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1936 50C Delaware MS68 PCGS.

1936 Delaware Half Dollar: The Three-Date Coin That Sold for a Record Price

The U.S. Half Dollar With Three Dates, and a $19,200 Record Some coins tell their story with a portrait. Others rely on a famous battle,...
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...

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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...

Errors & Varieties

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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Crayola Silver Crayon Makes Colorful Debut at ANA 2026

Crayola Just Turned Its Iconic Blue Crayon Into 1.5 Ounces of Silver An American childhood icon has entered the precious metals market. Kevin Lipton Rare Coins...

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...

News and More

How the U.S. Mint Hardened and Tempered Coinage Dies

 Inside the 1877 U.S. Mint: How William Barber Kept Coin Dies From Breaking Every struck coin begins with controlled violence. A coining press forces two hardened...

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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1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar was struck to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of British Captain James Cook's discovery of the...

Liberty Head Nickel, With Cents (1883-1912) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Liberty Head Nickel Does Not Go According to Plan On February 1, 1883, after two...

CoinWeek Reader Shares His Two Cents 2025 Proof Set

by Charles Morgan for CoinWeek... CoinWeek reader Matthew Himes has shared an interesting packaging error. On May 27, he received a 2025 Proof Set from...

Spectacular 2001-D Lincoln Cent Error to Sell at GreatCollections

By CoinWeek .... Double denomination coins are error coins that feature mismatching dies intended for two different coin denominations. This type of error often results...

2013-W American Silver Eagle Enhanced Uncirculated : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 2013-W American Silver Eagle Enhanced Uncirculated coin is a special striking of the American Silver Eagle that the United States Mint...

1923 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1923 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold double eagle features one of the most famous of all American coin designs, arguably the...

1928-S Peace Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1928-S Peace Dollar is among the most common later-date Peace Dollars and one of the series’ major condition rarities. The...

Mint Mishaps : Four Quarters Show Trans-Strike Damage

by Mike Diamond for CoinWeek... Understanding Mechanical Damage A blank, planchet, or coin can suffer mechanical damage at many points during minting. The specific culprit responsible...

1980-S Lincoln Cent Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1980-S Lincoln Cent Proof is a special Proof striking of the Lincoln Memorial Cent that the United States Mint produced...

Paradime Coins To Offer Incredible Barber Dime Collection June 2nd

Paradime Coins Unveils The Jett Collection: A Landmark Offering of Elite Barber Dimes   Paradime Coins is proud to announce the public release of the Jett...