DESERT MOON NUMISMATICS

Dahlonega Desertmoonnm.com Hi Folks,             Dahlonega.  A small town in Georgia that happened to have a branch mint from 1838 to 1861.  It was founded, along with the Charlotte mint to support mining operations in the Appalachian Mountains.  The Carolinas, Georgia and surrounding areas were having a gold rush in the 1830’s.  In those days it was a dangerous task to take your mined metals all the way to Philadelphia and it was a journey of many days.  So congress authoriz

Why Collect Coins in Old Holders Desertmoonnm.com Hi Folks, We are offering 5 fresh gold examples in Old Green Holders (OGH).  All 5 are Gen 3.1 Holders that were used from 1993 to 1998 by PCGS.  That means any coins preserved in them were put in these holders from 28 to 33 years ago.  Earlier OGHs and Rattlers were used from the beginning of PCGS in 1986 to 1993.  Coins in these holders, and also NGC’s Fatty’s, and ANACS small white Soap Box Holders, are highly collectible a

FUN Round #2   Desertmoonnm.com desertmoonnm@yahoo.com Hi Folks,             Happy Super Bowl Weekend!  Here is round #2 of the newps primarily from the FUN Show. We have 16 new and cool coins to offer here and please go to the inventory page to peruse them.  We still have quite a few to get on the site, and we will do that over the next month.  This will include several Cool Coin Showcases, and one Newsletter presenting a whole bunch of gold coins.  Please stay tuned for tha

FUN Show Recap   Desertmoonnm.com desertmoonnm@yahoo.com Hi Folks,             By now you have heard just how vibrant the FUN Show was.  The crowds were enormous, especially on Thursday and Friday.  Everyone was buying and selling, dealers and collectors alike.  Lucky for me I had a volunteer – Catbert from the PCGS Boards, helping me for most of the time.              I was there on Tuesday for the dealer wholesale event, where they had a room for dealer-to-dealer trading.