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1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar 3 Leaves PCGS VF-35 Offered by GreatCollections
America’s First Dollar Design Returns in GreatCollections Sale
GreatCollections is offering a 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar 3 Leaves, certified PCGS VF-35, to be...
America’s 250th Gets a Showstopper: 1921 Proof Double Eagle and Declaration Print Head to...
A legendary 1921 Proof Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle and rare early American artifacts from the Brian Hendelson Collection will anchor a major display at the...
1939 Jefferson Nickel Doubled Die Reverse: The Five-Cent Rarity Still Hiding in Plain Sight
A Rare 1939 Nickel With Naked-Eye Doubling Can Still Hide in Pocket Change
The 1939 Jefferson Nickel already gives collectors more to study than most...
CAC Coins Bring Huge Auction Premiums in May 2026
Why Collectors Paid More for CAC Coins in May
The number on the holder matters.
However, the coin inside the holder matters more.
That simple truth drove...
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 crossed the block...
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...
