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Episode 179: CoinWeek Podcast #181: Nicholas Bruyer on Treasury Notes
August 22, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 67.7 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan talks with author Nicholas Bruyer on the subject of United States paper money and its multi-faceted role as a money of growth and of last resort. Charles also discusses Nicholas' new book, which offers readers a trove of information that will help illuminate not just the issue and circulation of Treasury Notes but also provide some context for the coins that circulated around the same period. The CoinWeek Podc...
Episode 178: CoinWeek Podcast #178: Podcasting About Ancient Coins with Aaron Berk and Mike Nottelmann
April 26, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan talks to Aaron Berk and Mike Nottelmann about their excellent Ancient Coin Podcast. Aaron is a noted antiquities dealer and expert in ancient coins. Mike is the longtime co-host of the Coin Show Podcast, is a specialist in U.S. coins, and with Aaron, takes the listener on a journey into the ancient coin collecting hobby from the perspective of a new collector. The resulting mix of expert and neophyte is relata...
Episode 177: CoinWeek Podcast #177: Tom Uram on Coins & Clubs
April 17, 2023 00:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is sponsored by PCGS. At the Central States Numismatic Society's Annual Convention, PCGS will be hosting a Set Registry Showdown. Two of the best collections - J&L and Escalante - will go head to head in this battle. Attendees will have the opportunity to view each collection and make their own judgment as to which is superior. Learn more about this unique event by visiting www.pcgs.com and plan to join the action in Schaumburg, Illinois starting April 26th!...
Episode 176: CoinWeek Podcast #176: Selling Coins with Donn Pearlman
March 16, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes - 39 MBFor more than 40 years, numismatist Donn Pearlman has worked with major dealers and market makers to bring broad public attention to the many amazing stories that unfold in the coin-collecting hobby. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Donn discusses some of the big projects he worked to promote, including the gold coins, ingots, and other treasure recovered from the SS Central America shipwreck site; the cans of gold coins of the Saddle Ridge Gold Coin Hoard; and the discover...
Episode 175: CoinWeek Podcast #175: United States Mint Chief Engraver Joe Menna
March 10, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 41.7 MBIn today’s episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, I talk to Joe Menna, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. Joe has devoted practically his whole life to art and now, as the main art director at the Mint, he gets to bring that lifetime of thought and devotion to bear on a task that is both an exciting personal opportunity and something bigger than himself: the creation of a national coinage that we can all be proud of. A task that Joe takes very much to heart. To a collector, there...
Episode 173: CoinWeek Podcast #173: My Time at the United States Mint: with David J. Ryder.
February 27, 2023 00:00 - 53 minutes - 39.4 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Editor Charles Morgan speaks to former United States Mint Director David J. Ryder. Absolutely nothing was off the table. Charles and David discuss Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's notorious trip to Fort Knox; whether we are struck with an "imperial" coinage; why eliminating the cent would me a mistake; how COVID-19 impacted the Mint's ability to meet the nation's coinage needs; whether the low mintage of the privy marked Eagles was a mistak...
Episode 174: CoinWeek Podcast #174: Coin Telemarketer Confidential
February 27, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes - 38.4 MBMobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan talks to Brian Bass, a coin dealer and a former telemarketer who lets us in on the tricks and high-pressure tactics that so-called “boiler rooms” use to sell overpriced coins to the unsuspecting. In this interview, you’ll get a rare insight into the shady side of the rare coin market...
Episode 172: CoinWeek Podcast: Episode #172. Fighting Counterfeit Coins
February 14, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes - 39.4 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Charles speaks to Dana Samuelson, Former President of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), and Doug Davis, Director of the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF), about the work the coin industry is undertaking to assist the United States Federal Government in fighting counterfeit coins. ACEF website - https://acefonline.org/ The Coinweek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The PCGS Members Only Show will be held from Wedne...
Episode 171: CoinWeek Podcast #171: The Spiritual Bank of Seth Paine
November 15, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutes - 22 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. To check out this quarter's PCGS grading specials, visit www.pcgs.com. This week on the CoinWeek Podcast- we are going to talk about The Spirit Bank of Chicago and its enigmatic founder Seth Paine. The Spirit Bank of Chicago was founded in 1852 when Free Banking rules allowed for an explosion in that industry. Paine’s bank was based on his deeply felt spiritual beliefs and it wasn’t long before it garnered the attention of foes that w...
Episode 170: CoinWeek Podcast #170: The Wreath Cent that went to Space
November 12, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. To take advantage of this quarter's grading special, visit www.pcgs.com. A 1793 Wreath Cent was sent to low earth orbit in 1965 and that begins an interesting story about the coin and the numismatic industry. CoinWeek editor tells the story of a coin that he found while surfing an obscure recent auction catalog in this week's episode of the CoinWeek Podcast.
Episode 169: CoinWeek Podcast #169: Collecting Strategies: $1 to $10,000.
November 03, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 14.9 MBCoinWeek editor Charles Morgan discusses collecting strategies for collectors seeking to spend $1, $10, $100, $1000, and $10000 per coin.
Episode 168: CoinWeek Podcast #168: Remembering David Lisot, CoinWeek Co-Founder
October 18, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 11.6 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. To take advantage of this quarter's grading specials visit this link: https://www.pcgs.com/ccspecial On this episode, Charles Morgan remembers CoinWeek co-founder David Lisot. David passed away this week and left behind a meaningful body of video that documented the past forty years of the numismatic hobby. Charles shares some of his stories of working with David at CoinWeek, how much David cared about the hobby and its practitioners...
Episode 166: CoinWeek Podcast #167: American Silver Eagle Musings
October 06, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 15.2 MBCoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan discusses the past eight years of the certified American Silver Eagle market. This episode is brought to you by PCGS.
Episode 165: CoinWeek Podcast #165: Mike Markowitz on Byzantine Coins
January 27, 2022 00:00 - 32 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week on the CoinWeek Podcast, Mike Markowitz sits down to discuss his favorite area of ancient coin collecting, Byzantine coins. The Byzantine Empire stood for more than a thousand years, falling on May 29, 1453 when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire. Historians call it the Byzantine Empire, but they called themselves Romans. Their coinage is often imbued with religious symbolism and the echoes of history that they contain within have inspired generations of collecto...
Episode 164: CoinWeek Podcast #164: Legend Rare Coin Auctions Regency 49 Sale Lot Preview with Greg Cohen
December 16, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 25.8 MBCoinWeek editor Charles Morgan invites Legend Rare Coin Auctions' Greg Cohen to discuss key offerings in the company's December Regency 49 Auction.
Episode 163: CoinWeek Podcast #163: Why #FreeCoinDay is Important for the Hobby
November 30, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 25.5 MBCharles Morgan and Rob Oberth have teamed up to promote December 18, 2021 as #FreeCoinDay. We are recruiting dealers across the country to participate and want the community's help to make this a big deal for the hobby. The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you PCGS.
Episode 162: CoinWeek Podcast #162: James McCartney: From Coins to Catalogs
July 26, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 105 MBToday we are joined by James McCartney, senior numismatist and consignment director at Stack’s Bowers. In this episode we talk about a side of the coin collecting market not experienced by most collectors. We talk about cataloging and what goes into that skill set. We talk about great coins that have passed through during his time with the firm. We also talk about what things that collectors can do to cross that gap between collector and professional numismatist. We also talk a litt...
Episode 161: CoinWeek Podcast #161: Let's Get Medieval: Mike Markowitz on Coins of the Middle Ages
July 07, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 55.3 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Check out PCGS’ new grading specials and take advantage of an exclusive offer to get a PCGS limited-edition 35th Anniversary Silver PCGS Box. You can also save money on Canadian banknote submissions and coin variety attributions. Visit pcgs.com/ccspecial to learn more. This Week, CoinWeek Ancients writer Mike Markowitz gets medieval. I’d say Medieval on that As- but Ases are Roman coins and not medieval… so I can’t say that. Moving on...
Episode 160: CoinWeek Podcast #160: Silver: America's Historical & Political Metal
June 21, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBSilver is a confounding, confusing, and controversial metal, whose continued use in American federal circulating coinage from 1794 to 1970 was the a central focus of competing visions of our economic system, a galvanizing topic for 19th century American Populists, and a metal whose role in American life is as confounding as it is sometimes maddening. In this Podcast, economist William Silber joins us to talk about Silver and how the white metal shaped America and the Modern World. B...
Episode 159: CoinWeek Podcast #159: The Infamous 1933 Double Eagle
May 27, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Before Sotheby’s brought the infamous Farouk 1933 Double EAgle $20 gold coin to market, they trusted PCGS to grade it. Maybe you should follow suit and trust PCGS to provide its unbiased expert opinions on your numismatic collectibles. Visit www.pcgs.com to become a PCGS Collectors Club member today and get 8 free grading submissions when you sign up at the platinum level. You know that the 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle $20 gold coi...
Episode 158: CoinWeek Podcast #158: Don Kagin, a Life in Numismatics
May 20, 2021 00:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Join PCGS at the PCGS Members Only Show, to be held May 26-28 at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. PCGS will offer on-site grading and a $125 walkthrough grading special. PCGS Representatives will be on-site and able to answer your questions, accept submissions including bulk- it’s a white-hot coin market- why are you sitting on those rolls of UNC. Morgan dollars- get them slabbed and get them sold. To learn more visit www.pcgs.com. This ...
Episode 157: CoinWeek Podcast #157: The History of Numismatics
May 03, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBThis episode of the CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The official grading company of the world-famous Tyrant Collection, perhaps the most expensive coin collection ever built. Where will the Tyrant Collection make its next appearance? A bird on my shoulder tells me perhaps the summer ANA. Earlier installations of the Tyrant coins have been breathtaking to behold. Will you come and see the collection for yourself? To learn more about PCGS current grading specials and progra...
Episode 156: CoinWeek Podcast #156: Money & Race: An American Story
April 28, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThis episode of the CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The print and digital version of the May-June issue of the PCGS Rare Coin Market Review is out now. Be sure to check out Dutch graphic designer Ootje Oxenaar’s excellent article about the art and application of banknote design. Plus an in-depth look at the 1921 Chapman Proof Morgan dollar, PCGS pricing, and more. Visit PCGS.com to register if you have not already! In the American story, some things aren’t negotiable. In...
Episode 155: CoinWeek Podcast: Ultra-Modern Coins Take Over
March 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBThis week on the coinweek podcast we are going to have a lively, interesting, and provocative conversation with Chang Bullock and Orlando Lorenzana of CIT, where we talk about how ultra-modern coins have taken over the contemporary coin market and how CIT’s innovations in color and coin minting technology are changing the game for private and sovereign mints. You cannot walk away from this podcast without learning something about the way minting has changed and we hope it will give ...
Episode 154: CoinWeek Podcast #154: Beware the Ides of March
March 15, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBWhile the particulars of the Roman calendar, with its demarcation of Nones, Ides, and Kalends, are now largely forgotten by those not ensconced in academia, one date, immortalized by a history changing bloody coup and popularized by a famous bard from Stratford-Upon-Avon, remains in the collective consciousness of most people - and carries with it an ominous warning, BEWARE! In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, CoinWeek Ancients writer Mike Markowitz lays down his Pugio and tel...
Episode 153: CoinWeek Podcast #153: Collecting Currency with Arthur Friedberg
March 12, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Charles Morgan and Chris Bulfinch talk to noted paper money expert Arthur Friedberg about the popularity of paper money collecting, how U.S. paper money designs would benefit from a complete overhaul, and how the Freidberg guide has changed the hobby forever. *** The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. PCGS has set a high bar for securing your great coins and paper money collectibles by announcing that all PCGS coin and banknote hold...
Episode 152: CoinWeek Podcast #152: Completing a DANSCO 7070
March 01, 2021 00:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBCharles Morgan and Chris Bulfinch start off this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast discussing the recent high price paid for a coin in a very early PCGS holder and issues surrounding the potential redesign of U.S. Currency. After that, Charles and Chris break down everything you need to know about completing the DANSCO 7070 coin album. The DANSCO 7070, also known as the United States Type album, collects one example of most major types of U.S. coins struck from 1800 onward. This was ...
Episode 151: CoinWeek Podcast #151: Collecting Modern U.S. Coins From Change
February 16, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBCharles Morgan and Chris Bulfinch start off this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast with a discussion of the quick sellout of the 2021-W American Silver Eagle Proof Coin (the one with the final Mercanti reverse) and talk about how the issue marks the end of an era for the world's most popular bullion coin. After that, Charles and Chris break down everything you need to know about putting together a collection of modern U.S. coins from change. Charles gives his tested strategies for be...
Episode 150: CoinWeek Podcast #150: How R.S. Yeoman Changed the Coin Collecting Hobby Forever
February 05, 2021 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this week's episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Charles Morgan talks to longtime Red Book editor Kenneth Bressett on the career and legacy of Red Book creator and coin board innovator R.S. Yeoman. Yeoman's ideas transformed the hobby from an academic pursuit to one with broad mainstream appeal. Whereas most numismatic books published before 1950 were printed in limited numbers, Yeoman's Red Book was an instant success and has gone on to sell tens of millions of copies and is updated...
Episode 149: CoinWeek Podcast #149: Collecting Coins with Bulfinch and Rossi
January 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBCoinWeek asked our two newest writers Chris Bulfinch and Tyler Rossi to sit down and discuss how their childhood friendship forged through their local scouting program sparked a lifelong love for numismatics. Bulfinch and Rossi have accomplished much as writers are part of an emerging generation of younger collectors and experts that will carry the hobby forward. This hour-long discussion gives you a seat at the table as Charles, Chris, and Tyler discuss their experiences with coi...
Episode 148: CoinWeek Podcast #148: How to Become a Professional Classical Numismatist
January 21, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBIn this week’s episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, CoinWeek’s very own ancient coin expert Mike Markowitz talks about what it takes to become a professional classical numismatist. How do you start? Where should you go? What should you study? What languages should you learn? (Spoiler alert: Latin might be one of them.) Mike passes on some advice he’s received from numerous dealers, numismatists, publishers, collectors and experts from around the world about just what a person needs to k...
Episode 147: CoinWeek Podcast #147: Numismatics Of the Trump Years
January 14, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBEvery Presidential administration brings has its own personality and influence on American policy. The Trump Administration did not fail to deliver in this regard. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, editor Charles Morgan is joined by CoinWeek staff writer Chris Bulfinch to discuss the main policies as they pertain to numismatics. In this episode, we discuss the new circulating commemorative coin programs, design changes to the American Silver Eagle, the ongoing coin shortage, ...
Episode 146: CoinWeek Podcast #146:
January 08, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBAfter a year-long public campaign to redesign the $20 bill, Obama Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that a portrait of Civil Rights pioneer Harriet Tubman would replace the long-serving portrait of controversial president Andrew Jackson as part of the government's observation of the centennial of Woman's Suffrage. The Trump administration took a different position and decided not follow through with the previous administration's plans. In 2021, Andrew Jackson remains on the $20 ...
Episode 237: CoinWeek Podcast #237: The Gold Standard in Kubrick's the Shining (with Rob Ager).
December 04, 2020 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBOk, ok, we are skipping ahead in our numbering sequence, but how could we resist? Numismatics can pop up anywhere and in this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we take a very unexpected turn and discuss one of several embedded symbolic themes of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s class horror film the Shining. The film the Shining is based on Stephen King’s horror novel of the same name but has a number of unique storytelling elements of its own. The horror novelist famously disapproved o...
Episode 145: CoinWeek Podcast #145: Ancient Coin Weights Standards
November 20, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBThis week on the CoinWeek podcast, ancient coin writer Mike Markowitz gives an informative talk about ancient coin standards and how this important knowledge helps modern collectors ascertain a coin’s authenticity. It’s a valuable talk for all of us trying to navigate a market rich in history and littered with potential fakes. The CoinWeek podcast is sponsored by PCGS, for more than 30 years, the standard in the rare coin grading industry. Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the End o...
CoinWeek: A Priceless Treasure Coin Comes to the Block
November 07, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBA beautiful 1713-J 8 Escudos Royal in MS66 will be sold this month at Daniel Frank Sedwick's 28th Treasure Auction. https://www.sedwickcoins.com/ta28/catalog.htm We talk to Dan about the coin, its impressive pedigree, and why in a world of crudely struck ingots and cobs, did such an intricately-crafted presentation coin get made. Learn about this important and burgeoning segment of the American coin market and maybe- take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. *** The ...
CoinWeek Podcast #143: Innovation Past, Present and Future: PCGS and NFC With Brett Charville
November 01, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBPCGS President Brett Charville is our guest in this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast. Brett Charville has become an innovative force in the rare coin industry since taking the position of president of PCGS. His tenure starting with a get back to basics approach at the grading service, with the company redoubling its efforts to provide dealers and collectors with great customer support and timely turn arounds at all grading tiers. The company continued to invest money in its over...
CoinWeek Podcast #142: A Challenge to Minnesota Coin Law
October 05, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBCoinWeek Podcast #142: A Challenge to Minnesota Coin Law
CoinWeek Podcast #141: Precious Metals in Antiquity
September 07, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBCoinWeek Ancient Coin Series expert Mike Markowitz returns this week for another solo podcast. In this episode, Mike takes a deep dive into the nitty-gritty of gold, silver, and other metals as they were used to make coins in antiquity. Full of the technical details aficionados want, the podcast is replete with a fascinating history and the odd tangent or two. The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS, the standard in rare coin grading. To learn more about PCGS' 50 Days of Su...
CoinWeek Podcast #139: Kevin Lipton on 1804 Dollars & Modern Coins
August 28, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBToday on the Coinweek Podcast, we talk to one of the rare coin industry’s most flamboyant and successful coin dealers, Kevin Lipton. Lipton has handled virtually every great coin the market has to offer over the course of the past fifty years and is never short of an opinion or insight into what is actually going on at the highest levels of the rare coin industry. We talk to Kevin about one of his all time favorite coins, the Dexter 1804 dollar, and dig deep into the ways the hobb...
CoinWeek Podcast #140: What Made Alexander Great?
August 03, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB“This is Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek… asking what made Alexander so Great?" With these words, ancient coin expert and CoinWeek Podcast guest host Mike Markowitz begins to spin an exciting and informative look at the life of Alexander the Great and what made him such a towering figure in ancient history. When Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BCE at the age of 32, his empire covered two million square miles and included an estimated 50 million people of many different languages, reli...
CoinWeek Podcast #138: Rare Coin Battle: The 1822 $5 Gold Coin vs. the 1870-S $3 Gold Coin
July 23, 2020 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBIt’s a battle of epic proportions. Today on the CoinWeek Podcast, noted gold coin expert and author Doug Winter and I will put two multi-million dollar coins head to head to find out which great American rarity comes out on top. Our competitors are the 1822 half eagle and the 1870-S three-dollar gold coin. Which of these coins will come out on top? You are about to find out next on the CoinWeek Podcast. *** This episode of the CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. PCGS is pr...
CoinWeek Podcast #137: Standing Up for Coins and Battling MOUs (with Peter Tompa)
July 18, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBToday on the CoinWeek Podcast we talk to Peter Tompa about the pending renewal of an MOU between the United States and the Republic of Italy that may pose a threat to the coin collecting hobby in the United States and abroad. MOUs, or Memorandums of Understandings, are agreements between governments that set guidelines for policies that are in the mutual interest. In the case of the recent MOU negotiations between the United States and Italy, restrictions relating to the export of c...
CoinWeek Podcast #136: Coins to Conserve a Monument
June 23, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBToday on the CoinWeek Podcast we are going to talk about a commemorative coin concept under consideration by the U.S. Congress. But before we get into that, let me tell you that the CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Speaking of Commemorative coins, exclusive PCGS 2020 Basketball Commemorative Coin labels and boxes are available. PCGS is the exclusive Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Coin Grading & Authentication Partner. Either submit your coins directly or buy...
CoinWeek Podcast: Colombian Treasures at Sedwick Auction
May 27, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBthe CoinWeek Podcast- brought to you by our good friends at PCGS. For more than 30 years, PCGS has been a trusted partner to the building of some of the greatest coin collections ever assembled. With their tamper evident and secure holder, PCGS has kept the timeless treasures of American and world numismatics safe and has evolved their product from the innovative rattler holder- remember that one - to the present day clear and secure holders that are now being augmented with advanced...
CoinWeek Podcast: The Coin Market Holds Its Own
May 21, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. PCGS is re-open and taking coin submissions. Submit your coins for expert grading. Visit www.pcgs.com to learn more. *** Charles Morgan talks to rare coin dealer Russ Augustin about the shape of the rare coin and physical precious metals market two months into the COVID-19 lockdown. Surprisingly, coins have realized strong prices in online auctions and dealer Russ Augustin thinks he knows why.
CoinWeek Podcast #133: Early U.S. Copper Planchets
April 14, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBI hope you are having a good week, this is CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan welcoming you to the CoinWeek Podcast- brought to you by our good friends at PCGS. For more than 30 years, PCGS has been a trusted partner to the building of some of the greatest coin collections ever assembled. With their tamper evident and secure holder, PCGS has kept the timeless treasures of American and world numismatics safe and has evolved their product from the innovative rattler holder- remember that o...
CoinWeek Podcast #132: The Gold Market in a Time of Crisis (with Kitco's Peter Hug)
April 08, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MBCharles Morgan interviews precious metals expert Peter Hug, Kitco's Director of Global Trading. Hug gives his valuable insights into the current status of gold refining and coin production, how the precious metals market is reacting to the current economic crisis caused by COVID-19, and why this market is behaving in ways both predictable and unforeseen. If you are a precious metals investor you will definitely want to hear what Peter has to say. *** Hi everybody, this is CoinWeek...
CoinWeek Podcast #131: Harvey Stack Reflects on Stack's at 57th Street
March 31, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. PCGS is happy to announce the latest hunt for modern numismatic rarities with the 2020 PCGS Quarter Quest just in time for the Great American Coin Hunt and National Coin Week. This program is designed to engage numismatists from around the country to cherrypick the elusive West Point minted quarters from circulation. PCGS graded 2019-W quarters were seen in auction with soaring prices with collectors taking to the PCGS Set Registry® t...
CoinWeek Podcast #130: Discussing the 100 Greatest Modern World Coins
March 18, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBCoinWeek editor Charles Morgan discusses the importance of 20th-century coinage and the selection process he and co-writer Hubert Walker used to select the 100 coins for their new book 100 Greatest Modern World Coins. The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. If you are like me and have a little downtime, you might want to get up to date about the latest prices, populations, and research about rare coins. Folks, PCGS CoinFacts has you covered. With a virtual library of high-q...