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2026 Morgan and Peace Reverse Proof Dollars Bring 1921’s Famous Silver Dollar Handoff Into...
Two Classic Silver Dollars Return With a 250th Anniversary Twist
The United States Mint will release the 2026 Morgan Silver Dollar Reverse Proof Coin and...
1927 Vermont Half Dollar: A Near-Perfect Wildcat Heads to Stack’s Bowers
A Wildcat, a Forgotten Battle, and a Near-Perfect Vermont Half Dollar
A superb 1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar graded MS-67+ by PCGS, with CAC approval...
1943/2-S Lincoln Cent: The Wartime Overdate No One Saw for 79 Years
The ONLY overdate in the entire 110+ year history of the Lincoln Cent series
A 1943/2-S Lincoln Cent certified MS-67 by PCGS will cross the...
The 13 Rare Lincoln Cent Double Dies that Collectors Chase
A Chronology of the Lincoln Cent Double Dies
Lincoln cents look familiar. That makes them powerful.
Collectors know the design. Families have jars full of them....
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...
