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1857-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle PCGS MS-65 Spiked Shield

1857-S Spiked Shield Double Eagle: A Gem Survivor of the S.S. Central America

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This Gem 1857-S Double Eagle Survived a Hurricane and 131 Years Beneath the Atlantic Some rare coins survive history. Others seem to survive the impossible. This...
1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.

1889-CC Morgan Dollar: The King of Carson City Returns in CAC-Approved MS-63

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Only 350,000 Were Made: This CAC 1889-CC Morgan Dollar Is a Carson City Legend Some Morgan dollars owe their fame to tiny mintages. Others owe...
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The Incredible 2000 Sacagawea Dollars

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By Jeff Garret Want to collect this series? Start with the remarkable group of inaugural 2000 issues and decide how far your budget can take you. The...

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Top 10 U.S. Coins That Tell the Story of America

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Coins are more than metal, they’re artifacts of the nation's history. Each design reveals something about America’s identity, values, economic challenges, and changing societal...

“Silk Purse” Coins: The 1907 High Relief Label Problem

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

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Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Obverse Die Cap Struck on 1C Planchet

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Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Die Cap Struck on an Indian Head Cent Planchet By Mike Byers - Mint Error News I have handled more U.S....

The Gold Quarter That Shouldn’t Exist: 1970-S Proof Error Heads to Auction

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Big Beard: The Coinage of Constans II

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The Byzantine Emperor Whose Beard Grew Across His Coins “As presented to us by the scanty records of his time, the man we are led...

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The Last Duke’s Silver Coin: Peter Biron and the 1780 Courland Thaler

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The Last Duke’s Silver Coin Before Russia Took Courland By Lev Moiseev - Updated 8-12-26 A Small Baltic Duchy With an Outsized Story In the middle of...

From 770 to Niue: New Rebbe Silver Coin Marks 75 Years of Chabad Leadership

Exceptional Rarity: The Story Behind the 1937 Matte Proof Sovereigns

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The 1923 Lincoln Porthole $5 Silver Certificate: The Strange Story Behind an American Currency Classic

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The $5 Bill With Lincoln in a “Porthole”, and the Treasury Secret Hidden for Decades Few American banknotes command attention as quickly as the 1923...

Only 35 Known: The 1890 $100 ‘Watermelon’ Note Returns to Auction

National Gold Banks of California: History, Rarity, and the Remarkable Gold Coin Vignette

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Crayola Silver Crayon Makes Colorful Debut at ANA 2026

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Crayola Just Turned Its Iconic Blue Crayon Into 1.5 Ounces of Silver An American childhood icon has entered the precious metals market. Kevin Lipton Rare Coins...

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2026 Freedom 250 Race Medal: U.S. Mint’s IndyCar First

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ANA’s ‘Flame of Freedom’ Silver Medal Brings a Powerful America 250 Message to Pittsburgh

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

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How the U.S. Mint Hardened and Tempered Coinage Dies

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 Inside the 1877 U.S. Mint: How William Barber Kept Coin Dies From Breaking Every struck coin begins with controlled violence. A coining press forces two hardened...

Morgan and Peace Dollars Get a 250th-Anniversary Makeover: Enhanced Uncirculated Coins Launch August 25

Workers Find $10 Million Gold Hoard Hidden in Belgian Cellar Wall

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Anthony Terranova Earns ANA’s Highest Honor as Eliasberg, Green Enter Numismatic Hall of Fame

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ANA Honors Three Numismatic Leaders Who Are Shaping the Future of Coin Collecting

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A Lifetime of Numismatic Rarities: Loring-Levin Collection Heads to Heritage’s 2027 FUN Auction

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1792 Birch Cent, 1854-S Gold Headline the Loring-Levin Collection at Heritage FUN 2027 A collecting partnership that reaches deep into the history of American numismatics...

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11 Legendary 1933 Double Eagles Headline $100 Million Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

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Eleven of America’s most notorious gold coins will come together in public for the first time this month. The United States Mint will bring all...

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Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The CoinFest, Washlady Dollar, 1861-O $20 gold coin, Connecticut Coppers

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News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #25   A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds ..... The fourth annual CoinFest was...
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The Whole Cultural Record

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By Wayne Sayles - Ancient Coin Collecting ..... In the latest issue of Archaeology magazine (Nov-Dec 2010), AIA President Brian Rose proposes an intriguing professional...
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Is It Time to Buy an S.S. Central America Double Eagle Gold Coin ?

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By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner For many years, it’s been no secret that I haven’t been a big fan of the 1857-S...
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J.P. Morgan and HSBC accused of silver manipulation in two lawsuits

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Two separate lawsuits filed in federal court in Manhattan Wednesday allege that the two banks manipulated silver futures by "amassing enormous short positions,"...
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U.S. Gold Coins: AU58 New Orleans Eagles – A Case Study

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By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Take two 1842-O Liberty Head Eagles in NGC AU58. One is worth $11,500 and gets multiple orders...
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Designer Profiles: Medal and Coin Artist Alex Shagin

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Alex Shagin was born in Russia, near Leningrad, on January 21, 1947. Alexander George Shagin is the only child of George and Ekaterina Shagin....
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Ancient Coins: The Yin and Yang of Views on Cultural Property

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By Wayne Sayles .....   This week I was treated to a smorgasbord of views on cultural property from members of the archaeological and collecting communities. On...
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A Numismatically Significant 1859-D Quarter Eagle

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By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner ...... I recently bought and sold a seemingly innocuous 1859-D quarter eagle that had a great degree of numismatic significance. Before I explain...
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Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Collecting Modern Coins

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News and Analysis on coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #24 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The purpose this week is to put...
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Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Coins Minted After 1934 tend to be Very Common, 1793 to 1933 is the Classic Era – Part 2

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News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #23-Part2 A continuation of a Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds My survey of...
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