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1996-P American Silver Eagle Proof. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1996-P American Silver Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The United States Mint set the production limit for the 1996-P American Silver Eagle Proof at 500,000 pieces and sold through...
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1916 Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The strike quality of the 1916 Buffalo Nickel was an improvement over previous issues as the United States Mint prepared...
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1977 Eisenhower Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The 1977 Eisenhower Dollar - Apollo 11 Reverse Resumed With America's Bicentennial celebrations in the rearview mirror, the quarter dollar, half...
1982-P Jefferson Nickel. Image: CoinWeek.

1982-P Jefferson Nickel : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The Jefferson Nickel entered into its 44th year of production in 1982, its 14th year of having mintmarks placed on...
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2003 American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The West Point Mint produced 8,495,008 2003 American Silver Eagle bullion coins, but as is tradition, the bullion version does not...

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When Horses Flew: Pegasus on Ancient Coins

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   THE DREAM OF flight has always held a powerful grip on the human imagination. Pegasus, the flying horse of...

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The Summer Months of the Rare Coin Business: Jeff Garrett

By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   The summer months are traditionally the slowest for the rare coin business. The few major shows...

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NGC Grading World-Renowned L.E. Bruun Collection Offered by Stack’s Bowers

Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) has been selected to authenticate and grade the collection of Lars Emil Bruun, which represents the most impressive group of...

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The Man With the Golden Leg, Pt. 2: A Theft of Gold From the Denver Mint

By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek .....   Part I | Part 2 * * * Who Was Orville Harrington? Born: November 12, 1878 Died: March 30,...

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C-Note – Another Name for the $100 Dollar Bill

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   (n.) Slang. A C-note is one of a handful of colloquial terms for the one-hundred-dollar bill, “C” being the Roman numeral for “100”...

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Designer Profiles: Medal and Coin Artist Alex Shagin

Alex Shagin was born in Russia, near Leningrad, on January 21, 1947. Alexander George Shagin is the only child of George and Ekaterina Shagin....

Ancient Coins: The Yin and Yang of Views on Cultural Property

By Wayne Sayles .....   This week I was treated to a smorgasbord of views on cultural property from members of the archaeological and collecting communities. On...

A Numismatically Significant 1859-D Quarter Eagle

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com ......   CoinWeek Content Partner ......   I recently bought and sold a seemingly innocuous 1859-D quarter eagle that had a great degree of numismatic significance. Before I explain...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Collecting Modern Coins

News and Analysis on coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #24 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The purpose this week is to put...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Coins Minted After 1934 tend to be Very Common, 1793 to 1933 is the Classic Era – Part 2

News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #23-Part2 A continuation of a Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds Usually, this column...

Capped Bust Quarter, Large Size, 1815-1828 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The last Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle quarter dollar was minted in 1807, the same year...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: 1796 Quarter, San Francisco Liberty Seated Dimes, 1931 Denver Mint $20 Gold Coin

By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek .....   Last week's column was devoted to cents and half cents. This week, I am writing about a few silver...

A Million-Dollar 1943-D Copper Cent and Other Copper Rarities

By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek .....   I had originally intended to write this week about a variety of coins that were offered in the recently...

Extreme Rarities Offered in Greatest Collection of U.S. Silver Coins Auctioned in Over a Decade

By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek .....   On April 29 and 30, 2009, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Heritage will auction the collection of Joseph C. Thomas, which...

The Greatest World Coin Auction – The Millennia Collection, Part 6: The Event of the Millennium

By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek .....   This is Part 6, the final part of my review and analysis of the auction of the Millennia Collection of...

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