The Boston Mint and the First Colonial Coins
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
How, as a trade-based colony belonging to the world’s greatest maritime empire, did the Massachusetts Bay Colony begin striking...
CAC to Stop Accepting Colonial Coins for Certification
By CoinWeek News Staff....
The Certified Acceptance Corporation, also known as CAC, has notified collectors that beginning January 1, 2015, it will no longer accept Colonial coins...
Eliasberg-Partrick 1787 Massachusetts Cent in C4 Session of Stack’s Bowers Baltimore Auction
By James McCartney, Numismatist & Cataloger - Stack's Bowers .....
Among the many highlights in our Early American Coins session at our November Baltimore Auction...
PCGS Paris Office Certifies 1776 Continental Dollar Found in Junk Box for 50 Cents
By Jay Turner for PCGS ......
Grading in the Paris office for PCGS is always a thrill. The submissions in Europe always trend to yielding...
NGC Releases Image Gallery, Video for Partrick Collection
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has updated its image gallery of the Donald G. Partrick Collection with more than 1,000 additional coins, tokens, and medals,...
CoinWeek IQ – Intro to Colonial State Copper Coinages
Colonial State Coppers by Lianna Spurrier for CoinWeek .....
Colonial coins and Federal issues are entirely different beasts, and when you’re first getting into colonials,...
Recently Discovered Finest Known “NE” Massachusetts Shilling Certified by NGC
The finest known "NE" Massachusetts Shilling, which was recently certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC), is part of a Morton and Eden sale this...
Stack’s Bowers Announces Sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection
One of the Most Significant Cabinets of the Modern Era
For three decades, Sydney F. Martin was a preeminent figure in American numismatics. He served...
Brasher Doubloon and New York Coppers in PCGS Exhibit at ANA
One of the legendary 1787 gold Brasher Doubloon and seven of the finest known 1780s New York colonial era copper coins will be displayed...
Eliasberg Noe-16 1652 Pine Tree Shilling Featured in Stack’s Bowers August 2019 ANA Auction
Pine Tree Shilling By James McCartney - Senior Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ......
Among the significant Early American coins featured in our August 2019 ANA Auction...
New York Copper Coins and Patterns in the Kendall Collection
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #270
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg...
Struck Counterfeit Coin of the Week: 1787 Massachusetts “4C” Half Cent + 1-Page Attribution...
By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) for CoinWeek .....
A comment I have heard in regards to these latest struck fakes is that...
ANA Signature Auction Features Great Coins in Fascinating Collections
The ANA World's Fair of Money is always one of the top numismatic events of the year, and, as always, Heritage is proud to...
Collecting Classic US Coins: Gem Circulated
Attractive coins can be found at all levels of the Sheldon scale
Much attention in numismatics is focused on quality. One of the most common...
Colonial Coins: Higley Coppers Auctioned Over the Last Ten Years
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #222
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg...
Uniface Fugio Copper Impressions in Gold Featured in Stack’s Bowers May 2019 Baltimore Auction
By James McCartney - Senior Numismatist, Stack's Bowers ........
Our May 2019 Baltimore Auction will feature an exceptional selection of United States colonial coinage, including...
Million Dollar New World Hoard Coming to Long Beach Expo
Over 2,000 coins from an impressive hoard of over 7,000 early 18th-century colonial coins, dubbed the New World Hoard, will greet visitors at the...
Unique Complete Nova Constellatio Set In Lipton’s ANA World’s Fair of Money Display
The only complete, four-denominations set of the USA’s first proposed coins, the 1783 Nova Constellatio patterns, along with the finest known 1792 Birch cent...
Stack’s Bowers Galleries to Present Sydney F. Martin Collection
Stack's Bowers Galleries has been selected to sell Sydney F. Martin's many remarkable numismatic collections at public auction over a several-year span, beginning in...
Horses and Torses: Collecting New Jersey Coppers as Illustrated by the E Pluribus Unum...
By Kyle Knapp for PCGS ......
The Stack’s Bowers Galleries sale of the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers in Baltimore in November...
Heritage Auctions – Seldom Seen Selections: Unique “The Wheele Goes Round” Higley Copper
Our upcoming August 13-20 ANA Signature Auction will feature a unique colonial coin: a Higley Copper with a wheel device and the legend THE...
Three Platinum Sessions Highlight Heritage FUN Signature Auction
Although Florida United Numismatists (FUN) canceled January's Expo in Orlando, Heritage's full slate of auctions change only in their date and location. Heritage will...
U.S. Colonial Coin Profile: Finest Certified Sommer Islands Small Portholes Sixpence
Known as the Bermuda Islands today, the Sommer Islands were uninhabited until discovered and eventually settled by means of a series of shipwrecks. The...
Language and the Successful Circulation of Money in the United States
By Jesse Kraft for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
Prior to the adoption of the United States dollar with the Mint Act of 1792, the...
Colonial Coin Highlights – Rare Noe 3-E Willow Tree Shilling, VF35
Willow Tree shillings are among the rarest Massachusetts silver pieces. The coins are believed to have been struck between 1653 and 1660, although some...
Heritage Auctions – Seldom Seen Selections: The Finest Certified Immunis Columbia Copper
The 1787 Immunis Columbia, with the Eagle reverse, is a mysterious issue that has puzzled numismatists since the earliest days of the hobby.
In The...
CoinWeek: Cool Coins! Episode 50 – Legendary Edition 4K
CoinWeek's Cool Coins! is back. In this special 50th Episode, we've lined up four of the industry's most respected and knowledgeable dealers to share...
Struck Counterfeit Coin of the Week: 1723 “Silver D:G REX Hibernia”
By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ......
This is my third article regarding counterfeit Colonial “coins” and is a rather significant find; it...
Higley Coppers: The Talking Coins of Connecticut
By Austin Andrews for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The written word enables coins—otherwise silent objects—to speak out, declare, and demand, sometimes on their own...
Coins – The Long Beach Auction, Just What the Doctor Ordered
Long Beach Auction sale presents unique opportunities: golden and otherwise
By Jim Bisognani for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......
In my youth, the winter was a...