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Before the Buffalo Nickel Existed, James Earle Fraser Made These Remarkable 1912 Electrotrials

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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...
2025-W 24 Karat Gold Sacagawea Dollar. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek.

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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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...

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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...

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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

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CoinWeek Bullion Report: Gold Breaks $4,300 as Central Banks Buy and Hormuz Keeps Markets Guessing

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Gold Holds $4,000 as Fed Rate Gamble Rattles Precious Metals

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

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Two of America’s most celebrated silver dollar designs return on August 25 with a distinctly 2026 twist. The 2026 Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars Enhanced...

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

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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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Nominate Deserving Hobbyists for 2025 ANA Awards

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Each year, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) presents awards to deserving individuals in recognition of outstanding dedication to numismatics. The ANA is now accepting...
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Where Do Coin Mintage Figures Come From?

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By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek .....   Modern coin quantities come from press releases and annual reports of the United States Mint. Reports of...
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2014-W American Silver Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The United States Mint offered collectors the opportunity to buy the 2014-W American Silver Eagle Proof in multiple formats. It was...
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1970 Roosevelt Dime : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1970 Roosevelt Dime was struck to the tune of 345,570,000 pieces, four years after the last .900 silver dimes were...
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1879 Shield Nickel Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The United States Mint struck approximately 3,200 1879 Shield Nickel Proofs. These coins were sold individually and as part of Minor...
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1883 Shield Nickel Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   1883 was a transitional year for the nickel five-cent coin as James Barton Longacre's modified Shield design of 1867 gave way...
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Landmark Discovery and Only Certified Proof 1881-O Morgan Dollar in Stack’s Bowers Nov. 2024 Rarities Night Session

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Stack’s Bowers Galleries will be presenting a newly discovered 1881-O Branch Mint Proof Morgan Dollar in their November 2024 Showcase Auction. Featured as part...
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1907 Gold $20 High Relief Found in Mystery Box Consigned to GreatCollections

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A lucky coin collector from the East Coast opened a $375 WitterBrick mystery box and discovered a valuable 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief Double Eagle...
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1800 Capped Bust Right Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Bass-Dannreuther-1. Taraszka-23, Rarity-3+. The 1800 Capped Bust Right Eagle $10 gold coin has a reported mintage...
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1912 Liberty Head Nickel Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The year 1912 was the end of the line for Charles E. Barber's nickel design. Barber borrowed heavily from George T....
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