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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...
2025-W 24 Karat Gold Sacagawea Dollar. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek.

The Incredible 2000 Sacagawea Dollars

By Jeff Garret Want to collect this series? Start with the remarkable group of inaugural 2000 issues and decide how far your budget can take you. The...

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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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CoinWeek Bullion Report: Gold Breaks $4,300 as Central Banks Buy and Hormuz Keeps Markets Guessing

Gold has rediscovered its momentum. However, the reason tells a bigger story than another week of rising bullion prices. Gold jumped more than 7% last...

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...

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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...

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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The First American Quarter: How the 1796 Draped Bust Quarter Beat Jefferson’s Decimal Dream

America’s First Quarter Was Almost Never Meant to Exist Every quarter in America’s pocket has a strange ancestor. It did not begin as the neat product...

1916 Standing Liberty Quarter: The 52,000-Coin Masterpiece That Still Starts Arguments

The 52,000-Coin Legend That Changed U.S. Coinage The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter entered American commerce like a rumor. The Philadelphia Mint struck just 52,000 pieces...

Zoo Coinage of Gallienus: Coins From an Empire on the Brink

Rome’s Wildest Ancient Coins Were Minted During an Imperial Meltdown Rome did not fall in 260 CE. However, it came close enough to terrify anyone...

U.S. Mint’s Best of the Mint Series Turns to the Rare 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter

The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Returns in Gold for America’s 250th The United States Mint will launch the second release in its Best of the...

Unique Double-Struck 1820 Philippines Octavo: A Tiny Manila Copper With a Big Colonial Story

A Tiny 1820 Manila Copper Coin With a Huge Spanish Colonial Story An 1820 Philippines Octavo should not stop traffic. It measures only about 17...

ANA Offers Two Hands-On Coin Seminars Before Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

Counterfeits Are Getting Better. ANA’s Pittsburgh Seminars Show Collectors How to Fight Back The American Numismatic Association will give collectors a head start before the...

1792 Copper Disme: The First U.S. Coin May Have Been a Dime That Wasn’t a Dime

Did America’s First Coin Start in a Philadelphia Cellar? The 1792 Copper Disme does not look loud. It does not need to. It sits at the...

1968 No S Roosevelt Dime: The Tiny Proof Set Mistake That Created a Modern Rarity

,A Missing “S” Turned This 1968 Proof Dime Into a $22,800 Modern Rarity In 1968, the United States Mint sought to restore order to American...

World’s Heaviest Silver Coin: Texas Precious Metals Sets Guinness Record With 2,500-Ounce America 250 Coin

This 2,500-Ounce Silver Coin Just Set a Guinness World Record A new Guinness World Records title now belongs to a coin that most collectors could...

Sole Finest 1932-S Washington Quarter Could Ignite Heritage Summer FUN

The Only MS66+ 1932-S Quarter Is a Depression-Era Prize A great key date can define a coin series. However, a sole finest key date can...