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1916 Mercury Dime: America’s First Modern Dime Still Rewards Sharp Eyes
1916 Mercury Dime: The Common First-Year Coin With a Five-Figure Secret
The 1916 Mercury Dime looks modest at first glance but it is a small...
1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent: A Coin the Secret Service Thought Was Fake
The Secret Service Thought It Was A Fake
The 1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent stands among the most dramatic modern U.S. Mint errors. It also...
1891-CC Morgan Dollar: The Carson City Gem That Escaped the Treasury Vaults
Stack’s Marketplace Offers a PCGS MS-65+ CAC Carson City Morgan Dollar
The 1891-CC Morgan Silver Dollar tells a very different Carson City story.
At first glance,...
Gold Tests $4,000 as Silver Defends $60 in a Market Suddenly Ruled by Rates
Gold’s $4,000 Line in the Sand: Why Silver’s $60 Test Matters Too
Gold and silver entered Thursday’s session with a simple question on the tape.
Would...
Dennis Tucker Joins CSNS Board in Major Win for Collector Education
A Red Book Veteran Joins CSNS Leadership and Collectors Should Pay Attention
Award-winning numismatist Dennis Tucker has joined the Central States Numismatic Society Board of...
PNG Adds Dealer Day to November Baltimore Expo
Dealers Get a New Wholesale Trading Day Before Whitman’s Big November Show
The Professional Numismatists Guild will add a PNG Dealer Day to the November...
1867 Two-Cent Piece FS-101: The Civil War Motto Coin With a Dramatic Doubled Die
The Civil War Coin Error Hidden in Plain Sight: 1867 Two-Cent Double Die
The 1867 Two-Cent Piece FS-101 carries one of the most dramatic doubled...
1841 No Drapery Dime: The Two-Coin Proof Mystery Behind the Newman Specimen
The 1841 No Drapery Dime Mystery: A Two-Coin Proof Rarity With a Newman Pedigree
The 1841 Liberty Seated Dime No Drapery proof does not need...
The Lost 1870-S Mint Set: Inside the San Francisco Mint’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery
The Ghost Coins of 1870-S: How the San Francisco Mint Created a Numismatic Legend
In 1870, San Francisco officials lowered a copper casket into granite.
They...
1851 Silver Three-Cent Piece in MS-67: The Tiny Coin That Helped Save Small Change
The Tiny 1851 Silver Coin That Helped America Buy a Stamp
A Superb Gem 1851 Silver Three-Cent Silver certified MS-67 offers collectors far more than...
1792 Birch Cent: America’s First Cent Pattern
The $1.175 Million 1792 Birch Cent and the Mystery Washington Never Explained
The Bushnell-Parmelee-Jenks-Col. Green 1792 Birch Cent stands among the most important copper coins...
2026 U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set: The Only Uncirculated Lincoln Cents of America’s 250th...
The 2026 Mint Set Has a Sleeper: The Lincoln Cent No Longer Made for Circulation
The 2026 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set arrives with...
The Lydian Lion Trite: The First Official Coin and the Birth of Money
Before coinage, money had weight. Then Lydia gave it a face.
That face belonged to a roaring lion. It appeared on a small lump of...
1856 Flying Eagle Cent: The Pattern Penny That Changed American Coinage
The 1856 Flying Eagle Pattern Cent That Sold Congress on a New Coin
The 1856 Flying Eagle cent ranks among the most famous small cents...
1879-CC Morgan Dollar GSA Hoard: A Toned Carson City Rarity Heads to GreatCollections
The 1879-CC Morgan Dollar That Escaped the Vaults
GreatCollections is offering a toned 1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar from the famous GSA Hoard. The coin carries...
2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof Set Brings Liberty, Silver, and a Historic Lincoln Cent Together
Liberty Returns, Silver Shines, and the Lincoln Cent Enters a New Era
The United States Mint will open sales for the 2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof...
The 1916 Doubled Die Buffalo Nickel: The Five-Cent Rarity That Hid for 46 Years
The 1916 Doubled Die Buffalo Nickel: The Only DDO Five-Cent Rarity That Hid for 46 Years
The 1916 Doubled Die Buffalo Nickel has everything collectors...
U.S. Mint Launches Best of the Mint 1916 Mercury Dime Gold Coin and Silver...
America’s Mercury Dime Returns in Gold for the 250th Anniversary
The United States Mint has opened one of its most closely watched Semiquincentennial numismatic programs...
1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note: The “Horse Blanket” That Launched Modern Money
The 1914 “Horse Blanket” $20 That Launched Modern Money
A century ago, the American $20 bill looked nothing like the one in your wallet.
It was...
PCGS Turns 40 With Its Biggest Set Registry Awards Yet
Professional Coin Grading Service has raised the stakes for Set Registry collectors in 2026.
In celebration of the company’s 40th anniversary, PCGS has announced a...
