With all the excitement about the upcoming sale of the Battle Born collection circulating in numismatic publications, Stack’s Bowers Galleries extended a special invitation for Battle Born architect, Rusty Goe, to write as a guest columnist in the March 2, 2012 edition of the Stack's Bowers E-Newsletter.

Read more to view Rusty Goe’s latest article, “A Storybook Adventure in Collecting Carson City Coins.”

Milestones in life are few and far between, and they are always more wonderful when you’ve got a support group with which to share the excitement. This past Saturday, our friend and coworker Nicole Hoff graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health Sciences, with emphasis in Gerontology, from the University of Nevada, Reno. Congratulations, Nicole!

Check out this ad in your Reno Gazette Journal newspaper coming out on November 21, 2012!

With all of the events that have kept Rusty and Marie working long hours in 2012, the decision was made six weeks ago to curtail Halloween Dress Up day for the year. After devoting so many hours to the preparation of the Battle Born Collection catalog, the meetings in August, and all of the follow-up work that occurred post-auction, we didn’t feel it was fair to place the extra burden on Rusty and Marie to prepare for Halloween as they have in years past.

Nationwide, September 11 is known as a day of remembrance—a day where we honor the memory of all the lives that were touched and changed by the tragic events of 2001. Although we take part in this mass acknowledgement of one of the most devastating events to occur on United States soil, we also must take time to reflect on our own journeys since that date eleven years ago.

Can we do it all over again? That thought flashed through my mind as I traveled by plane from Philadelphia back to Reno, Nevada the day after Stack’s Bowers had conducted the Battle Born auction. An unparalleled complete 111-piece set of Carson City coins had just sold. I won’t see this happen again in my lifetime. I wanted to press the rewind button and go back to Thursday night August 9, 2012, at 6:00 o’clock in ballroom No. 109, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

At 6:00 p.m. on August 9, 2012, Stack’s Bowers Galleries began one of the most anticipated auction sessions ever—the sale of the Battle Born Collection of Carson City coins. The collection consisted of one example of each of the 111 different dates and denominations produced at the Carson City Mint, and it was only the second complete collection ever assembled. For more about the set and its compilation and history, please read the Reno Gazette Journal’s article, ‘Battle Born:’ Rare Carson Mint coins going to auction on Philadelphia stage.

The Reno Gazette Journal published a feature article in its Business section about the auction of the Battle Born Collection of Carson City coins, scheduled for August 9, 2012 in Philadelphia. Please read it and see how reporter Bill O’Driscoll captured the key points of this historic auction, and observed some irony as well.

Numismatists (students and collectors of all forms of money) estimate that 4.2 million coins stamped with a “CC” mintmark have survived from the late 19th century. The “CC” stands for Carson City, the capital of the state of Nevada, and at one time the home of a U.S. mint whose workers made coins. About 4 million of the surviving “CC” coins are silver dollars, called “Morgans” by hobbyists after the name of their designer, George T. Morgan. The other 200,000 “CC” coins are divided into 9 denominations, 6 in silver and 3 in gold. If one of the planet’s 7 billion people wanted a souvenir coin from the Carson City Mint, he or she would probably buy a Morgan silver dollar. The next most plentiful supply comes from the ten-cent denomination, with its population of 100,000 or so pieces.

Rusty Goe’s “CC” Coin Royalty article series in Coin World magazine has reached unsurpassed excitement from Carson City coin enthusiasts. The preceding three “CC” Royalty articles on the 1870-CC Double Eagle (the Queen), the 1876-CC Twenty-cent Piece (the Duke), and the 1873-CC Without Arrows Quarter (the Princess), have built a magnificent foundation for this paramount capstone article on the 1873-CC Without Arrows Dime—the Unique King of Carson City Coins. Read about it in the July 2, 2012 issue of Coin World.

To say May is a busy month here at Southgate Coins would be an understatement. Not only is it full of the usual deadlines and clients coming into the store, but this year has been buzzing with tireless work for Rusty regarding the historic Battle Born sale this coming August. But no matter how demanding it can get here, Rusty and Marie always make sure Maya and I feel appreciated. Read on for what big event took place this month.

This year, the Kentucky Derby fell on Cinco de Mayo, and once again proved to be full of surprises and unexpected finales. It’s an anticipated tradition every year at Southgate Coins, where big hats, bright outfits, beautiful horses, and delicious food are the main attraction. Read on for more about this year’s Kentucky Derby Day.