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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,...
1892-S Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ. OGH Rattler.

Revisiting The 1892-S Morgan Dollar That Commerce Nearly Erased

The 1892-S Morgan Dollar Was Spent Into Legend A Superb Gem survivor shows why mintage never tells the whole story The 1892-S Morgan dollar does not...
1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition $50. Octagonal. MS-64+ (PCGS). CAC.

1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal: America’s Gold Coin That Broke the Circle

The $50 Gold Coin That Broke America’s Circle for 111 Years The 1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal gold coin did something no other legal-tender United States...

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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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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...

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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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Counterfeit 1921-D Morgan Dollar: A Fake PCGS Slab With a Carson City Fingerprint

A Fake 1921-D Morgan Dollar Carried a Carson City Fingerprint By Jack D. Young – The Dark Side Group Counterfeit Morgan Dollars keep evolving. However, they...

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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A Gold Coin Treasure in San Pedro Bay? – or – Just Another Tale of Wells Fargo?

by Walt Ostromecki, NLG - The California Numismatist Forward According to early Southern California lore and legend, there lies a fortune in gold ore, bars and...

My Mentors in Numismatics

by Bill Febuary - The California Numismatist Over the years I have known some pretty influential people in the "World of Numismatics." I want to...

America’s First Bank Robbery

By Cole Schenewerk - The California Numismatist ..... The yellow fever outbreak of summer 1798 was the worst in Philadelphia’s history. Over 5,000 residents were...

Coin Profiles: The Eliasberg 1858-O $20.00 Gold Double Eagle

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com I’d like to share a photo and some information about a really interesting coin that I recently bought and sold....

Twelve Months of Writing a Weekly Column on Coin Rarities & Related Topics

News and Analysis on scarce coins, markets, and the coin collecting community #52 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds While I previously wrote hundreds of articles...

Rare Coin Auctions, EBay, and the Games People Play, Part Two

By Vic Bozarth - Bozarth Numismatics Click here to read Part One Rare Coin Auctions allow millions of individuals the ability to buy quality coins from...

The Magnolia Collection of Early U.S. Gold Coins, late 19th century Patterns, Trade Dollars and more!

Analysis of scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #51 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds On the evening of Tuesday, May3rd, the...

Why are Proof Gold Coins Suddenly a Hot Commodity?

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... Without a lot of fanfare, Proof gold coins have become a strong area of the market. In this blog,...

Heritage Acquires Gold Rarities Gallery, Al Pinkall Joins Heritage Team

As part of its continuing expansion, Heritage Auctions (www.HA.com) of Dallas, New York and Beverly Hills, has acquired Gold Rarities Gallery of Bedford, New...

CSNS Platinum Night U.S. Coin Auction Results Soar To Nearly $14 Million

Rare gold was the order of the night as Thursday's Platinum Night festivities at the 2011 April Rosemont CSNS Signature & Platinum Night US...