United States 1961 Lincoln Cent Proof
When the production of Proof coins resumed after an eight-year hiatus at the Philadelphia Mint ended in 1950, mintages initially remained quite limited. But...
United States 1923 Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle Gold Coin
The Saint-Gaudens $20 gold double eagle is one of the most famous of all American coin types, acclaimed as one of the most beautiful...
United States 1889-CC Morgan Dollar
Run mainly by United States Mint officials from the Republican Party, the Carson City Mint was shuttered by President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, in...
United States 1950-D Jefferson Nickel
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The Jefferson nickel debuted in 1938, replacing the Buffalo nickel in the 25th year of its production run. A design contest to commemorate Founding...
United States 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar
The United States silver dollar denomination was authorized by the Mint Act of April 2, 1792, but was not produced until the fall of...
United States 1979-P Susan B. Anthony Dollar
The Birth (and Death) of the Modern Small Dollar
Of all of the coins struck over the long career of the United States Mint, no...
The First Ancient Coins – Aegina’s Sea Turtle
Ancient Coins - ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BCE. AR Stater. Sea turtle
Ancient Coins Profiles by Russell A. Augustin - AU Capital Management,...
United States 1958 Washington Quarter
In the grand scheme of things, the recession of 1958, which has come to be known as the "Eisenhower Recession", was relatively minor. Even...
Coin Profiles – 1900 Lafayette Memorial Silver Dollar
Editors' Note: CoinWeek posted a multi-part article by David Provost on the 1900 Lafayette Dollar. Part I can be read here ....... and Part...
Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar
Overview
Julius Caesar
The Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar is still famous over 2,000 years after his death, though most people are probably more familiar...
United States 1865 Two Cent Piece
First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil War, the Two...
United States 1948 Franklin Half Dollar
First released in 1948, the Franklin half dollar was the last circulating U.S. denomination to adopt the portrait of a real individual, instead of...
United States 1937-D “3 Legged” Buffalo Nickel
The famous 1937-D “3 Legged” Buffalo nickel is one of the most important modern US coins and probably the most well-known type in the...
United States 1911-D Lincoln Cent
The Lincoln cent is the United States’ longest-serving coin. Its 1909 debut marked the centennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and its elegant sculptural design served as...
Ancient Coin Profiles: Byzantine Empire – Manuel I Aspron Trachy
Overview
In 1092 CE, the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus enacted sweeping coinage reforms. He stopped production of previous denominations and introduced five new ones:...
United States 2015 Blue Ridge Parkway National Park Quarter
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program debuted on the heels of the 50 State Quarters Program and its adjunct District of Columbia and Territories program.
Authorized by the America the Beautiful...
United States 1988-P Roosevelt Dime
Nine years after adopting the P mintmark, the Philadelphia Mint was on a roll. In fact, 1988 was the first year since 1967 that...
United States 1924 Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle Gold Coin
Acclaimed as one of the most beautiful and artistic numismatic designs ever realized in the United States, the Saint-Gaudens $20 gold double eagle is...
CoinWeek IQ: United States 1921-S Morgan Dollar Zerbe Proof
The Zerbe Proof 1921-S Morgan dollar is one of the rarest and most enigmatic issues of the Morgan dollar series. The Morgan dollar, known more...
United States 2000-D Sacagawea Golden Dollar
By 2000, the United States Mint was facing a dramatic upswing in the demand for circulating coinage. Consequently, the Denver Mint installed a series...
United States 1978-P Lincoln Cent
The Philadelphia Mint struck over 5.5 billion Lincoln cents in 1978, consuming 765,914.1 pounds or 157,583.8 metric tonnes of copper. It should be noted,...
United States 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar
The 2009 Abraham Lincoln commemorative silver dollar honors the 200-year anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. The United States Mint's authority to strike the...
United States 1884-S Morgan Dollar
By 1884, the San Francisco Mint was clearly run low on space to store millions of unneeded silver cartwheels. As a result, the 1884-S...
United States 1953-D Jefferson Nickel
The Denver Mint reconfigured its entire production floor in 1953 so that all manufacturing steps occurred in sequence and on the same floor of...
United States 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Gold Dollar
When the United States formally took possession of the Louisiana Territory on December 20, 1803, effectively doubling the size of the country, Napoleon was...
United States 1993-P Roosevelt Dime
1993 marked one of the last years in the 20th century that the Philadelphia Mint would strike less than one billion dimes. Included in...
United States 1892 Barber Quarter
Generations of Americans living through the second half of the 19th century had known only the Seated Liberty coinage. The motif was ubiquitous, entering...
United States 1925 Lincoln Cent
1925 represented a 31% drop in output from the previous year’s total production at the Philadelphia Mint. Despite producing a fraction of the previous...
United States 1926 American Independence Sesquicentennial Commemorative Quarter Eagle
Americans of the 1920s seemed so preoccupied with enjoying the present that celebrating the past was destined to take a back seat. Even so,...
United States 1939 Jefferson Nickel
The Jefferson nickel debuted in 1938, replacing the Buffalo nickel in the 25th year of its production run. A design contest to commemorate Founding...