‘Tis the season

Sign-ups will begin for the annual club Christmas / Holiday party at the October 18 meeting. The party will be held at 5 p.m., Marlow’s Tavern (1317 Dunwoody Village Parkway, Suite 102, Dunwoody), Sunday, December 14. This is the same restaurant the party was at as last year. Like last year, you can order anything off the menu, … Read more

World record set with $1.645M purchase

Douglas Winter Numismatics recently set a world auction record for a Liberty Head double eagle and for any Liberty Head gold coin by purchasing a PCGS MS61 example of the excessively rare 1861 Paquet Reverse $20.00 for $1,645,000. The coin was purchased out of the just-concluded Heritage 2014 ANA Platinum Night sale where it was … Read more

Annual gold and silver contest underway

What will be the spot price of silver and gold bullion on Friday, November 28, 2014? Your guess is as good as the next person’s guess. The New York spot price of silver and gold bullion as reported by Kitco at the close of business on Friday, November 28, 2014 will be the contest’s prices … Read more

“Play in the dirt again”

Jim Braun’s house in Atlanta was built in 1941. He was moving several plants in his front yard that had been there for many years. As Jim was removing the plants, a bright shiny object in the soil caught his attention. Jim picked up the object removing the dirt on it to discover it was a 1943 Winged … Read more