US Coins

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...

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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...

World Coins

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...

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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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Recent News & Articles

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...

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....

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...

Before the Buffalo Nickel Existed, James Earle Fraser Made These Remarkable 1912 Electrotrials

The United States Mint struck the first Buffalo nickels, but James Earle Fraser had to sell Treasury officials on an idea. His solution did not...

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...

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...

Only 35 Known: The 1890 $100 ‘Watermelon’ Note Returns to Auction

America’s Legendary $100 “Watermelon” Note Some great American currency earned fame through artistry. Other notes became famous through rarity. The 1890 $100 Watermelon Treasury Note...

1919 Lincoln Cent PCGS MS69 RD (CAC) – The Finest Wheat Cent Ever Certified

A remarkable 1919 Lincoln Wheat Cent graded PCGS MS-69 RD with a CAC green sticker appeared at auction through GreatCollections on August 30th, 2026....

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...

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...