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The 1942 Glass Cent Pattern: The WWII Penny That Almost Shattered in America’s Pocket

The WWII Penny Made of Glass: America’s Strangest Cent Pattern In 1942, the United States Mint faced a wartime problem that reached all the way...
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1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar: The Silver Coin That Marked San Francisco’s Comeback

The Half Dollar That Celebrated San Francisco’s Miraculous Comeback On April 18, 1906, San Francisco woke to disaster. A massive earthquake struck before dawn. Then fires...
Mysterious “E”, “L” Counterstamps on Capped Bust Quarters Intrigue Numismatists

Mysterious “E”, “L” Counterstamps on Capped Bust Quarters Intrigue Numismatists

The Tiny “E” and “L” Counterstanps That Turned Two Early U.S. Quarters Into a 140-Year Mystery By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ...... Originally based on reporting...

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Great CAC-pectations: Collecting U.S. Gold Coins by CAC Approval

CAC Gold Coins By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... The Impossible CAC Gold Set? Rare U.S. Gold Coins That Stop Even Elite Collectors A new type...

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The Only U.S. Gold Coin Struck on an Elliptical Planchet

The “Football-Shaped” Gold Eagle: A Unique U.S. Mint Error A unique 2023 $5 Gold Eagle mint error shows how one tiny failure in the blanking...

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Thrymsas: The Tiny Gold Coins That Launched Anglo-Saxon England’s Money

Before Pennies, England Had Thrymsas: Tiny Gold Coins With a Huge Backstory By Mike Markowitz After Rome’s power faded in western Europe, gold still spoke. Small gold...

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Ephraim Brasher Regulated Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis: EB Mark, ANS Fame, and $168,000 Result

The Ephraim Brasher regulated Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis ranks among the most important American-related gold coins of the post-Revolutionary era. It began life as...

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An Incredible Revolutionary War Discovery: The $7 Continental Currency Note with Taft Family Provenance

1776 $7 Continental Currency Note With Taft Family Provenance Links America’s Founding War to a Presidential Dynasty A newly certified 1776 $7 Continental Currency note...

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Maryland Restores Gold and Silver Tax Exemption After Dealer Backlash

Coin Dealers Win Stunning Reversal on Gold and Silver Tax By Sound Money Defense League Maryland has reversed one of the most controversial tax changes to...

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Indian Peace Medals: Important and Historic Collectibles

Indian Peace Medals: Russ Augustin Explores Rare U.S. History Video with Russell Augustin   Indian Peace Medals rank among the most historic objects in American numismatics. They...

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The Five Traits Behind Every Great Coin Collection

How to Build the Next Legendary Numismatic Cabinet By John Kraljevich - Rewritten for CoinWeek Great coin collections rarely begin with money alone. They begin with a...

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IAPN Congress in Rome: Coin Dealers Gather Where Ancient Money Once Moved the Empire

Coin Dealers Gather in Rome Where Nero’s Port Once Fed an Empire By Jeff Garrett The 2026 IAPN Congress in Rome gave the rare coin trade something...

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Only 7,500: U.S. Mint’s 2026-W Gold Eagle Brings Saint-Gaudens Liberty Into America’s 250th Year

The 7,500-Coin Gold Eagle Bringing Saint-Gaudens Liberty Into 2026 The United States Mint will open sales for one of its most important 2026 American Eagle...

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$20 Million Boston Expo Display Brings PCGS All-Time Finest Walking Liberty Half Dollar Set to Public View

The Finest Walking Liberty Half Dollar Set Ever Ranked by PCGS Heads to Boston Kelleher Auctions will bring a major $20 million collectibles exhibit to...

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Lincoln Cent Roll Searching: What I Found in a $25 Box of Pennies

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek.com ..... Searching through $25 in penny rolls still feels like a treasure hunt you can do from home. A standard...

1869 $10 Legal Tender Note: The Rainbow Jackass Note

Few pieces of American paper money command attention like the 1869 $10 Legal Tender Note. Standard catalogs list the type as Fr. 96 and...

Witter Coin to Hide $50,000 in Rare Coins Across San Francisco in Third Annual Scavenger Hunt

Witter Coin Third Annual Scavenger Hunt Witter Coin will send collectors and casual treasure hunters across San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, for its third...

Unique Bolivia 1942 50 Centavos Struck on a U.S. Wartime Nickel Planchet

The Bolivia 1942 50 Centavos struck on a U.S. wartime nickel planchet ranks among the most unusual discovery coins in modern numismatics. The Philadelphia...

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Rare Cyzicus Electrum Stater with Cabeirus at April 12th GreatCollections Sale

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The Coinage of Probus (276–282 CE)

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1909-S/Horizontal S Lincoln Cent: The Sideways Punch That Became a Small-Cent Legend

The 1909-S/Horizontal S Lincoln cent holds a special place in American numismatics. It combines first-year Lincoln cent appeal with a minting blunder that collectors...

Gold Bar Scam Crisis Escalates: $4 Million Loss Triggers Legal Action Against Bank and Brokerage

  The surge in gold bar scams has reached a dangerous new level. Now, a $4 million loss has triggered legal action against major financial...

ACEF Enhances 2026 Alan Kreuzer Award with Cash Stipends to Fight Counterfeiting

The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) has expanded its prestigious Alan Kreuzer Memorial Award for 2026. This year, recipients will receive cash stipends ranging from...