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4 weeks ago | coinweek.com | Jim Bisognani

Gold spot has broken the $3,000-per-ounce threshold. Is this good for coin collectors? Jim asks numismatic experts to weigh in By Jim Bisognani – NGC Weekly Market Report ……   Well, my fellow coindexters, spring has officially sprung. In the event that you’ve been in radio silence for the two last weeks, you’ve missed quite the whirlwind of activity, and this time it isn’t courtesy of Mother Nature. All Eyes on the Yellow Metal Was March 13 going to herald that golden moment?

Jan 13, 2025 | coinweek.com | Jim Bisognani

Jim Bisognani’s Coin Year in Review – NGC Weekly Market Report ……   Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 * * * Well, the new year is here! Just thinking ahead — at the end of 2025, we’ll be a quarter of the way through an entirely new century. Wow, I’m getting old! It seems like only yesterday that there was a universal sigh of relief as the fearful anticipation of Y2K’s havoc across technology never came to fruition. Again, I’m getting old.

Dec 18, 2024 | coinweek.com | Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz with Charles Morgan for CoinWeek ….. Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel to his film Gladiator (2000), was released to nearly universal derision by classicists. Put bluntly, the history in the film is a hot mess. However, while few people go to the movies to learn ancient history, the appearance of another Hollywood sword-and-sandal epic may stimulate greater interest in the actual Roman rulers represented so inaccurately on the screen.

Dec 16, 2024 | coinweek.com | Jim Bisognani

Jim Bisognani’s Year in Review – NGC Weekly Market Report …… Winter has greeted us a bit early in these parts. We’ve been on the receiving end of two moderate snowstorms in the last week. Who in creation ordered this fluffy white nuisance? The answer is, of course, Mother Nature; in cahoots with Old Man Winter, she thought that we should have this early frozen delight.

Dec 9, 2024 | coinweek.com | Mike Byers

By Mike Byers for Mint Error News …… Issue 75 of Mint Error News Magazine is available online and features an extremely rare S-Mint Walking Liberty Half Dollar that was double struck with the second strike off-center. It is one of only three known Walking Liberty Half Dollars double struck at the San Francisco Mint. Published by coin dealer and error coin expert Mike Byers, the magazine brings the latest information to the collector.