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1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle Proof. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Proof coinage of the gold $5 half eagle denomination is reported in very low numbers...
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1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan, Hubert Walker, and Russell Augustin for CoinWeek Notes ..... Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Head design for the half eagle replaced the William Kneass...
1852 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

Liberty Head Double Eagle, Without Motto (1850-1866) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... In the 1830s, minor gold rushes in the Southeast spurred the private coinage of the Bechtler...
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1993 American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Silver's average spot price in 1993 jumped to $4.31, 36¢ higher than the metal averaged in 1992. Demand for the bullion...
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Three-Cent Silver, Type 2 (1854-1858) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 * * * Though the initial production of Three-Cent Silver coins helped meet the need...

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Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins

On April 2, 2024, United States Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX24), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a technical correction...

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Janina Żółtowska The first woman on this list, depicted on the Polish 2, 5, and 10 Zlote coins between 1932...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

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Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

(n.) To say that a numismatic object--specifically a round object made of metal with designs engraved on two faces--is in medal alignment means that the...

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Ancient Electrum Coins – Strength and Unity of an Empire

By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC .....   The Colosseo Collection Electrum Coins ......   The ancient Greek island of Lesbos was located in the northeastern...

The Impact of the Fairmont Hoard on San Francisco Gold, Part One: Half Eagles

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner In my many years of specializing in rare United States gold coins, beginning in 2018, nothing has...

Proof Large Cent Featured in Stack’s Bowers August 2022 Showcase Auction

By Christopher Maisano - Numismatist, Stack's Bower Galleries ...... Offerings of early copper Proofs are always exciting, and the choice 1841 large cent that is...

1827/3 Restrike Quarter, Among the Rarest of All U.S. Quarters, at Heritage Auctions

Traditionally, all 1827 quarters are described as being struck in Proof format, although no 1827 quarter looks like a "Proof" in today's parlance. Perhaps...

Kookaburra on Latest Mini Money Gold Coin From Royal Australian Mint

The Royal Australian Mint's Mini Money gold coin series features a selection of Australia’s iconic native animals. The kookaburra, one of Australia’s most recognizable...

Aaron Berk: Ancient Coin Podcast – Episode 1

In the upcoming season of the CoinWeek Podcast, ancient coin expert Aaron Berk (Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.) will appear as a recurring guest alongside...

New U.S. Mint Director, 2023 Silver Dollars, and Other Coin News

By Bullion Shark LLC ...... On June 15 the entire U.S. Senate approved Ventris C. Gibson to be the 40th Director of the United States...

Royal Mint Celebrates Alan Turing on Collectable 50p Coin

The Royal Mint has launched a collectable 50p to celebrate the life and work of Alan Turing for the first time on official UK...

Biden and G7 Ban Russian Gold Imports

By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ...... New economic sanctions against Russia will target the country's gold exports. Several of the Group of 7 nations (known...

Former LAX Cargo Handler Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Gold Bars

By United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California ...... A former cargo handling company employee at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was sentenced on...

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