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By Victor Bozarth for PCGS ......   Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * Some of the most iconic United States...

  This week, CoinWeek has a 1936-S Cincinnati Commemorative half dollar silver coin for you to grade. PCGS graded this coin and it features attractive toning. The...

  When considering whether to buy certified modern Proof coins instead of Proof coins in original government packaging, one must consider the long-term impact of...

  You voted for it, and now it's time for us to share our latest United States coin in our series of Guess the Grade...

By Dan Duncan – Pinnacle Rarities ......   There are many strategies for collecting the classic commemorative series. With 144 silver coins across 50 different issues,...

On January 10, 2023, the Numismatic Industry Coinage Advisory Committee (NICAC) released its first commemorative coin recommendations to the United States Congress. NICAC is...

Although the 1936 Elgin Centennial Half Dollar was conceived partly to commemorate the founding of Elgin, Illinois, this theme is not readily apparent when...

By Victor Bozarth for PCGS ......   While some recognize the 1848 CAL Quarter Eagle struck from California gold as the first United States commemorative coin,...

Editors' Note: CoinWeek posted a multi-part article by David Provost on the 1900 Lafayette Dollar. Part I can be read here ....... and Part...

By Louis Golino, special to CoinWeek .....   2022 was definitely a quieter year for U.S. Mint coins, especially compared to last year – a banner...

By Bullion Shark LLC ......   Former presidents have played a major role in our circulating coinage for over one hundred years, appearing on the obverses...

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...

When the United States formally took possession of the Louisiana Territory on December 20, 1803, effectively doubling the size of the country, Napoleon was...

By Heinz Tschachler .....   When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus first landing on...

Americans of the 1920s seemed so preoccupied with enjoying the present that celebrating the past was destined to take a back seat. Even so,...

Sunday Auction #1236 from David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is now live and features over 425 total lots - including 20 Vault Values and...

By Bullion Shark LLC ......   Two commemorative coin programs for 2024 recently passed the Senate and the United States House of Representatives on August 3...

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...

By Bullion Shark LLC ......   In 1982, the United States Mint commemorative coin program was revived after a long hiatus with the launch of the...

Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 - When you think of ways to honor your country, what do you think of?   For nations around the world, from...

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......   The year was 1982. Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was soaring across the silver screen, the futuristic EPCOT (Experimental...

GreatCollections is offering collectors the opportunity to bid on a number of pieces from the Gregg Bingham Collection. Since this collection contains several extreme...

It was the "War to End All Wars". When the United States entered the conflict on April 6, 1917, World War I had been raging...

By Q. David Bowers - Co-Founder, Stack's Bowers .....   If you've been following the coin market in recent years, then you might know that the...

A look at this often-underrated yet highly interesting series   By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......   For anyone looking for value when trying to...

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......   When it comes to commemorative coins, 1936 was one of the busiest years in United States Mint history. Some...

By David Provost for CoinWeek ..... Editor's Note: David Provost wrote the excellent Commemorative Stories series for CoinWeek. The following piece on the Mecklenburg Declaration...

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...

Sunday Auction #1217 from David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is now live and features over 550 total lots - including more than 20 Vault...

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...