Premiums High - 1906 Statesman Journal

Man holding a large gold coin surrounded by spectators

Increase in Prices has been 75 to 100 percent in a few Years

There are said to be four thousand Coin Collectors in the United States who are constanstly buying, even going to Europe for rare specimens.

"Premiums on old coins have advanced fro 75 to 100 perent during the last frew years," said an old coin dealer to a reporter for a Washington newspaper. "Any number of coins that could have been picked up for a small sum a short time ago now bring sums of up to 75 to 100 percent."