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1792 P10C Silver Disme, Judd-9, Pollock-10 AU50 NGC

The 1792 Silver Disme: America’s First Dime Almost Vanished Before It Began

The 1792 Silver Disme Is the Dime America Almost Forgot In 1792, the United States did more than launch a Mint. It tried to prove...
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,...

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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

1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel: The Only Missing Mintmark in the Series

The 1971 No S Error - 1,655 examples - Check your Proof Sets! The 1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel (FS-501) ranks among the most...

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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

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

The Black Eagle Dollar That Carried Silver,and Survived the Titanic Stack’s Bowers Galleries will offer a high-grade example of one of America’s most famous banknotes...

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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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Mint Records Confirm Proof Dies Did Double Duty in 1883 and 1884

Proof Dies in Pocket Change? Mint Records Reveal an 1880s Coinage Surprise Collectors like clean categories. Proof coins belong in one box. Circulation strikes belong...

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Dealers & Industry

PCGS Offers $5,000 for First 2026 July 4th Privy Quarter

A 25-Cent Coin Could Win $5,000: The Hunt for the 2026 July 4th Quarter Begins A 25-Cent Coin Could Launch the Biggest Quarter Hunt Since...

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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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The Great Coin Drought

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com There’s an ebb and flow to the coin market cycle. When it is in perfect, Zen-like harmony, the market works...

PCGS Exhibits First Complete Set of Certified Proof $3 Gold in Sacramento

The first-ever complete set of certified proof U.S. $3 gold coins will be publicly displayed for the first time anywhere at the Professional Coin...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: U.S. Coins in the $1K to $5K Range

News and Analysis:  scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #41 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds Today’s column features recommendations for collectors. Last week,...

Is There an Upward Trend in the CC Half Eagle Coin Market?

While I hate to make bold pronouncements based on a small number of auction results, it looks like an interesting trend may be occuring...

Exceedingly Rare Proof 1836/1336 Bust 50c To Anchor Stack’s-Bowers March Baltimore Coin Auction

Stack’s-Bowers will conduct its inaugural auction March 28 through April 3, 2011, as the Official Auctioneer of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo in...

Auction to Feature Dr. Frank Sedwick Collection of Columbian Republic Gold Coins

SEDWICK TREASURE AND WORLD COIN AUCTION #9 TO FEATURE HEARTS AND ROYALS AND THE DR. FRANK SEDWICK COLLECTION OF COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC GOLD COINS Sedwick's next...

$1000 1907 Series Gold Certificate Fr. 1219b

In 1990, the sale of the Thompson Collection was the first public offering of the unique Fr. 1219b Series 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate. Only...

The Three Major Eras Of Modern Proof Sets

By Tom DeLorey ..... courtesy of Harland J. Berk, Ltd. Having criticized the generic term “The Mint” several times in the past few years for...

Smithsonian Museum Director Brent Glass Discusses Numismatics

Museum of American History discusses 2012 Heritage Auction Fundraiser     * * * At the January 2012 Florida United Numismatist (FUN) Convention, CoinWeek interviewed Brent Glass, Director...

Ian Russell Discusses the Launch of GreatCollections

By CoinWeek ..... At the February 2011 Long Beach Coin Expo, CoinWeek conducted an exclusive taped interview with numismatic internet auction pioneer Ian Russell, President...