Douglas Winter Numismatics
  • Home
  • Inventory
  • Desert Gold Part II
  • Desert Gold Part I
  • About DWN About Doug 2024 ANA Numismatist of the Year We're Buying Sales Tax Information FAQ
  • Dahlonega Book: 2023
  • Concierge Service
  • Market Blog
  • Articles
  • Doug's Books Coinapedia so you want to collect Coin of the Week
  • What Our Customers Say
Douglas Winter Numismatics
  • Home/
  • Inventory/
  • Desert Gold Part II/
  • Desert Gold Part I/
  • About/
    • About DWN
    • About Doug
    • 2024 ANA Numismatist of the Year
    • We're Buying
    • Sales Tax Information
    • FAQ
  • Dahlonega Book: 2023/
  • Concierge Service/
  • Market Blog/
  • Articles/
  • Education/
    • Doug's Books
    • Coinapedia
    • so you want to collect
    • Coin of the Week
  • What Our Customers Say/
Douglas Winter Numismatics

Coins with Character

Blog

Learn about buying, selling and collecting rare U.S. gold coins with Douglas Winter Numismatics and read related articles on this blog.

Douglas Winter Numismatics
  • Home/
  • Inventory/
  • Desert Gold Part II/
  • Desert Gold Part I/
  • About/
    • About DWN
    • About Doug
    • 2024 ANA Numismatist of the Year
    • We're Buying
    • Sales Tax Information
    • FAQ
  • Dahlonega Book: 2023/
  • Concierge Service/
  • Market Blog/
  • Articles/
  • Education/
    • Doug's Books
    • Coinapedia
    • so you want to collect
    • Coin of the Week
  • What Our Customers Say/
November 20, 2019

DWN Buys Very Rare 1838-O Half Dollar

November 20, 2019/ Doug Winter
DWN Buys Very Rare 1838-O Half Dollar

Douglas Winter Numismatics was the buyer of a very rare 1838-O half dollar graded SP63 by PCGS and approved by CAC. The coin sold for $504,000…

Read More
November 20, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Market Blog
New Orleans, New Orleans Mint, New Orleans coins, New Orleans half dollar, auction prices realized, coin collecting, coin collections, recently sold
November 08, 2019

Gold Coinage of the San Francisco Mint, Part Five: With Motto Half Eagles, 1866-1906

November 08, 2019/ Doug Winter
Gold Coinage of the San Francisco Mint, Part Five: With Motto Half Eagles, 1866-1906

The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added to the reverse of the half eagle in 1866 which created a second type of Liberty Head half eagle from San Francisco. A total of 39 issues are known…

Read More
November 08, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Articles
San Francisco, San Francisco gold, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco With Motto, San Francisco half eagles, half eagles, With Motto half eagle, coin collecting, coin collecting advice
November 06, 2019

Three Interesting Coins Sold by DWN

November 06, 2019/ Doug Winter
Three Interesting Coins Sold by DWN

There are always interesting coins coming and going from our offices and at DWN many of these never make the website…

Read More
November 06, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Market Blog
DWN Press, behind the scenes, recently sold, cool coins, rare gold coins, C. Bechtler, SSCA, early gold
October 09, 2019

So...You've Decided to Collect Early American Gold Coins...

October 09, 2019/ Doug Winter
So...You've Decided to Collect Early American Gold Coins...

The term “Early American Gold Coins” generally refers to the quarter eagles, half eagles and eagles produced at the Philadelphia mint between 1795 and 1834.

Read More
October 09, 2019/ Doug Winter/ 2 Comments
Articles
Coin collecting advice, coin collecting, Coin collecting strategy, coin collecting strategies, rare coin collecting, early gold, early US gold, education
October 09, 2019

One Bad Apple Don't Spoil The Whole Bunch

October 09, 2019/ Doug Winter
One Bad Apple Don't Spoil The Whole Bunch

Or Why One Bad Auction Result Shouldn't Take Down Price Levels on Specific Coins

Read More
October 09, 2019/ Doug Winter/ 1 Comment
Market Blog
auction prices, auction records, coin pricing, coin collecting, coin values
October 07, 2019

Dabbling in Territorial and Private Gold Coinage

October 07, 2019/ Doug Winter
Dabbling in Territorial and Private Gold Coinage

You may—or may not—have noticed that my firm has been far more active in selling Territorial gold coinage in the last year than in the past…

Read More
October 07, 2019/ Doug Winter/ 2 Comments
Market Blog
Territorial Gold, Private Gold, Territorials, Bechtler, C Bechtler, A Bechtler, Moffat, Moffat Humbert, US Assay Office, Wass Molitor, Kellogg, M, Mormon gold, Norris Gregg Norris, Clark Gruber
September 23, 2019

Gold Coinage of the San Francisco Mint, Part Four: No Motto Half Eagles, 1854-1866

September 23, 2019/ Doug Winter
Gold Coinage of the San Francisco Mint, Part Four: No Motto Half Eagles, 1854-1866

Production of half eagles began at the newly opened mint in 1854. Coins produced through the first part of 1866 lacked the motto IN GOD WE TRUST on the reverse.

Read More
September 23, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Articles
San Francisco half eagles, San Francisco gold coinage, San Francisco, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco gold coins, San Francisco no motto half eagles, No Motto, No Motto gold, No Motto half eagles, half eagles, coin collecting
September 18, 2019

Interesting Coins Sold by DWN in the Last 45 Days

September 18, 2019/ Doug Winter
Interesting Coins Sold by DWN in the Last 45 Days

At Douglas Winter Numismatics, we tend to keep things pretty under the radar. This means that many fantastic US gold coins never make it onto our website and often don’t even receive any publicity.

Read More
September 18, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Market Blog
DWN website, DWN sale, recently sold, cool coins, gol coins, coin collecting
September 06, 2019

Gold Coinage of the San Francisco Mint, Part Three: Three Dollar Gold Pieces, 1855-1870

September 06, 2019/ Doug Winter
Gold Coinage of the San Francisco Mint, Part Three: Three Dollar Gold Pieces, 1855-1870

Just five Three Dollar gold pieces were made at the San Francisco mint and this includes one issue—the 1870-S—which is unique.

Read More
September 06, 2019/ Doug Winter/ Comment
Articles
San Francisco gold coinage, San Francisco three dollars, San Francisco, San Francisco Mint, coin collecting, coin collections
  • Previous
  • Next
  • Home/
  • Inventory/
  • Desert Gold Part II/
  • Desert Gold Part I/
  • About/
    • About DWN
    • About Doug
    • 2024 ANA Numismatist of the Year
    • We're Buying
    • Sales Tax Information
    • FAQ
  • Dahlonega Book: 2023/
  • Concierge Service/
  • Market Blog/
  • Articles/
  • Education/
    • Doug's Books
    • Coinapedia
    • so you want to collect
    • Coin of the Week
  • What Our Customers Say/

Douglas Winter Numismatics

Search our Blog/Articles

 
FEATURED COINS
JUST ADDED - $1.00 - 1860 PCGS PR64CAM
JUST ADDED - $1.00 - 1860 PCGS PR64CAM
$12,500.00
ON HOLD- $1.00 - 1863 PCGS MS64 CAC
sold out
ON HOLD- $1.00 - 1863 PCGS MS64 CAC
$16,500.00
$2.50 - 1840-D NGC AU50
$2.50 - 1840-D NGC AU50
$13,950.00
$2.50 - 1913 CACG PR64
$2.50 - 1913 CACG PR64
$24,500.00
$3.00 - 1888 PCGS MS66 CAC
$3.00 - 1888 PCGS MS66 CAC
$28,000.00
$5.00 - 1820 Curl Base 2, Large Letters PCGS MS63
$5.00 - 1820 Curl Base 2, Large Letters PCGS MS63
$72,500.00
$5.00 - 1847-C PCGS MS61
$5.00 - 1847-C PCGS MS61
$14,500.00
JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1860-D NGC MS63
JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1860-D NGC MS63
$53,500.00
$5.00 - 1871 PCGS MS61
$5.00 - 1871 PCGS MS61
$21,500.00
JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1884-CC PCGS AU58 CAC
JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1884-CC PCGS AU58 CAC
$16,250.00
Thank you!

PO Box 4383 Portland, OR 97208 | 214.675.9897

Join the DWN Preferred Customer List
Name *
Thank you!

Privacy Policy

DWN collects all applicable sales taxes from HI, KY, ME, MN, MS, NV, NJ, NM, NY, TN, VT, WV, WI, DC.

© Douglas Winter Numismatics 2012-2024 | All Rights Reserved.

Photography by Jenna Van Valen. 
Site design by Sarah Moon.