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"E" and "L" Counterstamps in 1815 Bust Quarter Eagles

The “E” and “L” Capped Bust Quarters: An 1881 Clue to a 145-Year Numismatic...

Who Counterstamped These Early U.S. Quarters? A New Look at the E and L Mystery For more than a century, collectors have asked the same...

No FG Kennedy Half Dollars: The Vanishing Initials That Reward Sharp-Eyed Collectors

Some coin varieties announce themselves loudly. Others whisper. The No FG Kennedy half dollar belongs to the second group, and that quiet disappearance is...
1922 $1 Matte Finish, High Relief, PR63 PCGS. CAC. - Judd 2019

1922 High Relief Peace Dollar: The Mint Experiment That Changed the Series

Why the 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar Became a Six-Figure Mint Experiment The 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar tells a more complicated story than collectors...

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Some Practical Coin Grading Concepts for the Average Collector

By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ..... I remember a while back, a collector (DeplorableDan) posted photos and comments about an 1836 Quarter Eagle,...

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No FG Kennedy Half Dollars: The Vanishing Initials That Reward Sharp-Eyed Collectors

Some coin varieties announce themselves loudly. Others whisper. The No FG Kennedy half dollar belongs to the second group, and that quiet disappearance is...

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Athena on Ancient Coins: From Athens to the Edge of the Greek World

 From Athens to Parthia: How Athena Conquered the Ancient Coinage World Athena ranked among the 12 Olympian gods and became one of the most important...

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Only 10 Exist: Monnaie de Paris Strikes Table Mountain in 10 Ounces of Gold

Monnaie de Paris Table Mountain Gold A modern coin with a mintage of 150 qualifies as scarce. Drop that number to 25 and the collecting...

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Bullion Report: Gold and Silver Roar Back as Fed Shock Fades and Hormuz Risk Builds

Fed Shock Fades and Hormuz Risk Builds Gold and silver prices pushed sharply higher Friday as precious metals traders began looking past this week’s Federal...

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Two 11-Pound Sidney Poitier Medal Hubs Resurface From a Remarkable Moment in 2001

Lost Sidney Poitier Medal Hubs Resurface 25 Years Later Article Based on content sent to CoinWeek by Ken Potter on Sept.11, 2026 Some numismatic artifacts tell...

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The Lincoln Cents’s Final Chapter? House Passes Bill That Could Permanently End America’s One-Cent Coin

America’s Cent Era Is Ending After 232 Years, But Collectors Haven’t Seen the Last Cent For 232 years, the United States Mint struck one-cent coins...

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ANA Honors 2026’s Best Numismatic Writers at Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

From Silver Center Cents to Ancient Mints: ANA Honors 2026’s Best Numismatic Writers The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has announced its 2026 Literary Award winners,...

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Royal Gold Rarity Leads Atlas Numismatics’ New Fixed-Price List

104-Gram Royal Gold Rarity With Kaiser Wilhelm Provenance Headlines New Atlas List A massive 104-gram gold royal wedding medal with an Imperial German pedigree leads...

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

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...

Athena’s Owls Take Flight: Superb Arcadia Collection Coins to Make Public Debut at ANA 2026

Athena’s Owls Take Flight: Spectacular Greek Coin Collection to Debut at ANA 2026 A lifelong search for beauty led Southern California collector Eva Qin to...

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

The Wartime $1 Experiment Collectors Refused to Spend The large red letter immediately catches the eye. It sits beside the blue Treasury seal on an otherwise...

Steel City Strikes Back: Franki and Wastweet Reimagine the Lincoln Cent for ANA 2026

Steel City Strikes Back: Franki and Wastweet Reimagine the Lincoln Cent for Pittsburgh Two of America’s leading medallic artists have transformed the familiar Lincoln cent...

Two Mint Letters Solve the 1917 Half Dollar Mintmark Mystery

Two Mint Letters Finally Solve the 1917 Half Dollar Mintmark Mystery Collectors often ask one question about the 1917 Walking Liberty Half Dollar: Why did...

1796 Draped Bust Dime JR-3: The “Mr. 1796” Coin

America’s First Dime and the Collector Who Made 1796 His Mission America’s first dime entered circulation without the word DIME, a numeral, or any other...

Unique 1878 Gold Pattern Quarter Eagle Just Set a New Record

Unique 1878 Gold Pattern Quarter Eagle Sets $439,200 Auction Record Only one genuine gold example of the 1878 Judd-1566 Pattern Quarter Eagle survives. That fact alone...

1879 Coiled Hair Stella Gilt: The Gold Coin That Wasn’t

Paradime is offering this 1879 Gilt Stella - Looks Like Gold, but Its Real Story Is Better At first glance, the 1879 Coiled Hair Stella...

Transitioning Curvatures of 2026-P Dime Coin Dies – How the 2026-P Emerging Liberty Dime Could Signal a New Era in U.S. Mint Die Engineering

Did the U.S. Mint Quietly Change Coin Die Design? The 2026-P Dime May Hold the Answer A New Look at a Fundamental Change in Coin...

First Known Certified 1824/1 Proof Half Dollar Heads to Auction

Family Collection Reveals First Certified 1824/1 Proof Half Dollar A newly certified 1824/1 Proof Capped Bust half dollar has emerged from a long-held family collection,...