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1876-CC Twenty-Cent Piece. MS-65 (PCGS)

1876-CC Twenty-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

The Carson City Coin That Almost Disappeared: The 1876-CC Twenty-Cent Piece By CoinWeek Notes The 1876-CC Liberty Seated Twenty-Cent Piece ranks among the great rarities of...
1916 Mercury 10c - CAC MS67+FB

1916 Mercury Dime: America’s First Modern Dime Still Rewards Sharp Eyes

1916 Mercury Dime: The Common First-Year Coin With a Five-Figure Secret The 1916 Mercury Dime looks modest at first glance but it is a small...
1969-S Lincoln Cent. FS-101. Doubled Die Obverse. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC.

1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent: A Coin the Secret Service Thought Was Fake

The Secret Service Thought It Was A Fake The 1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent stands among the most dramatic modern U.S. Mint errors. It also...

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Peace Dollars: The Underrated Silver Dollar Series Collectors Should Reconsider

The Silver Peace Dollars Series Hiding in Morgan’s Shadow Although Peace Dollars are popular, Morgan Silver Dollars dominate the U.S. silver dollar market. Collectors love...

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The 13 Rare Lincoln Cent Double Dies that Collectors Chase

A Chronology of the Lincoln Cent Double Dies Lincoln cents look familiar. That makes them powerful. Collectors know the design. Families have jars full of them....

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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

Atlas Numismatics Adds 606 Fixed-Price Coins, Medals, and Tokens

Atlas Numismatics’ New List Features a $79,500 Tudor Gold Rarity Atlas Numismatics has announced its latest fixed-price inventory update. The new release adds 606 coins,...

Paper Money

1901 $10 Bison Note: The Frontier Icon That Replaced a Battleship

The $10 Bison Note That Turned a Battleship Into an American Icon The 1901 $10 Legal Tender Note does something few American notes ever dared...

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Gold Tests $4,000 as Silver Defends $60 in a Market Suddenly Ruled by Rates

Gold’s $4,000 Line in the Sand: Why Silver’s $60 Test Matters Too Gold and silver entered Thursday’s session with a simple question on the tape. Would...

Medals & Tokens

Indian Peace Medals: Important and Historic Collectibles

Indian Peace Medals: Russ Augustin Explores Rare U.S. History Video with Russell Augustin   Indian Peace Medals rank among the most historic objects in American numismatics. They...

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The Five Traits Behind Every Great Coin Collection

How to Build the Next Legendary Numismatic Cabinet By John Kraljevich - Rewritten for CoinWeek Great coin collections rarely begin with money alone. They begin with a...

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Dennis Tucker Joins CSNS Board in Major Win for Collector Education

A Red Book Veteran Joins CSNS Leadership and Collectors Should Pay Attention Award-winning numismatist Dennis Tucker has joined the Central States Numismatic Society Board of...

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PNG Adds Dealer Day to November Baltimore Expo

Dealers Get a New Wholesale Trading Day Before Whitman’s Big November Show The Professional Numismatists Guild will add a PNG Dealer Day to the November...

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Jim O’Neal Collection of $5 Indians Readies for Auction in Heritage FUN U.S. Coin Event

Finest known 1909-O half eagle headlines the Jan. 6 Platinum Night auction of this PCGS Registry Set All-Time Finest in Tampa, FL The finest collectible...

Chris Napolitano Named President of Bowers and Merena Auctions

Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world’s preeminent auctioneers for rare coins and currency and a subsidiary of Spectrum Group International, Inc. (SPGZ.PK),...

Useless Money: Production “Error” to Cause Delay in New $100 Bill Debut

The US government said it is still trying to identify the source of the production glitch that forced it to postpone introducing the new...

The Fab Five Type Three $20 Liberty Head Double Eagles

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner There are five ultra-low mintage Type Three Liberty Head Double Eagles that were produced for circulation during...

Second Edition of Rasiel Suarez’ Book “Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins” Available

Lovers of classical Rome along with legions of coin collectors helped drive 2005's "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins" to an unlikely Top Ten position...

US Mint Releases Final 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin December 2

First Spouse Bronze Medal Series: Four-Medal Set also available WASHINGTON - The final 2010 coin in the First Spouse Coin Program, struck in honor of...

The Record-Setting Sale of an 1875 Half Eagle: What Does it Portend?

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com In the Bowers and Merena November 2010 Baltimore auction, a business strike 1875 half eagle sold without a lot of...

United States Mint Announces 2011 Native American $1 Coin Design

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the reverse design for the 2011 Native American $1 Coin.  The theme for the design is...

PCGS SecurePlus Explained: How Coin Identification & “Sniffer” Technology Protect Your Coins

By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek... On March 25, 2010, the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) officially announced the PCGS SecurePlus™ program. While the program was...

US Mint Introduces New Lincoln Presidential $1 Coin

Abraham Lincoln Presidential $1 Coin Launches on Anniversary of Gettysburg Address The United States Mint launched a new Presidential $1 Coin honoring Abraham Lincoln today,...