Rare US Gold Coins

Here are some of the questions I ask myself when contemplating the purchase of literally each and every coin…

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February 26, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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collector advice, collecting advice, US gold coins, how to collect gold coins, how to collect
February 24, 2025

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part IX: The Carson City Coins

February 24, 2025/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part IX: The Carson City Coins

Gold coins from the Carson City mint make up relatively small fractions of both the pedigreed and the non-pedigreed Fairmont coin populations. As of February, 2025…

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February 24, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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guest blog, guest blogger, Fairmont, Fairmont coins
February 17, 2025

Steve Duckor: A Tribute

February 17, 2025/ Doug Winter
Steve Duckor: A Tribute

Steve had a remarkable eye, and people realized that if a coin was worthy of a Duckor pedigree, it was clearly nice enough for their collection…

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February 17, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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Steve Duckor, Tribute, In Memory Of, coin collectors
January 22, 2025

The Myth of the 'Permanent Underbidder'

January 22, 2025/ Doug Winter
The Myth of the 'Permanent Underbidder'

An auction myth which needs to be dispelled is that an underbidder is always going to be interested in a coin he previously bid on…

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January 22, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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auction sales, auctions, bidding
January 09, 2025

Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VIII: The No Motto Half Eagles - Survival Estimates

January 09, 2025/ Doug Winter
Fairmont Gold Pieces, Part VIII: The No Motto Half Eagles - Survival Estimates

The odds against survival for these coins were on the order of 250-to-1, which qualifies as improbable…

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January 09, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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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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January 07, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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tale of the tape, coin battle, boxing match, eagles, gold eagles, New Orleans gold
January 06, 2025

The Annual DWN What's Hot / What's Not List: 2024 Edition

January 06, 2025/ Doug Winter
The Annual DWN What's Hot / What's Not List: 2024 Edition

As I have pointed out at the beginning of each of these end-of-the-year rambles, the coin market is not one size fits all…

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January 06, 2025/ Doug Winter/ Comment
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