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Liberty Head Half Eagle, No Motto (1839-1866) | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... In the late 1830s, United States Mint Director Robert M. Patterson had Engraver Christian Gobrecht update...
2024 American Gold Eagles Out May 2. Image: U.S. Mint / CoinWeek.

2024 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins Available May 2

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By CoinWeek ....   Product options for the 2024 American Gold Eagle Proof coin (collectible versions of the annual bullion coin) will be available for purchase...
Big Things Happened at the Mint in May.

Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in May

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By CoinWeek .....   Summer gets underway in May and for some Americans, this is a period of rest and relaxation. Not so for the United States...
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1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Proof coinage of the gold $5 half eagle denomination is reported in very low numbers...
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1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan, Hubert Walker, and Russell Augustin for CoinWeek Notes ..... Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Head design for the half eagle replaced the William Kneass...

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Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins

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On April 2, 2024, United States Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX24), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a technical correction...

Roman Household Gods on Coins

First Read: 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Third Edition

Coins of Justinian the Great

Jesus Christ on Ancient Coins

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

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By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

Some Practical Coin Grading Concepts for the Average Collector

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Budget Coin Collecting: How to Raise Money to Buy Better Coins

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Janina Żółtowska The first woman on this list, depicted on the Polish 2, 5, and 10 Zlote coins between 1932...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

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By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

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Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

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(n.) To say that a numismatic object--specifically a round object made of metal with designs engraved on two faces--is in medal alignment means that the...

The Sheldon Scale – How Coins Are Graded

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Coins Provide Key Evidence in Historic Origins of Judaism

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By David Hendin for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   All coin images in this post appear in Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins (6th Ed.) and...
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Gem CAC 1837 Seated Liberty Half Dime at GreatCollections

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Currently up for auction on GreatCollections.com is a nice example of an interesting transitional 19th-century U.S. silver coin. This MS 65 CAC-approved Small Date 1837...
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What Is a Bracteate? A Brief Explanation

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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... A product of the highly fragmented political and economic world of central, eastern, and northern Europe during the early...
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California Gold Rush Millionaire’s Brooch Among Sunken Treasure Artifacts in Auction

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On March 4 and 5, 2023, Holabird Western Americana Collections will conduct an auction of jewelry and other historic items recovered from the 1857...
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Ukraine Wins Coin of the Year

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Competition was tough for the Coin of the Year (COTY) competitors this year. The 10 category wins had numerous close calls in voting, with Canada,...
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Record 1855-S $3 Gold Coin Leads Heritage’s Long Beach Auction Above $14.5 Million

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Unique example from San Francisco Mint leads event at $2.16 million   A unique 1855-S Three Dollar Gold, PR64 Cameo, from the Bender Family Collection, Part...
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Artist Hanna Antonina Jelonek Receives ANS 2022 Saltus Award

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The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce that Polish sculptor Hanna Antonina Jelonek is the recipient of the Society’s prestigious 2022 J....
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Guess the Grade of This Early Copper 1835 Half Cent

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  In the latest video from CoinWeek, we put you up to the test against a chocolatey early American copper half cent dated 1835 and...
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CoinWeek Podcast #172: Fighting Counterfeit Coins

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  Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. * * * In this episode of...
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GreatCollections to Offer 1943 Quarter on Steel Cent Planchet

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An amazing error, a 1943 Washington Quarter Struck on a Steel Cent Planchet, is being offered for the first time in 80 years in...
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