Numismatic Crime – $100,000 Worth of Coins Stolen at Starbucks
By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ......
Coins and Silver Seized in Arrest
The Police Department of Groveland, Florida is...
Understanding Lincoln Wheat Cents: Issues Worth $1 or Less
By Chris Bulfinch for CoinWeek .....
Lincoln Wheat cents turn up in pocket change, the effects of loved ones, and in rolls of cents tucked...
Numismatic Crime – Coins Stolen in Transit From FedEx, USPS
By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ......
Major FedEx Theft - Florida to California
The contents of a package being...
Pocket Change Finds: Washington Crossing the Delaware Quarter
By Chris Bulfinch for CoinWeek .....
With the close of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program earlier this year, a new, legislatively mandated quarter design...
10 Ways to Become a Better Coin Collector
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,...
United States 1933 Double Eagle $20 Gold Coin
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....
The 1933 double eagle $20 gold coin is one of American Numismatics' most notorious coins. Only...
First 2021 Morgan Dollars Sell Out in Minutes
By Chris Bulfinch for CoinWeek .....
2021 Morgan dollars with privy marks representing the New Orleans and Carson City Mints became unavailable almost immediately at...
Charles Morgan: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own
By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....
1794 Flowing Hair Cent (Head of 1794) in AU58 to MS63
The Flowing Hair cent was produced starting at the...
Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in the Month of April
By CoinWeek .....
Big things are always happening at the United States Mint, but the month of April sees the beginning and end of some very...
Q. David Bowers: Two Remarkable Finds of US Gold Coins
By Q. David Bowers - Co-Founder, Stack's Bowers .....
A Remarkable Find
In August of 1908, two boys named James McFarland and John May were swimming...
Numismatic Crime – Help Identify Suspects in Gold Coin Theft
By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ......
Suspects in Theft of Gold Kruerrands
The two females pictured above are responsible...
Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in March
By CoinWeek .....
One might think that as March takes its turn in the calendar's monthly procession that the business of the United States Mint might...
Dealers Mark December 18, 2021 as Free Coin Day & Encourage Collectors to Give...
By CoinWeek .....
Dealers from across the country are getting into the Christmas spirit by dropping silver dollars and gold coins into Salvation Army buckets...
Notable Notes: The “Lincoln Porthole” $5 Silver Certificate
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......
This installment of “Notable Notes” highlights one of the more popular 20th-century “Horse Blankets”, so named because of the...
Seated Liberty Dollars Are Much Rarer Than Morgan and Peace Dollars
By Bullion Shark LLC ......
Liberty Seated Dollars, designed by United States Mint Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht, were issued from 1840 to 1873 and were...
“Deadwood Collection” of Upright 5 Gold Dollars Comes to Market
After 24 years of research and competitive buying, collector Craig Krueger is ready to part with “The Deadwood Collection”
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By CoinWeek .....
Collector Craig...
The East India Company and Its Coins
The East India Company's classic coins included Gold Mohur, Silver Rupiya, Pagoda, Anna, Fanams and Cash
Four centuries ago ships set sail in search of...
When Dealing With Eisenhower Dollars, Grade Is Everything
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...
Jeff Garrett: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own
By Jeff Garrett for CoinWeek .....
When asked to write an article about 10 coins I would love to own, my thoughts immediately turned to...
Why Collectors Dream of Owning an 1894-S Barber Dime
By Blanchard & Company ......
Barber dimes were minted from 1892 through 1916 and struck at four different mints.
In 1894, however, the San Francisco Mint...
Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1922 No D Lincoln Cent
Counterfeit 1922 No D Lincoln cent
By Max Spiegel – Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ......
The 1922 No D Lincoln cent has long been popular with...
Privy Marks Take the Place of Coveted O and CC Mintmarks on Morgan Reissues
By Chris Bulfinch for CoinWeek .....
At noon on May 24, 2021, the United States Mint will release two .999 fine uncirculated silver dollar coins,...
Unusual Items: US Mint ‘Gold Disks’ Made for Oil Payments to Saudi Arabia
By CoinWeek .....
One of the things we find most exciting about reporting on the numismatic marketplace is coming across those things we either didn’t...
Collect This: The Fabulous Italian 500 Lire Silver Coin
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
In 1958, the Italian Mint in Rome began striking a silver coin that would come to be commonly called...
The Coinage of Aksum
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
FIVE DAYS MARCH inland from the Red Sea, on the hilly Tigray Plateau, stands the city of...
History Hidden in Plain Sight: Freemasons on United States Coins
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...
Big Things Have Happened at the United States Mint in January
By CoinWeek .....
The month of January sets the stage for the new year. Americans go back to work, the wheels of the financial markets...
Weapons on Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
ANCIENT GREEK ARMIES fought mainly with the spear. Roman legions fought mostly with the sword. Persians fought...
What Were the Odds? A Rare 1862 Seated Liberty Dollar in Mint State
By Greg Shishmanian .....
Last year a friend who’s been a coin dealer since the late 1970s shared a story about a shop he visited...
Foreign Coins Struck by the United States Mint: The Mint in World War II
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
As with during World War I, the United States Mint played a vital role in supporting the Allied powers...