Expert Columns

By Lianna Spurrier for CoinWeek .....   Ancient coinage developed in three primary, distinct traditions. We all know one of them: the Greek tradition of struck...

Commentary for Monday, June 3, 2016 (www.golddealer.com) By Ken Edwards and Richard Schwary of California Numismatic Investments Inc ......   Gold closed up $16.90 at $1,322.70 today. It’s...

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   Acclaimed coin and medal designer Joel Iskowitz -- one of the most prolific living American medallic artists - has...

Octavian. Gold Aureus (7.8g) minted at Rome, 32-31 BC By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......   Octavian was the son of Julius Caesar's niece...

By Charles Morgan for Coinweek .....   Hi Everybody, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan here. If you haven't heard, CoinWeek has published a new sister site dedicated to...

By Q. David Bowers - Co-founder, Stack's Bowers ......   This quiz is excerpted from Rare Coin Review #117, published in 1997. 1. This lady, the wife...

CoinWeek Podcast #116: The State of the Rare Coin Market (with Doug Winter) Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or...

By David W. Lange for Whitman Publishing ......   Like most numismatists of my generation, I discovered the hobby of collecting coins through the Lincoln cent...

By Charles Morgan for Coinweek .....   Hi Everybody, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan here. If you haven't heard, CoinWeek has published a new sister site dedicated to...

Gold Commentary for Thursday, May 23, 2019 (www.golddealer.com) By Richard Schwary of California Numismatic Investments Inc ......   Gold closed up $11.20 at $1,284.80 today. It was steady overnight...

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Confirmation one way or the other of the Trump Administration's plans for the Harriet Tubman $20 Federal Reserve Note...

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   On Thursday, May 9, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) acknowledged a typo on the new $50 polymer banknote....

CoinWeek Podcast #115: Harlan J. Berk on the 100 Greatest Ancient Coins Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe...

By Charles Morgan for Coinweek .....   Hi Everybody, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan here. If you haven't heard, CoinWeek has published a new sister site dedicated to...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, RUSSIA'S great rivers have served as trade routes, sending Baltic amber, luxury furs, beeswax, honey, and...

  Stack's Bowers co-founder Q. David Bowers sat down with us to discuss an important collection of 18th-century U.S. gold coins assembled by noted collector...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ......   A follow up to the 1927-S Liberty Standing Quarter article in this continuing series on deceptive...

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....   Building a great collection starts with purpose but can only truly be realized with years of patience and informed...

By Charles Morgan for Coinweek .....   Hi Everybody, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan here. If you haven't heard, CoinWeek has published a new sister site dedicated to...

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   On Wednesday, May 8, a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah returned...

Niobium Coin Article Originally By Louis Golino and Updated May 2019 by CoinWeek .....   The Austrian Mint is one of the world’s oldest mints with historical roots that...

By Coin Board News ......   In a very rare opportunity, vintage coin board collector and dealer David W. Lange has negotiated the purchase of more than...

 CoinWeek Podcast #114: Coin Shop Theft Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. On April 7, coin...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   WOW, how time flew. The only good thing about April, we saw a glimmer of activity at Central...

By Wayne Sayles – Ancient Coins Collecting Blog ......   The classification of cultures generally tracks along two interrelated lines: chronological and geographical. For centuries, collectors struggled...

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Earlier this month, a coin hoard dating to the late 13th and early 14th centuries was uncovered by a...

CoinWeek Podcast #113: Daniel Frank Sedwick Treasure Auction Preview Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. This...

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek .....   The Washington quarter has long been a staple of modern U.S. coin collecting, especially since it is one of...

 CoinWeek Podcast #112: The Great American Coin Hunt Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. CoinWeek editor...

Ancient Coins - ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BC. AR Stater. Sea turtle By Russell A. Augustin - AU Capital Management, LLC ......   Aegina is...