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2020 Auctions Yield $419 Million

It was the year of pandemic-related cancelled coin shows, but 2020 still resulted in one of the strongest U.S. rare coin and paper money markets in recent years, according to a year-end survey of major auction houses conducted by the Professional Numismatists Guild, a non-profit organization composed of many of the country’s top rare coin and paper money dealers.

Based on responses to a PNG questionnaire, the aggregate prices realized for U.S. rare coins sold at

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