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1875 Indian Head Cent: The Intentional Variety That Turned Coinage Into Evidence

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On some 1875 Indian Head cents, a small but unmistakable raised dot appears on the reverse. The dot sits near the upper-left corner of...

2018-P World War I Centennial Silver Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

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The World War I Silver Dollar That Turned Trench Warfare Into Art World War I promised to become the “war to end all wars.” Instead,...
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The Dime That Should Not Exist: The Unique 1873-CC No Arrows Dime

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A Tiny Weight Change Created America’s Rarest Carson City Coin that Sold for $3.6 Million A microscopic change in federal law created one of the...

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Low Ball Coins: Why Collectors Pay Premium Prices for America’s Most Worn Coins

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Worn Nearly Smooth and Worth Thousands: Inside the Strange World of Low Ball Coins A nearly blank silver dollar rests inside a pristine plastic holder....

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The 1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel Should Not Exist: Here Is How It Happened

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1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel: History, Varieties and Value The 1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel presents an immediate mystery. The United States Mint struck no Buffalo Nickels at San...

1875 Indian Head Cent: The Intentional Variety That Turned Coinage Into Evidence

The Mint’s Impossible $1.25 Coin Set a $194,000 Record

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Five Ancient Gold Coins and the Stories They Tell

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Golden Echoes: Five Ancient Coins That Changed the World Gold has always represented more than just wealth. In antiquity, it symbolized the divine, immortal, untarnished,...

224 Gold Rarities From the Tyrant Collection Bring 1,700 Years of Empire to ANA Pittsburgh

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Inside the Legendary Sabi Sabi Krugerrand – a Modern Gold Trophy with Only 72 Struck

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The 1997 Sabi Sabi Proof Krugerrand Became a Modern Gold Trophy The Krugerrand usually represents liquidity, recognition, and gold ownership. South Africa produced millions of...

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

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1869 Rainbow $2 Bill: The Masterpiece Behind Today’s $2

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The 1869 Rainbow $2 Bill: America’s Forgotten Masterpiece The 1869 Rainbow $2 bill introduced Thomas Jefferson to the federal two-dollar denomination. More than 150 years...

The Red “R” Dollar: How a Failed Wartime Paper Test Created a Collector Classic

1899 Black Eagle Silver Certificate: A Gem Fr. 236 Takes Flight at Stack’s Bowers

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Gold’s $4,000 Test Exposes a Split Bullion Market as Silver Demand Cracks

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Central Banks Are Buying Gold, So Why Are Silver Buyers Vanishing? The gold and silver market has entered one of its most revealing periods of...

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

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

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The 1925 Norse-American Centennial Coin Rejected By Congress Only to Became a Classic Medal

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Congress Rejected the Coin, then This Viking Medal Became a Classic The 1925 Norse-American Centennial Medal began as a commemorative half dollar. Treasury officials rejected...

Uncancelled Die for the World War I Victory Medal Surfaces – A Once-in-a-Generation Discovery

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ANA Will Honor Six Hobby Giants at Pittsburgh 2026

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Six Numismatic Leaders Who Changed the Coin Hobby Earn Major ANA Honors Keith Moon, Steve Feltner, Mike Ellis, Barbara Gregory, David Menchell and Dennis Tucker...

World Money Fair Makes History as MDA’s First Event Member

From a Wheat Cent to a Morgan Dollar: ANA Scholarships Back Two Rising Numismatists

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U.S. Mint Expands Bulk Access to Historic 2026 Coins

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U.S. Mint Opens Massive Bulk Orders for Historic 2026 Coins The United States Mint wants more businesses, banks, coin dealers, and institutions to buy circulating...

Walking Liberty Returns in Gold for a Landmark 2026 Best of the Mint Set

2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated Silver Eagle With “250” Privy Launches July 21

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NGC Offers New Label for September 11 National Medal

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⎯ Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has created a special presentation label for the 2011 September 11 National Medal issued by the US Mint....
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GreatCollections Announces Record Sales for August – $828,000

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Internet coin auction company, GreatCollections, sold over $828,000 in certified coins during August, setting numerous company records with almost 2,000 coin auctions sold. One of...
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Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The Auction of the Irwin Waldman Collection

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News and Analysis on scarce coins, markets, & the coin collecting community #70 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The firm of Spink-Smythe auctioned Irwin Waldman’s...
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The Coin Analyst: U.S. Mint Announces Release of Gettysburg 5 oz Coin as Collectors Ponder Future of the ATB Series

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by Louis Golino for Coin Week On August 30 the U.S. Mint’s online list of upcoming products was updated to include the first 2011 collector...
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Stacks Bowers Chicago ANA Auctions Top $40 Million with Record Prices

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Stack’s Bowers Galleries proved the current strength of the coin and currency market last week by realizing an astounding $40,084,165 at the Official Auction...
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How to Add Value to Your Early Gold Collection

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By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com You can make random purchases of early United States gold coins and, if you are lucky, you might acquire some...
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Harlan J. Berk Named 2011 ANA Numismatist of the Year

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Harlan J. Berk has been named the American Numismatic Association’s 2011 Numismatist of the Year. Berk will receive his award on August 19 during...
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PCGS Rewards Counterfeit-Fighting Collector

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Officials of the Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) are applauding the efforts of collector Mike Marshall of Trenton, Ontario in combating the sales of...
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Was This 1875 $10.00 Worth $345,000?

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By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com With more than $75 million dollars in rare coins having sold at the pre-ANA and ANA auctions, it is inevitable...
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Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Rarities Night, part 5; Post-Auction Analysis of Silver Coins

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News and Analysis on scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #69 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The first Stack's-Bowers 'Rarities Night' event,...
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