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Classic Head Quarter Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Classic Head Quarter Eagle, 1834-1839 | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   While the United States Mint had produced gold coins since 1795, few gold coins of...
1865 Two-Cent Piece. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1865 Two-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil...
1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Image: Heritage Auctions.

1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Philadelphia Mint deployed one set of dies to produce the entire business strike mintage of 27,000 1846 Liberty Seated Half...
A Mint State 1925 Lincoln Cent

1925 Lincoln Cent : History and Value | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1925, the United States Mint struck a total combined mintage of 188,909,000 Lincoln Cents across all three facilities. Of this,...
1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent. Image: Heritage Auctions (visit www.ha.com).

1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln Wheat Cent : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Philadelphia Mint had been solely responsible for producing minor coins since the first half cents and large cents rolled off the...

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The Coins of Antoninus Pius

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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little...

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Shipping and Receiving Rare Coins: Jeff Garrett

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By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   The internet has vastly expanded the reach and scope of the rare coin business. You can...

Modern Quarters Worth Money

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New Book Published on Fascinating Naseby Cup and the Coins It Contains

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The Naseby Cup is an elaborately crafted silver drinking vessel that stands over two feet tall and is decorated with rare coins and medals...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

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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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Mullet – A Heraldic Star on Coins

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... (n.) In heraldry, a mullet refers to a star with straight rays, such as the star...

Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

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Bad Money – Ancient Counterfeiters and Their Fake Coins

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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .... Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur "The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived." -- attributed to...
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114 Years Ago Today: ANA Co-Founder Dr. George F. Heath Passed Away

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... 114 years ago today, Dr. George Francis Heath died at his home in Monroe, Michigan. He...
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US Paper Money Highlights of the Stack’s Bowers June Online Auction

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By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ...... 1934 $1,000 Philadelphia Federal Reserve Note The June U.S. Currency Collectors Choice Online (CCO) Auction...
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Sassanian Silver Drachms

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ..... Ardashir V, King of Persis, defeated Artabanus IV, the last Shahanshah (“King of Kings”) of Parthia, at the...
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Heritage Offers Extremely Rare “Little Princess” 1841 Quarter Eagle

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It took about 100 years for the 1841 quarter eagle to be widely recognized as one of the most intriguing and enigmatic of all...
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Higley Coppers: The Talking Coins of Connecticut

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By Austin Andrews for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... The written word enables coins—otherwise silent objects—to speak out, declare, and demand, sometimes on their own...
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Bullion Silver Eagles Struck at Multiple Mints From Beginning

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By Bullion Shark LLC ...... Numismatists, coin dealers, and collectors of the American Silver Eagle bullion coin series have long had a suspicion that the...
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Royal Canadian Mint Launches Klondike-Themed Gold Bullion Coin at PDAC 2022

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The Klondike Gold Rush, a turning point in Canadian mining history, and the prospecting methods used to find gold first discovered in Yukon’s famed...
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ANA Philanthropy Awards Presented to Q. David Bowers, Stack Family

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The American Numismatic Association (ANA) will recognize Q. David Bowers and the Stack family at the Chicago World's Fair of Money (August 16-20) for...
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Jeff Garrett: Collecting Barber Coinage

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A basic set of Barber coins can be easy to assemble, but there are ways to make it more of a challenge   By Jeff Garrett...
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