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1857-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle PCGS MS-65 Spiked Shield

1857-S Spiked Shield Double Eagle: A Gem Survivor of the S.S. Central America

This Gem 1857-S Double Eagle Survived a Hurricane and 131 Years Beneath the Atlantic Some rare coins survive history. Others seem to survive the impossible. This...
1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.

1889-CC Morgan Dollar: The King of Carson City Returns in CAC-Approved MS-63

Only 350,000 Were Made: This CAC 1889-CC Morgan Dollar Is a Carson City Legend Some Morgan dollars owe their fame to tiny mintages. Others owe...
2025-W 24 Karat Gold Sacagawea Dollar. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek.

The Incredible 2000 Sacagawea Dollars

By Jeff Garret Want to collect this series? Start with the remarkable group of inaugural 2000 issues and decide how far your budget can take you. The...

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Top 10 U.S. Coins That Tell the Story of America

Coins are more than metal, they’re artifacts of the nation's history. Each design reveals something about America’s identity, values, economic challenges, and changing societal...

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Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Obverse Die Cap Struck on 1C Planchet

Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Die Cap Struck on an Indian Head Cent Planchet By Mike Byers - Mint Error News I have handled more U.S....

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Ancient Coins

Big Beard: The Coinage of Constans II

The Byzantine Emperor Whose Beard Grew Across His Coins “As presented to us by the scanty records of his time, the man we are led...

World Coins

The Last Duke’s Silver Coin: Peter Biron and the 1780 Courland Thaler

The Last Duke’s Silver Coin Before Russia Took Courland By Lev Moiseev - Updated 8-12-26 A Small Baltic Duchy With an Outsized Story In the middle of...

Paper Money

The 1923 Lincoln Porthole $5 Silver Certificate: The Strange Story Behind an American Currency Classic

The $5 Bill With Lincoln in a “Porthole”, and the Treasury Secret Hidden for Decades Few American banknotes command attention as quickly as the 1923...

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CoinWeek Bullion Report: Gold Breaks $4,300 as Central Banks Buy and Hormuz Keeps Markets Guessing

Gold has rediscovered its momentum. However, the reason tells a bigger story than another week of rising bullion prices. Gold jumped more than 7% last...

Medals & Tokens

2026 Freedom 250 Race Medal: U.S. Mint’s IndyCar First

U.S. Mint Puts Washington’s First IndyCar Race on a Half Dollar Planchet For one weekend in August, Indy cars will thunder past the monuments of...

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Morgan and Peace Dollars Get a 250th-Anniversary Makeover: Enhanced Uncirculated Coins Launch August 25

Two of America’s most celebrated silver dollar designs return on August 25 with a distinctly 2026 twist. The 2026 Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars Enhanced...

Clubs & Orgs

Anthony Terranova Earns ANA’s Highest Honor as Eliasberg, Green Enter Numismatic Hall of Fame

The American Numismatic Association will honor three major figures in American numismatics during the 2026 World’s Fair of Money in Pittsburgh. Renowned early American coin...

Dealers & Industry

A Lifetime of Numismatic Rarities: Loring-Levin Collection Heads to Heritage’s 2027 FUN Auction

1792 Birch Cent, 1854-S Gold Headline the Loring-Levin Collection at Heritage FUN 2027 A collecting partnership that reaches deep into the history of American numismatics...

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11 Legendary 1933 Double Eagles Headline $100 Million Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

Eleven of America’s most notorious gold coins will come together in public for the first time this month. The United States Mint will bring all...

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Gem 1882 Liberty Head Double Eagle Proof at GreatCollections

By CoinWeek .... The coin collecting hobby experienced significant growth in the 1870s and 1880s, marking a notable expansion compared to earlier decades. This period...

Walking Liberty Half Dollar, 1916-1947 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Provisions of the Mint Act of 1890 stipulated that the United States Mint could introduce...

Jeff Garrett on Collecting American Gold Eagles

By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) …… Although this modern series can be demanding, there are strategies that can help collectors who are ready for the challenge. Next...

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Silver Medal Available July 14

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Silver Medal will be available for purchase directly from the United States Mint on July 14 at noon ET. Theodore...

Record Price for Rare Bitcoin Token at Stack’s Bowers Auction

Rare Bitcoin Token Sets World Record, Realizing $117,000 at Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ June Showcase Auction Sells for Nearly 1,000 Times Original Value of $120 A physical...

Exploring the Coins of Charlemagne – Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. The Roman system of coinage outlived the Roman Empire itself. Prices were still being quoted in silver denarii in the time of Charlemagne,...

Shield Nickel, With Rays (1866-1867) : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Introduced following the end of the Civil War, the Shield nickel was the nation's first five-cent piece with nickel metal content....

Peh Family Coins and Record-Setting Toele Dutch Banknotes Lift Heritage’s HKINF Auctions Above $15.2 Million

1906 Kuang-hsü Silver Restrike Specimen Pattern Tael leads coins event at $810,000; Netherlands Bank 100 Gulden Pick A6 sets record for any Dutch note...

Disgraced Coin Dealer Bob Higgins Sentenced to 65 Years in Prison

by CoinWeek... Robert L. "Bob" Higgins, 69, owner and operator of First State Depository, a precious metals storage facility in Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced on...

Classic Head Half Cent, 1809-1836 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Classic Head Half Cent represents a period of significant change for the United States...