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If one commemorative coin is good, then two coins are twice as good--or so the reasoning goes with these often exploited issues. The Grant...

In 1919, Alabama celebrated the centennial of its admission into the Union as the nation's 22nd state. Two years later, the occasion was marked...

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   There are many different ways to try to explain and understand the precious metals markets. Some people focus on short-term...

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....   For better or worse, Whitman’s A Guidebook of United States Coins (the Red Book) is still the gold standard...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......   CoinWeek Content Partner   As a dealer who works with collectors who range in experience from total beginners to full-on experts,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   Walter Breen doesn’t mention it, and in A Guide Book of Washington and State Quarters (Whitman,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Don’t worry. This isn’t an essay on literary theory, or some nostalgic lament. Instead, we’d like...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   We pay attention to the news, so it follows that we pay attention to politics. After...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......   CoinWeek Content Partner   A few recent coin sales that were made by my firm have given me an idea for...

By Charles Morgan with Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   Anthony Swiatek and Walter Breen’s The Encyclopedia of United States Silver & Gold Commemorative Coins: 1892-1954 has always...

Ancient Coin Collecting by Joe Jaroch - Posted with Permission by AU Capital Management, LLC ......   Amassing a collection of ancient coins can seem like...

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......   CoinWeek Content Partner   I recently sold an interesting coin (details to follow) and the entire process, which was reasonably quick...

Your kids might know more about numismatics than you think   By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   People often talk about the importance of...

Rarity will always be a factor in rare coins, but the combination of rarity, quality and a great story is what makes a wonderful...

Reposted from the Original June 2007 CoinLink Article....   The 1894-S Barber dime has been the subject of numerous comments, accounts, catalogue descriptions, and articles. In...

U.S. Gold Coins with Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com CoinWeek Content Partner ......   I am often asked for ideas about which US gold coins to collect, especially...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   Today, we’d like to discuss building a truly remarkable 20th-century US Type set. Type sets enable you...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   According to some, the secretive fraternity of the Freemasons is elitist and anti-democratic. Still others have...

By Al Doyle for CoinWeek .....   With a lifespan of just 15 years (1948-63) and no high-priced key dates even in Mint State grades, the Franklin half dollar is...

From CoinWeek reported by Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker .........   On February 13, 2014, the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office filed a consumer protection lawsuit...

Donald Kagin, President, David McCarthy, Numismatist, Kagins, Inc., Interviewer: David Lisot, Coinweek.com........   It is the greatest buried treasure find in the history of the United States. The...

By Louis Golino, special for CoinWeek .....   Fortuna Redux Revisited Last year perhaps the most unusual and innovative world coin ever issued was made by the Mint of Poland...

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   Editor's Note: A complete rundown of designs considered by the CCAC are included at the bottom of this article. On April 8, the...

By David Provost for CoinWeek .....   Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ....   ON MARCH 27, 2014 the United States Mint released its first curved coins: five-dollar gold, one-dollar silver...

The Real Diehl is a weekly column by former United States Mint Director Philip N. Diehl, exclusively for CoinWeek ……….. This is the third in a series of articles in...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   STRONG, INTELLIGENT AND long-lived - yet surprisingly gentle - elephants have long exerted a powerful hold over...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #230 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg...

First Read, a CoinWeek continuing series of essays about classic and contemporary works of numismatic literature By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   American Gold and Platinum...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   FIVE DAYS MARCH inland from the Red Sea, on the hilly Tigray Plateau, stands the city of...