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1849 $10 Mormon Gold

Dated 1849, Struck in 1848: The Mormon $10 Gold Coin That Nearly Disappeared

Only 46 Were Struck. Now One of the Finest Survivors Has a $2 Million Estimate and a Legendary Pedigree. The date says 1849. The mint...
1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type One and Type Two Designs - Photos by Heritage Auctions

The 1917 Quarter America Redesigned as It Entered World War I

Why Did the U.S. Mint Cover Liberty's Breast on the 1917 Quarter? The 1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type 1 holds one of the most intriguing...
The Panic of 1873 and the 1877 Indian Head Cent

The Penny America Didn’t Need: How the 1877 Indian Head Cent Became a $340,875...

America Had Millions of Unwanted Pennies. Then Came the Legendary 1877 Indian Head Cent In November 2023, a small bronze penny crossed the GreatCollections auction...

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Rare Coins Worth Money You Can Find in Pocket Change

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... What to Look for in Pocket Change and While Coin Roll Hunting Coin collectors often start with the simplest source...

Errors & Varieties

Check Your Mint Bags! Three Trump Dollar Missing-Clad-Layer Errors Now Reported

The Trump Dollar Error Hunt Is On: How Many More Are Hiding in Mint Bags? Two additional discoveries turn a rare Trump dollar mint error...

Ancient Coins

Ancient Caria: Where Empires Collided and Greek Cities Minted Their Own Identity

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek Gods, Empires, and a Boy's Tragic Dolphin: The Extraordinary Coins of Ancient Caria From tiny silver fractions to magnificent tetradrachms, the...

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Harold I Harefoot’s Silver Penny

An Affordable Rarity from England’s Most Uncertain Throne In the crowded landscape of medieval English coinage, few pieces balance historical importance, rarity, and accessibility as...

Paper Money

Five Dramatic Paper Money Errors You Can Find in Circulation

By CoinWeek IQ Paper money may look uniform and precise, but every note begins life as a physical object moving through massive, high-speed printing presses....

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Bullion

South Africa 2017 Silver Krugerrand : A Collector’s Guide

The 2017 Silver Krugerrand: How a Bullion Icon Entered a New Era By CoinWeek IQ In 2017, the South African Mint marked a milestone that few...

Medals & Tokens

209 Rare Treasures From the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Head to Heritage Auctions

209 Treasures From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Emerge From a 15-Year Collection More than 130 years after Chicago dazzled the world with its magnificent...

News and More

2026 Gettysburg Address Quarter Brings Lincoln’s Historic Words to America’s Pocket Change

From Gettysburg to Your Pocket: Lincoln's Historic Speech Inspires Final 2026 Quarter A speech that lasted barely two minutes has found a new home in...

Clubs & Orgs

The Artist Who Helped Shape Latvia’s Coins and the Historian Who Brings the Past to Life Earn ANA Awards

From Latvia's Coins to Forgotten Archives: Two Remarkable Careers Earn ANA's Awards Coins preserve history in ways that few other objects can. Their designs reflect...

Dealers & Industry

America at 250 in 10 Coins: Why the 2026 U.S. Mint Proof Set Is a Landmark Issue. On sale Oct 6th !

PlusThe cent is gone from circulation, so why is there a brand-new 2026-S Proof cent? The United States Mint will release a Proof Set on...

Coin Shows

Five 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Worth $7 Million Headline GACC Show

Five Legendary 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Bring a $7 Million Story to Rosemont For one year, the United States Mint struggled to turn Augustus Saint-Gaudens’...

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1886 Liberty Head Nickel : A Collector’s Guide

  By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. In 1886, the United States, under the presidency of Grover Cleveland, was a nation grappling with significant political, economic, and social...

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Presents a Fabulous Parade of Numismatic Treasures

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is proud to present their 2025 Global Showcase Rarities Night session on Wednesday, August 27. Since its inception in the 2011...

The 1916 Standing Liberty Returns: 2nd in the Best of the Mint Series

The journey to America’s 250th continues. Last month, the United States Mint kicked off the countdown to America’s Semiquincentennial with the announcement of the...

PCGS Launches Ancient Coin Grading, First to Offer Comprehensive Guarantee

Professional Coin Grading Service is unveiling the ancient coin encapsulation for submissions in Shanghai, China Professional Coin Grading Service has launched ancient coin grading services...

After Two Decades of Service, Tina Bellanca Retires From PNG

When dealers, collectors, or the general public contacted the southern California headquarters of the Professional Numismatists Guild during the past two decades, they likely...

Peripherally Incomplete Centered, Circular Brockages Warranted Investigation

by Mike Diamond for CoinWeek... When a coin (or other die-struck object) is struck into a blank disc of metal (planchet), the incuse, mirror-image design...

Sacagawea Dollar 25th Anniversary Marked by New Gold Coin

by Charles Morgan for CoinWeek... The United States Mint has marked the 25th anniversary of the Sacagawea Dollar's release by completing a long-delayed mission. The...

Exclusive Video: This California Gold Rush Gold Coin is Worth $500,000!

The Story of the 1854 Kellogg & Company $20 Gold Coin In the mid-1850s, a fever gripped the American West. The California Gold Rush was...

1854 Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Philadelphia Mint struck a total of 757,899 1854 Liberty Head Double Eagles. These coins can be categorized into two distinct...

1854 Liberty Seated Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Silver dollar coinage resumed in 1840 with the Liberty Seated design. For the first decade of the denomination's reintroduction, the Philadelphia...