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1859 Liberty Seated Half Dime. MS-67+ (PCGS). CAC.

1859 Liberty Seated Half Dime: The Tiny Silver Coin With Paquet’s Hidden Hand

A Tiny 1859 Half Dime Hides One of the Mint’s Quietest Design Experiments The 1859 Liberty Seated Half Dime looks quiet at first glance. It...
1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollar carries PCGS certification number 1081336.

A $10,419 Walking Liberty Half Dollar? The PCGS White Rattler Made the Difference

The coin is common. The holder is historic. A 1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollar in PCGS MS-65 sold through GreatCollections on June 28, 2026,...
1934-D Peace Silver Dollar. VAM-3. Top 50 Variety. Doubled Die Obverse, Medium D. MS-65 (PCGS). CAC.

1934-D Peace Dollar: The Depression-Era Silver Dollar With a Doubled Die Secret

The 1934-D Peace Dollar: The Depression-Era Variety Hiding in Plain Sight The 1934-D Peace Dollar has a story that feels larger than its mintage. On paper,...

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Eye Appeal Rules Current Rare Coin Market

In the eyes of the collector, coins with eye appeal and quality are today's trend The rare coin market evolves, and many series go out...

Errors & Varieties

Two-Headed Canada Cent Error Turns Queen Elizabeth II Into the Whole Story

The Canadian Cent Mint Error That Put Queen Elizabeth II on Both Sides A No-Date Canadian Cent With a Dramatic Minting Accident “Two heads are better...

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Ancient Coins

Celestial Twins on Ancient Coins: Castor, Pollux, and the Power of the Dioscuri

Dioscuri Ancient Coins: Castor and Pollux Shine Across Greek and Roman Coinage By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek Ancient coins carried stories. They also carried power. Few ancient...

World Coins

Strasbourg Coins and the 1518 Dancing Plague: Small Silver, Big History

The Tiny Strasbourg Coin From the Era of Europe’s Strangest Plague In July 1518, the streets of Strasbourg became the stage for one of Europe’s...

Paper Money

What’s on the Front of My Dollar Bill? A Primer

The Hidden Codes on the Front of a $1 Bill Most Americans see a $1 bill every day. Yet few people slow down long enough...

R and I Coins

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Bullion

Gold and Silver Face a New Test as the Fed Turns Hawkish

Gold and Silver Hit a New Test as Iran Risk Fades and the Fed Turns Tough Gold and silver started the week with a familiar...

Medals & Tokens

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Award Medal

A Landmark Moment for American Exposition Medals The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition produced more high-quality numismatic designs than any American exposition before or since. The official...

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A $10,419 Walking Liberty Half Dollar? The PCGS White Rattler Made the Difference

The coin is common. The holder is historic. A 1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollar in PCGS MS-65 sold through GreatCollections on June 28, 2026,...

Clubs & Orgs

Coins Don’t Lie: ANA Pittsburgh Lectures Trace 250 Years of American Numismatics

ANA Lectures Reveal America’s 250-Year Money Story American coins do more than pass from hand to hand. They carry the record of a nation. In 2026,...

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America’s 250th Gets a Showstopper: 1921 Proof Double Eagle and Declaration Print Head to ANA 2026

  A legendary 1921 Proof Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle and rare early American artifacts from the Brian Hendelson Collection will anchor a major display at the...

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Recent News & Articles

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The Summer FUN Auction, with emphasis upon dimes and quarters

News and Analysis of scarce coins, markets, and the collecting community #60 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The official auction of the Summer FUN Convention...

The Two Types of Coin Collectors

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com In my day-to-day dealings with collectors, I note at least two distinct typologies. First, there is the collector who has...

The Most Famous Ancient Coin of All

The most famous ancient coin in existence, the "Ides of March" silver denarius struck by Julius Caesar's assassin Marcus Junius Brutus, celebrating the infamous...

Stack’s Bowers Presents the Harry W. Bass Jr. Collection of Educational Notes August 17th

"The most important U.S. paper money lot ever offered!"   At this year's World's Fair of Money in August, the official convention of the American Numismatic...

Upward Pressure on Prices for High-End Rare Coins is Building

By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFrarecoins.com The rare coin market has been building strength since the immediate shock wore off from the financial meltdown...

Book Review – Curry’s Chronicle: Official Journal of the Carson City Coin Collectors of America

Reno, NV – June 30, 2011 It’s unlikely that anyone outside a small group of collectors of coins from Nevada’s Carson City Mint is...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Collecting Dimes

News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #59 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The U.S. Mint has produced dimes...

Recently discovered 1842-O Liberty Eagle sold by GreatCollections for $57,970

Rarity purchased in 1960s for just $225 June 28, 2011, Irvine, Calif. – GreatCollections successfully auctioned the 1842-O $10 Liberty Eagle PCGS MS-60 CAC, after...

Legend Coin Market Report: FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR-A GOOD ONE!

By Laura Sperber - Rare Coin Market Report THE POTENTIAL OF RARE COINS Our expectations of 2011 were for it to be good. Not only has...

Coin Board News – Number 19

By David W. Lange - July 2011 - www.coincollectingboards.net.... MARKET ACTIVITY There seemed to be more than the usual coin board activity on eBay over...