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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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Una and the Lion Coin Sells for $1 Million

By CoinWeek... On May 20, 2025, the first auction of the Traveller Collection in Zürich saw an exceptionally rare "Una and the Lion" pattern coin...

2009 Lincoln Cent – Formative Years : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 2009 Lincoln Formative Years Cent is the second of the four circulating commemorative Lincoln Bicentennial Cent designs that the...

2008-P Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coin : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .... The 2008-P Martin Van Buren Presidential Dollar is a one-dollar coin struck at the Philadelphia Mint...

Indian Head Cent, Copper-Nickel (1860-1864) : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Indian Head Cent, created by United States Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre, debuted in 1859. The Flying Eagle Cent...

U.S. Mint Orders Final Penny Blanks, Signals 2025 as the Last Year for the Cent

By CoinWeek... The AP reports that the United States Mint has placed its final order for penny blanks, marking what appears to be the end...

Watch: Rick Tomaska Discusses the World’s Finest 1950 Proof Franklin Half Dollar

You'd be forgiven if you have never seen a Proof 69 Cameo 1950 Franklin Half Dollar Proof because, up until now, no one has...

1950 Franklin Half Dollar Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Franklin Half Dollar type replaced the Liberty Walking design of Adolph Weinman in 1948....

Peace Dollar, 1922-1935 : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... A New Dollar for a New Era of Peace Morgan Dollars were minted from 1878 through...

1994-P Washington Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Throughout the 1990s, the hair detail of the Washington Quarter became increasingly garish as the United States Mint made a series...

Former ANA President David Ganz Has Died

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek …. After a long battle with Parkinson's, Former President of the American Numismatic Association David Ganz passed away at 73. Ganz was an accomplished...