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Election Season Is Heating Up. Is Your Portfolio Ready?

If you live in a state with a contested Congressional race, you’ve probably been hearing nonstop political commercials. They are hard to ignore. Whichever party ends up controlling Congress, the outcome could shape the policy environment for the next two years. Continued Republican control could mean more continuity with the policies we see today. Or,...

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The $5 Bechtler Gold Coin: A Rare Survivor of America’s First Gold Rush in North Carolina

Before California, there was North Carolina. Decades before the 1848 gold rush that defined an era, the American South was already deep in a gold boom, and a German immigrant named Christopher Bechtler was meeting a need the federal government had ignored. His family’s private mint in Rutherfordton turned raw miners’ gold into reliable coinage...

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First Day of Issue Coins: What the Label Really Means for Collectors and Investors

Third-party grading services have built a lucrative business around early release labels, and First Day of Issue is among the most recognized. The premise sounds compelling: a coin certified on the very first day it became available, presumably more exclusive than coins submitted later. In reality, the label documents something much simpler. It certifies that...

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