Sept. 9, 2024—We’re gonna need more Port! Last night’s Great Collections auction of Part 2 of the VDB Collection was full of some real surprises, most of them pleasant. The auction started off with a bang of one of our “trophy coins,” a gorgeous 1909-S VDB MS66BN PCGS with CAC approval, which brought $6,075 plus […]
Intermezzo: Part 2 Auction of the VDB Collection Read More »
Sept. 4, 2024—We have sufficiently recovered (and sobered up) to be able to reprise the first partial sale of our Toned Wheat Cents Registry Sets (1909–1958) at Great Collections. We did quite a bit of marketing for the sale in advance, and made sure to let several longtime collector-dealer aficionados of toned Lincolns know of
Well, That Was Fun … Part 1 of the VDB Coins Toned Wheat Cents Auction Read More »
Carl “always had a sweet spot for Lincolns, especially the ones with color.”
Carl J. Unger and the ‘Abe’s Coloring Book’ Toned Lincoln Cent Registry Set Read More »
I took an Early Bird dealer pass for all three days (technically four, but I started home early Sunday). It was great to see so many old friends and meet many new ones. Sorry in advance for anyone I omit here. Colonel Ellsworth and Gary Adkins organizers, Liz and Miles Coggan, Derek Lilly and Mr.
IMEX Show Report, Nashville, Oct 26–29 Read More »
Active Gold Market. We just returned from the finely produced and organized Georgia Numismatic Association show, always an enjoyable time at the Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, Georgia, and an excellent chance to put our finger once again on the pulse of the marketplace. It was an interesting time as gold had recently (and once
Gold Type, Key Dates Active at GNA Show, April 2023 Read More »
February 19, 2021 What Is an 1856 Mint Set? We recently did a little video on Instagram regarding this topic and thought it would make a good blog post, with a bit more expanded detail. We love writing and coins anyway, and these posts give us a chance to do two of our favorite things
April 15, 2020 What Do Chess and Numismatics Have In Common? So far we have missed two coin shows due to the Covid-19 crisis, but Staying In is certainly the right approach. It is much, much too early to consider anything close to “back to normal,” despite the Bloviator in Chief’s massive recent windstorms. But
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October 26, 2019 A. One of them makes a profit. Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. We know some talented numismatists who are quite successful coin dealers as well. And we grudgingly admit that we like to turn a few bucks as well. But we are in this as much for the
Q. What’s the Difference in a Coin Dealer and a Numismatist? Read More »
Or, what the heck is a type, anyway? Sept. 17, 2019 At VDBCoins.com we have always loved (and always will) Lincoln cents. This is due not only to our long history with coins, like so many collectors Of A Certain Age filling up the two little blue Whitman folders with pennies plucked from circulation—but also
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Sept. 1, 2019 A paean to toned copper Fans of copper/bronze coins will recognize the familiar PCGS/NGC shorthand grade designations for Red, Red and Brown, and Brown, applied most frequently to Mint State and proof large (and half) cents, Indian cents, and Lincoln cents to date. But what do they really mean? Surprisingly little, it
