The DWN Guide to Buying Rare US Gold Coins
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Here are some of the questions I ask myself when contemplating the purchase of literally each and every coin…
Read MoreFairmont Gold Pieces, Part IX: The Carson City Coins
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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…
Read MoreSteve Duckor: A Tribute
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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…
Read MoreThe Myth of the 'Permanent Underbidder'
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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…
Read MoreFairmont 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 MoreTale of the Tape 3: Battle of the 1841-O and 1859-O Eagles
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The concept is simple: we take two comparable coins and give them rigorous head-to-head comparisons…
Read MoreThe Annual DWN What's Hot / What's Not List: 2024 Edition
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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…
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.
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