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Market Blog - Written by Doug Winter on Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:11 - 2 Comments

Coins That I Never See With Good Eye Appeal Part Two: Quarter Eagles

In the first installment of this multi-part feature, I discussed some of the gold dollar issues that are rarely seen with good overall eye appeal. In this, the second part, I am going to look at quarter eagles that do not generally come with good eye appeal. Note that I said “good eye appeal.” This doesn’t mean that I’m focusing on the rarest dates in the series.   
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Articles - Written by Doug Winter on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:31 - 6 Comments

How to Get Started Collecting Early Gold

To my way of thinking, early gold coins (i.e., those struck prior to 1834) and among the most collectible and interesting areas in all of American numismatics. No, these coins aren’t cheap and they are, in reality, somewhat overvalued when you compare them to many mid-19th century Liberty Head issues. But there is a pride-of-ownership factor associated with owning a 200 year old gold coin that you get from nothing else. 1.   
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Market Blog - Written by Doug Winter on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 13:14 - 7 Comments

The Garrett 1808 Quarter Eagle

I handled some very interesting coins at this year’s Boston ANA show. One of the ones that I thought was the most interesting was the Garrett specimen of the 1808 quarter eagle; a coin that was both very rare from a numismatic standpoint and historic from the standpoint of its pedigree. The 1808 quarter eagle is a one-year type with a mintage of only 2,710.   
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Market Blog - Written by Doug Winter on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 13:35 - 1 Comment

Some “Secret” Varieties of Early U.S. Gold

There are a few relatively unknown but numismatically significant varieties of early United States gold coinage that I think are likely to be included in comprehensive collections of these issues as they become more popular with collectors. Here are a few of the “secret” varieties that I would suggest collectors be on the lookout for. 1798 Close Date and Wide Date Quarter Eagles.   
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Articles - Written by Doug Winter on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 16:50 - 1 Comment

The Ten Rarest Early Quarter Eagles

During 2009, I wrote a series of “ten rarest” articles on all the major denominations of Liberty Head gold coinage. These articles were well-received and I enjoyed producing them. It’s a logical progression to apply this topic to the early gold series. Except it’s not quite that easy. The eagle denomination is very short-lived (1795-1804) making a ten rarest study impractical.   
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Market Blog - Written by Doug Winter on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 15:09 - 0 Comments

The Rare and Undervalued 1826 Quarter Eagle

In my opinion, the 1826 is one of the rarest and most underrated early quarter eagles. Most every “fact” that is traditionally associated with this issue is incorrect. I recently purchased a lovely PCGS AU55 example (see the photo below) from the Bowers and Merena Baltimore auction acting as an agent for a collector who is attempting to put together a high quality date set of early quarter eagles.   
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