US Coins

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Called a trime in some Treasury Department records, the Three Cent Silver coin was the smallest ever issued by the United...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Mint Act of February 12, 1873, mandated a slight increase in the weight of the dime to 2.50 grams. Interestingly,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The United States Mint revived its dormant Proof program in 1936 and experienced steady growth in sales from 3,837 in...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1995-W Proof American Silver Eagle may be the most overhyped coin in all numismatics, but it is also the key...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The need for $10 gold eagles was low on the East Coast, so the Philadelphia...

The Draped Bust half dollar was introduced after only two years of production of the previous design. The simple portrait of Liberty on the...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Twenty Cent Piece (also called a Twenty Cent Coin) had one of the shortest...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Collector enthusiasm lifted demand for the 1990-S Proof American Silver Eagle to its highest sales figure since 1987. The United States...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1916-D Mercury dime is a scarce key date coin from the first year of issue of an iconic American coin...

By CoinWeek ....   Rolls and bags of the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar will be directly available to collectors for purchase from the United States Mint...