2026 First Half in Review

Boosibri · June 22, 2026 7:17PM

Its June 22nd and I have a few quiet nights away from the family so I thought I would do a summary of the first half of 2026. The highlights, the lowlights, the projects and the work in progress.

2026 thus far has been a very productive year. If the year ended today, it would be a great year.

Key coins added:
1819 Chile Portales Pattern

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1122499/the-1819-chilean-portales-pattern-peso

1881 Haiti Proof Gourde

1800-So CROLUS 8R

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1122214/1800-crolus-chilean-error

1811-P Colombia 8 Reales

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1123700/the-spanish-colonial-popayan-census-a-review-of-the-extant-population#latest

Chilean Patterns
I added group of Chilean patterns and trial pieces from the Henry Christensen estate via Heritage. These are rare and likely won;t show up again for decades.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1122718/the-christensen-estate

Projects undertaken or underway:
- The Portales Pattern census which was picked up by PCGS and became a blog
- The Popayan Portrait 8R census linked above
- Working on a refresh of the Krause catalog for Chilean patterns with images and unlisted coins
- Working on an article of the 1867 - 1868 Chilean patterns, their connection to Longacre, and new information on provenances, the gilt coins, local Chilean manufacturing and more.

Here's to a great back-half for all! Share your first half progress.

lermish · June 23, 2026 8:04AM

As always, a fun post to read, nicely done!

For World Coins, I have slowed down quite a bit but still had some fun additions in the first half of the year.

I finished my PCGS Asia Sample Slab set (which can be seen here)

I also added three fairly difficult chopmarked coins from the Ed Murphy collection.

And just yesterday I got this fun little modern as a gift from a friend:

neildrobertson · June 23, 2026 2:45PM

Those are great additions. It's been a slow year for me so far. I'm hoping for a better back half.

jgenn · June 23, 2026 9:10PM

On the flip side of collecting, I sold 114 out of 115 coins that I commissioned. One was a silver Spanish proclamation medal about 4R in size and the rest were 8Rs. I still have my core Carlos III pillars and portraits and my eclectic group of World Crowns.

coinkat · June 24, 2026 7:35AM

Excellent write up. Looking forward to reading the outcome for the year. I have already posted most noteworthy and even not so noteworthy additions in other posts.

Readers Digest Condensed version: I am having a good year exploring all areas of numismatics.

2026 First Half in Review

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