January 21, 2015 – SARASOTA, Fla.—Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) graders have discovered two distinct edge varieties of 2015 $5 One-Tenth Ounce Gold Eagles: “Wide Reeds” and “Narrow Reeds.” The “Wide Reeds” variant displays the standard size edge reeding seen on prior years’ One-Tenth Ounce Gold Eagles. The second style, called “Narrow Reeds” by NGC, has […]
NGC has certified the first two reported Narrow Reeds examples, submitted by a collector in North Carolina. NGC announced in late January that it had identified two distinct edge varieties of 2015 $5 One-Tenth Ounce Gold Eagles, coins with wide and narrow reeds. The variety called “Wide Reeds” is the standard reed-style used in previous […]
by Ken Potter – NLG How did it happen? Read on… I was invited to what was dubbed a “VIP Tour” of the Philadelphia Mint that year. The group of us (all numismatic journalists) were allowed to bring in one coin each, to ask a question about. One of them was about the 1998 “Phantom […]
In The News… Coin courtesy of Bill Abernathy/Image © Ken Potter 2015 Images courtesy of Bill Abernethy August 26, 2015—Bill Abernethy, who was first to report finding a major Rotated Die error on a 2015-W U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary $5 proof gold piece back in July, has had it certified and graded by Professional […]
In The News… Images courtesy of NGC August 14, 2015—Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of Sarasota, FL, has graded its first 2015-W American Liberty High Relief $100 mint error, and it’s a major one. An NGC grader identified a 2015-W American Liberty High Relief $100 with a “medallic alignment” mint error, which is caused when one die […]
Photo © Ken Potter 2006 Q: I have a 1999-W $5.00 Gold 1/10th Eagle that was struck by the Mint with an Uncirculated Matte Finish instead of the intended Proof finish for the West Point issue. Is this an error or variety? Also, why is it referred to by the grading service as struck with […]
