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1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   A steady stream of sojourners arrived at California's gold fields in 1852, hoping to claim their share of the new state's...
1951 Washington Quarter Proof. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1951 Washington Quarter Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1951 Washington Quarter Proof was sold as part of the 1951 Proof Set. The...
Classic Head Quarter Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Classic Head Quarter Eagle, 1834-1839 | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   While the United States Mint had produced gold coins since 1795, few gold coins of...
1865 Two-Cent Piece. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1865 Two-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil...
1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Image: Heritage Auctions.

1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Philadelphia Mint deployed one set of dies to produce the entire business strike mintage of 27,000 1846 Liberty Seated Half...

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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little...

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By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   The internet has vastly expanded the reach and scope of the rare coin business. You can...

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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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Choice Proof – A Coin That’s Not Quite Gem

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   (adj.) Choice Proof is a term used to describe an unimpaired Proof coin that is not...

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1876 Liberty Head Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The need for $10 gold eagles was low on the East Coast, so the Philadelphia...
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Ense Petit Placidam Svb Libertate Qvietem

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Ense Petit Placidam Svb Libertate Qvietem is a Latin phrase meaning “Issued in the Defense of Liberty.” It appears on the 1775 Massachusetts “Sword-in-Hand”...
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Rattler PCGS Coin Holder – A Beloved Early Slab

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(n.) Slang. A rattler is an early-generation PCGS coin holder or "slab". It is so-called because coins tend to rattle inside them and sometimes rotate in...
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Draped Bust Half Dollar, Small Eagle (1796-1797) | CoinWeek

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The Draped Bust half dollar was introduced after only two years of production of the previous design. The simple portrait of Liberty on the...
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Certification Number – How to Verify Graded Coins

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... (n.) A certification number is a unique identifier printed on a coin's label on coins encapsulated by a third-party grading company, which...
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Twenty-Cent Piece, 1875-1878 | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Twenty-Cent Piece (also called a Twenty-Cent Coin) had one of the shortest production runs...
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1990-S Proof American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Collector enthusiasm lifted demand for the 1990-S Proof American Silver Eagle to its highest sales figure since 1987. The United States...
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1916-D Mercury Dime : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1916-D Mercury dime is a scarce key date coin from the first year of issue of an iconic American coin...
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Exergue – Dedicated Space at the Bottom of a Coin

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(n.) Pronounced “ECKS-urg”. The exergue, sometimes known as the exergum, is the lowest part of a coin, typically found on the reverse. It usually features...
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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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